Julien Foucaud

Julien Foucaud (2 July 1847, in Saint-Clément – 26 April 1904, in Rochefort) was a French botanist.

From 1867 to 1885, he was an assistant teacher and teacher in several schools in the department of Charente-Maritime. In February 1885, he was appointed director of the naval botanical garden in Rochefort.[1]

In February 1878, he became a member of the Société Botanique de France.[1] Taxa with the specific epithet of foucaudii are named in his honor.[2] In collaboration with Georges Rouy, he described numerous plant species.[3]

Selected works

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References

  1. Bulletin de la Société botanique de France ..., Volume 51 by Société botanique de France obituary
  2. Flora de Aragon Foucaudii
  3. IPNI List of plants described and co-described by Foucaud
  4. Archive.org Flore de l'ouest de la France
  5. Biodiversity Heritage Library Flore de France
  6. Google e-Book Trois semaines d'herborisations en Corse
  7. IPNI.  Foucaud.
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