Charles Flahault

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Charles Henri Marie Flahault (1852-1935) was a French botanist, among the early pioneers of phytogeography, phytosociology and forest ecology. The word relevé for a plant community sample is his invention. He founded the Institut de Botanique in Montpellier, where he resided from 1881 to his death.

He obtained his doctoral degree in 1878. He made continued studies at Uppsala University 1879 together with Gaston Bonnier. He became professor of botany in Montpellier 1881.

Flahault was elected member of the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund (from 1888) and the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala (from 1905), in 1907 honorary doctor at Uppsala University.

Notable students: Josias Braun-Blanquet