René Paul Raymond Capuron
René Paul Raymond Capuron (1921 - 24 August 1971) was a French botanist. Capuron was responsible for an extensive amount of work on the tree flora of Madagascar. Taxa with the specific epithet of capuronii honor his name,[1] an example being Podocarpus capuronii.
Works
Highlights of his work include:
- M. arillata — a new species of Mauloutchia, formed from the collection of Myristicaceae specimens.[2]
- Takhtajania perrieri — the only extant representative of the family Winteraceae.[3] Capuron was the first to rediscover the plant, following its last sighting by Henri Perrier de la Bathie, back in 1909.
Bibliography
- Essai d'introduction à l'étude de la flore forestière de Madagascar, Tananarive, Inspection Générale des Eaux & Forêts, 1957, 125 pp.
- Rhopalocarpacées. In: Flore de Madagascar et des Comores, vol. 127, Paris, 1963, 41 pp.
- Révision des Sapindacées de Madagascar et des Comores. In: Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, t. 19, Paris, 1969, 189 pp.[4]
References
- ↑ CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names ..., Volume 1 by Umberto Quattrocchi
- ↑ American Journal of Botany
- ↑ Botanical Electronic News
- ↑ OCLC WorldCat published works
- ↑ "Author Query for 'Capuron'". International Plant Names Index.
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