René Paul Raymond Capuron
René Paul Raymond Capuron (20 October 1921[1] – 24 August 1971) was a French botanist. Capuron was responsible for an extensive amount of work on the tree flora of Madagascar. Several tree taxa with the specific epithet of capuronii honor his name,[2] examples being Podocarpus capuronii and Schizolaena capuronii.
Works[]
Highlights of his work include:
- M. arillata — a new species of Mauloutchia, formed from the collection of Myristicaceae specimens.[3]
- Takhtajania perrieri — the only extant representative of the family Winteraceae.[4] 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.[5]
Legacy[]
Capuron is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of chameleon, Calumma capuroni, which is endemic to Madagascar.[6]
References[]
- ^ "CAPURON Rene". Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ 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
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Capuron", p. 47).
- ^ IPNI. Capuron.
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