Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré (September 4, 1789 – January 16, 1854) was a French botanist.
Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré | |
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| Born | 4 September 1789 Angoulème, France |
| Died | 16 January 1854 (aged 64) Paris |
| Education | Cognac, Angoulême |
| Known for | Collection of specimens |
| Parent(s) | J.-J. Gaudichaud and Rose (Mallat) Gaudichaud |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Gaudich. |
Biography
editGaudichaud was born in Angoulême, to J-J. Gaudichaud and Rose (Mallat) Gaudichaud. He studied pharmacology informally at Cognac and Angoulême, and then under Robiquet in Paris, where he acquired a knowledge of botany from Desfontaines and Louis Richard. In April 1810, he was appointed pharmacist in the military marine, and from July 1811 to the end of 1814, he served in Antwerp.[1] He also studied chemistry and herbology.
His greatest claim to fame was serving as botanist on a circumglobal expedition from 1817 to 1820. He accompanied Freycinet, who made the expedition on the ships Uranie and Physicienne. The wreck of the Uranie in the Falkland Islands, at the close of 1819, deprived him of more than half the botanical collections he had made in various parts of the world.[1] He is also known for his collections in Australia.
In 1831, Gaudichaud sailed on L'Herminie to South America, visiting Chile, Brazil and Peru. In 1836, he undertook a third voyage, circumnavigating the globe on La Bonite.[1]
He died in Paris.
Legacy
editGaudichaud is commemorated in the scientific names of two species of South American lizards, Ecpleopus gaudichaudii and Garthia gaudichaudii (the Chilean marked gecko),[2] and one species of Brazilian frog, Crossodactylus gaudichaudii.[3] Two Hawaiian species of flowering plants, in the genus Scaevola are named after him, Scaevola gaudichaudiana and Scaevola gaudichaudii.[4][5] Also, a genus of South American plants in the family Malpighiaceae, Gaudichaudia, is named after Gaudichaud.[6]
He wrote various treatises, with memoirs on potato blight, the multiplication of bulbous plants, the increase in diameter of dicotyledonous plants, and other subjects.[1]
Principal works
edit- Flore des îles Malouines (Flora of the Falkland Islands)
- Mémoire sur les Cycadées (Treatise on the Cycads)
- Voyage de l'Uranie (Voyage of the Uranus)
- Lettre sur l'organographie et la physiologie, addressed to Monsieur de Mirbel, in Archives de Botanique, T. II, 1833 (Letter on Oceanography and Physiology)
- Recherches générales sur l'organographie (General Research on Oceanography)
- Mémoire sur le Cissus hydrophora (Treatise on Cissus hydrophora)
- Voyage Autour du Monde Executé pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite (Voyage of the Bonita)
- Notes relatives à l'organographie et à la physiologie des végétaux monocotylés
References
edit- ^ a b c d One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Gaudichaud-Beaupré, Charles". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 531.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of he died in friday Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gaudichaud, p. 99).
- ^ Duméril A-M-C, Bibron G (1841). Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles, Tome huitiėme [Volume 8], comprenant l'histoire générale des batraciens .... Paris: Roret. ii 792 pp. ("Cette espèce est une découverte faite au Brésil par M[onsieur]. Gaudichaud, savante botaniste auquel nous la dédions.", p. 636). (in French).
- ^ "Scaevola gaudichaudiana Cham. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "Scaevola gaudichaudii Hook. & Arn. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Gaudich.
