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Esprit Requien (6 May 1788, Avignon – 30 May 1851, Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud) was a French naturalist, who made contributions in the fields of conchology, paleontology and especially botany. From the age of 18, he was associated with the botanical garden in the city of Avignon. He performed extensive studies of flora native to Corsica and in the environs of Mont Ventoux. During his lifetime, he amassed an herbarium of 300,000 specimens.〔(Prosopo ) Les sociétés savantes〕 In the fields of conchology and palaeontology, he conducted collecting expeditions to the Pyrenees, Catalonia and Italy. The natural history museum, ''Musée Requien'', in Avignon is named in his honor.〔(JSTOR Global Plants ) (biographical information)〕 He is taxonomic authority of the plant genus ''Helxine'' (family Urticaceae).〔(IPNI ) List of plants described & co-described by Requien.〕 The genera ''Requienella'' (author Jean-Henri Fabre) and ''Requeinia'' (author Augustin Pyramus de Candolle) are named after him, as are plants with the specific and subspecific epithets of ''requienii''.〔(BHL ) Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications〕〔(CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names ..., Volume 1 ) by Umberto Quattrocchi〕 == Written works == * ''Observations sur quelques plantes rares ou nouvelles de la flore française'', 1825 - Observations on some rare and new botanical species found in France. * ''Catalogue des végétaux ligneux qui croissent naturellement en Corse'', 1852 - Catalogue of woody plants native to Corsica. * ''Bibliographie des journaux publiés à Avignon et dans le département de Vaucluse'', 1837 - Bibliography of papers published in Avignon and in the department of Vaucluse. * ''Dons faits au Museum Calve'', 1839-1846 - Donations to the Museum Calve.〔 * ''Catalogue des coquilles de l'île de Corse'', 1848 - a catalog of Corsican seashells.〔(OCLC Classify ) (publications)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Esprit Requien」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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