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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 edit

Highlights of his work include:

Bibliography edit

  • 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 edit

Capuron is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of chameleon, Calumma capuroni, which is endemic to Madagascar.[6] He is also honored in the names of several species of plant, also endemic to Madagascar. Such as Aponogeton capuronii, Bulbophyllum capuronii, Dalbergia capuronii, Euphorbia capuronii, Millettia capuronii, Perrierodendron capuronii, Podocarpus capuronii, Schizolaena capuronii, Staufferia capuronii,[7] Stephanostegia capuronii and Tabernaemontana capuronii.

References edit

  1. ^ "CAPURON Rene". Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. ^ CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names ..., Volume 1 by Umberto Quattrocchi
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  4. ^ Botanical Electronic News
  5. ^ OCLC WorldCat published works
  6. ^ 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).
  7. ^ "Staufferia capuronii Z.S.Rogers, Nickrent & Malécot | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  8. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Capuron.


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