Sachet, Marie-Hélène (1922-1986)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Marie-Hélène
Last name
Sachet
Initials
M.-H.
Life Dates
1922 - 1986
Collecting Dates
1963 - 1972
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Pteridophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
BM, BRH, GH, P
Countries
Central American Continent: BelizePacific region: French Polynesia
Associate(s)
Baré, D. (fl. 1976-1977) (co-collector)
Decker, Bryce Gilmore (1932-) (co-collector)
Fosberg, Francis Raymond (Ray) (1908-1993) (co-author, co-collector)
Sackett, M.H. (error)
Schäfer, Peter Andreas (1944-) (co-collector)
Stoddart, David Ross (1937-) (co-collector)
Biography
French-born botanist and ecologist at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Sachet was a specialist on the flora of Micronesia, which she researched alongside F.R. Fosberg. An associate curator at the Smithsonian, she had gained her PhD from the University of Montpellier, France. Sachet was also an authority on the ecology of coral atolls.

Sources:
F.R. Fosberg and D.H. Nicolson, 1986, Plant Science Bulletin, 32(4): 4.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 552;
Sachet, Marie-Hélène (1922-1986)
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