Heudelot, J. (1802-1837)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
J.
Last name
Heudelot
Initials
J.
Life Dates
1802 - 1837
Collecting Dates
1835 - 1837
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Pteridophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
A, B, BM, BR, CN, DS (currently CAS), E, FHI, FHO, FI, G, G-DEL, IFAN, K, MPU, NY, OXF, P, P-CO, P-JU, PC, TCD, W
Countries
West African Islands: Cape VerdeTropical Africa: Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, SenegalMadagascan region: Madagascar
Associate(s)
Leprieur, François Mathias René (1799-1869) (co-collector)
Biography
French agriculturalist and plant collector from Vesoul, Haute-Saône. He was appointed director of the royal plantations in Senegal (1825-1831) and collected in tropical West Africa until his death in October 1837. Material attributed to him from Madagascar is probably from another collector. Heudelot is commemorated by the genus Heudelotia A. Rich. in the Burseraceae and many species including Lissochilus heudelotii Rchb. f., Triplophyllum heudelotii Pic. Serm. and Gymnopteris heudelotii Bory ex Fée (= Bolbitis heudelotii (Bory ex Fée) Alston), the popular african water fern of aquarists.
References
Dorr, L.J. Pl. Collectors Madagasc. Comoro Is. (1997): 205; Hepper, F.N. & Neate, F., Pl. Collectors W. Africa (1971): 38; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 31; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. E-H (1957): 272, 273; Murray, G.R.M., Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Dep. Brit. Mus. (1904): 155;
Heudelot, J. (1802-1837)
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