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Leschenault de la Tour, Jean Baptiste Louis (Claude) Théodore (1773-1826)

Date Updated: 19 April 2013

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Jean Baptiste Louis (Claude) Théodore
Last name
Leschenault de la Tour
Initials
J.B.L.(C.)T.
Life Dates
1773 - 1826
Collecting Dates
1801 - 1824
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Algae Fungi Pteridophytes Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
P (main), A, BM, FI, G, G-DC, G-DEL, GH, H, K, L, MO, NY, OXF, P-JU, PC, U
Countries
Australasia: AustraliaBrazilian region: BrazilWest African Islands: Canary Islands, Cape VerdeTropical South America: French Guiana, Guyana, SurinameIndian region: India, Sri LankaMalesian region: IndonesiaMascarenes: MauritiusSouthern Africa: South Africa
Associate(s)
Baudin, Thomas Nicolas (1754-1803) (co-collector)
Guichenot, Antoine (fl. 1800-1820) (co-collector)
Péron, F. (1775-1810) (co-collector)
Riedlé, Anselme (1775-1801) (co-collector)
Sautier, Antoine (-1801) (co-collector)
Biography
French doctor and naturalist from Châlons-sur-Marne who sailed with T.N. Baudin (1801-1803) to Australia on Le Géographe and Le Naturaliste. Publication of descriptions from the material of the expedition was greatly delayed, partly because the commanders and several of the scientists of the expedition did not survive the journey and Leschenault was left sick at Timor in June 1803. He was probably the first scientist to observe the Aboriginal people of south-west Australia, but his findings were never fully published. His herbarium at P was used by later botanists, including A.J.A. Bonpland, R.L. Desfontaines, A.L. de Jussieu, J.H.H. de Labillardière and L. Ventenat. The genus Lechenaultia R. Br., endemic to Western Australia and complete with Robert Brown's original misspelling, was named in his honour.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 368; Chaudhri, M.N., Vegter, H.I. & de Bary, H.A., Index Herb. Coll. I-L (1972): 414, 434; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. N-R (1983): 761; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. S (1986): 828;

Date Updated: 19 April 2013

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Jean Baptiste Louis (Claude) Théodore
Last name
Leschenault de la Tour
Initials
J.B.L.(C.)T.
Life Dates
1773 - 1826
Collecting Dates
1801 - 1824
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Algae Fungi Pteridophytes Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
P (main), A, BM, FI, G, G-DC, G-DEL, GH, H, K, L, MO, NY, OXF, P-JU, PC, U
Countries
Australasia: AustraliaBrazilian region: BrazilWest African Islands: Canary Islands, Cape VerdeTropical South America: French Guiana, Guyana, SurinameIndian region: India, Sri LankaMalesian region: IndonesiaMascarenes: MauritiusSouthern Africa: South Africa
Associate(s)
Baudin, Thomas Nicolas (1754-1803) (co-collector)
Guichenot, Antoine (fl. 1800-1820) (co-collector)
Péron, F. (1775-1810) (co-collector)
Riedlé, Anselme (1775-1801) (co-collector)
Sautier, Antoine (-1801) (co-collector)
Biography
French doctor and naturalist from Châlons-sur-Marne who sailed with T.N. Baudin (1801-1803) to Australia on Le Géographe and Le Naturaliste. Publication of descriptions from the material of the expedition was greatly delayed, partly because the commanders and several of the scientists of the expedition did not survive the journey and Leschenault was left sick at Timor in June 1803. He was probably the first scientist to observe the Aboriginal people of south-west Australia, but his findings were never fully published. His herbarium at P was used by later botanists, including A.J.A. Bonpland, R.L. Desfontaines, A.L. de Jussieu, J.H.H. de Labillardière and L. Ventenat. The genus Lechenaultia R. Br., endemic to Western Australia and complete with Robert Brown's original misspelling, was named in his honour.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 368; Chaudhri, M.N., Vegter, H.I. & de Bary, H.A., Index Herb. Coll. I-L (1972): 414, 434; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. N-R (1983): 761; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. S (1986): 828;
Leschenault de la Tour, Jean Baptiste Louis (Claude) Théodore (1773-1826)
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