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Jules Cardot

Jules Cardot

French botanist (1860–1934)

Jules Cardot (18 August 1860 – 22 November 1934) was a French botanist and bryologist considered in his time one of the world's leading experts on the mosses of Antarctica.

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He was the son-in-law of botanist Louis Piré. His collection of herbarium specimens at his laboratories in Charleville was heavily looted and damaged during World War I.[1] The French Academy of Sciences awarded the 1893 "Prix Montague" to Cardot for his work on mosses.[2][3] Cardot named 40 genera and 1200 species.[4]

Works

The standard author abbreviation Cardot is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

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    Britton, Elizabeth G.; Smith, Annie Morril; Chamberlain, Edward B.; Best, G. N.; Conklin, George H.; Evans, Alexander W.; Grout, A. J.; Haynes, Caroline C.; Holzinger, J. M.; Howe, Marshall A.; Kaiser, George B.; Jennings, O. E.; Lorenz, Annie; Nichols, George E.; Plitt, Charles C.; Riddle, L. W.; Williams, R. S. (1919), "Resolutions upon the Loss of the Collections and Library of M. Jules Cardot", The Bryologist, 22 (6): 87–88, doi:10.1639/0007-2745(1919)22[87:rutlot]2.0.co;2
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    (France), Académie des Sciences (1894). "Tableaux des prix décernés". Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. Vol. 117. p. 1006. (The French Academy awarded the 1893 prizes on 18 December 1893.)
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    "Science Prizes". American Naturalist. Vol. 28. U. of Chicago Press. 1894. p. 290.
  4. [4]
    Cardot, Jules (1860–1934), jstor.org
  5. [5]
    International Plant Names Index.  Cardot.
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