Charles Jacques Édouard Morren
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Charles Jacques Édouard Morren (1833 - 1886), was a Belgian botanist, professor of botany and director of the Jardin botanique de l'Université de Liège from 1857-1886. His special field of study was the Bromeliaceae
on which family he was the recognised authority. He was the son of Charles François Antoine Morren
.
He was editor of the journal ‘La Belgique Horticole’ in which he published descriptions of numerous new species. He was working on a monograph of the Bromeliaceae when death intervened at a relatively youthful 53 years. His manuscripts and commissioned watercolour plates were sold to Kew Gardens by his widow shortly after his death and examined by John Gilbert Baker
and Carl Christian Mez
, who described numerous unpublished new species. Baker made extensive use of these paintings in the preparation of his ‘Handbook of the Bromeliaceae’ which was published in 1889.
Morren employed four artists to work on the plates - Marie Jean Guillaume Cambresier, R. Sartorius, Francois Stroobant
(1819-1916) and François De Tollenaere. Their style later heavily influenced Margaret Mee
's paintings.
This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation E.Morren when citing
a botanical name
.
Bromeliaceae
Bromeliaceae is a family of monocot flowering plants of around 3,170 species native mainly to the tropical Americas, with a few species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, Pitcairnia feliciana...
on which family he was the recognised authority. He was the son of Charles François Antoine Morren
Charles François Antoine Morren
Charles François Antoine Morren , was a Belgian botanist and horticulturist, and Director of the Jardin botanique de l’Université de Liège....
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He was editor of the journal ‘La Belgique Horticole’ in which he published descriptions of numerous new species. He was working on a monograph of the Bromeliaceae when death intervened at a relatively youthful 53 years. His manuscripts and commissioned watercolour plates were sold to Kew Gardens by his widow shortly after his death and examined by John Gilbert Baker
John Gilbert Baker
John Gilbert Baker was an English botanist.Baker was born in Guisborough, the son of John and Mary Baker and educated at Quaker schools in Ackworth and York....
and Carl Christian Mez
Carl Christian Mez
Carl Christian Mez was a German botanist and university professor. He is denoted by the author abbreviation Mez when citing a botanical name.-Life and work:...
, who described numerous unpublished new species. Baker made extensive use of these paintings in the preparation of his ‘Handbook of the Bromeliaceae’ which was published in 1889.
Morren employed four artists to work on the plates - Marie Jean Guillaume Cambresier, R. Sartorius, Francois Stroobant
François Stroobant
François Stroobant was a Belgian painter and lithographer, and brother of the lithographer Louis-Constantin Stroobant noted for his part in Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe....
(1819-1916) and François De Tollenaere. Their style later heavily influenced Margaret Mee
Margaret Mee
Margaret Ursula Mee, MBE was a British botanical artist who specialized in plants from the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. She was also one of the first environmentalists to draw attention to the impact of large-scale mining and deforestation on the Amazon Basin.-Early life:Margaret Ursula Brown was...
's paintings.
This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation E.Morren when citing
Author citation (botany)
In botanical nomenclature, author citation refers to citing the person who validly published a botanical name, i.e. who first published the name while fulfilling the formal requirements as specified by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature...
a botanical name
Botanical name
A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar and/or Group epithets must conform to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants...
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