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Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars

French botanist

Died when: 72 years 188 days (870 months)
Star Sign: Scorpio

 

Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars

Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars (5 November 1758, Bournois – 12 May 1831, Paris) was an eminent French botanist known for his work collecting and describing orchids from the three islands of Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion.

The standard author abbreviation Thouars is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.


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