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Quoy, Jean Rene Constant (1790–1869) View Biographical Record
Article: Quoyanus
Publication: Verklarend woordenboek der wetenschappelijke namen van de in Nederland en Nederlandsch-Indië...
Subject ID: 40506
| Subject Name: | Quoy, Jean Rene Constant |
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| Article Title: | Quoyanus |
| Publication Primary Author: | Backer, C. A. |
| Call Number: | L15 B126V |
| Notes: | Quoy, J.R.C.; 1790-1869; born Maillé, Vendée, France, died Rochefort; surgeon with Fr. navy; as a naturalist he participated in De Freycinet's exped. with corvette L'Uranie, and later with La Physicienne, 1817-20, and in Durmond d'Urville's exped. with L'Astrolabe, 1826-29, both to the Pacific; during the last voyage he collected plants with Gaimard, a.o. near the Bay of Doré and in the Minahasa. 'Acrostichum quoyanum Guad.' (= Campium quoyanum Cope.) was named after him. |