Name Henri Lecoq | ||
Died 1871, Clermont-Ferrand, France Books A Colour Atlas of Cucurbit Diseases: Observation, Identification & Control | ||
Henri Lecoq (18 April 1802 – 4 August 1871) was a French botanist. Charles Darwin mentioned this name in 1859 in the preface of his famous book On The Origin of Species as a believer in the modification of species. Darwin wrote:
The work referenced by Darwin is Lecoq's "Étude de la Géographie Botanique de l’Europe", published in 1854.
A number of plants carry the name of Lecoq in their descriptive names (see IPNI search). In addition a museum in his home town of Clermont Ferrand (France) is named after him.
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