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Xavier Montrouzier

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Jean Xavier Hyacinthe Montrouzier

Reverendus Pater Jean Xavier Hyacinthe Montrouzier (3 December 1820 – 6 May 1897) was a French Marist priest, explorer, botanist, zoologist and entomologist. Abbé Montrouzier studied the flora and fauna of Melanesia especially New Caledonia.

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Works

  • Montrouzier, P. 1855. Essai sur la faune de l'île de Woodlark ou Mouiou. Annales de la Société d'Agriculture de Lyon 2 7: 1–114

    • Honours

    Xavier Montrouzier httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommons55

    Plants named for him include

  • the genus Montrouziera "houp" (Clusiaceae)
  • (Euphorbiaceae) Phyllanthus montrouzieri Guillaumin & Guillaumin
  • (Lecythidaceae) Barringtonia montrouzieri Vieill.
  • (Meliaceae) Aglaia montrouzieri Pierre ex Pellegr.

    • Animals named for him include

  • Papilio montrouzieri, Montrouzier's Ulysses, a swallowtail butterfly.

    • References

    Xavier Montrouzier Wikipedia
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