Henri Chermezon | |
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Born |
Paris, French Third Republic | 12 May 1885
Died | 15 January 1939
Strasbourg, French Third Republic | (aged 53)
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Henri Chermezon (12 May 1885, Paris – 15 January 1939, Strasbourg) was a French botanist. [1]
From 1906 he worked as a botanical assistant at the Sorbonne in Paris. In 1919 he became chef des travaux in the department of botany at the University of Strasbourg, where he later served as a lecturer ( maître de conférences, from 1927) and as professor (from 1929). In 1936 he was named director of its botanical garden. [2]
He was a specialist in regards to tropical Cyperaceae (sedges), especially plants native to Madagascar. He also published works on sedges found in Senegal, Gabon, the Comoros, Belgian Congo and Ubangi-Shari. [2] He is commemorated in the specific epithet of certain plants, examples being Carex chermezonii (Luceño & Martín-Bravo), [3] or Cyperus chermezonianus.