Casimir Arvet-Touvet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French botanist
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Place of Birth: Gières, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
About Casimir Arvet-Touvet
- Jean-Maurice Casimir Arvet-Touvet (1841–1913) was a French botanist born in Gières. His early botanical investigations involved species native to Dauphiné, publishing in 1871 Essai sur les plantes du Dauphiné.
- Subsequently, he devoted his energies to research of the genus Hieracium (hawkweed).
- With his friend, Marie Clément Gaston Gautier (1841–1911), he conducted studies of Hieracium found in the Pyrenees and the Iberian Peninsula.
- With Gautier he issued a 20 booklet exsiccatae of the genus. During the last few years of his life he was involved with publication of Hieraciorum praesertim Galliae et Hispaniae catalogus systematicus.
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