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About Henri Chermezon
- Henri Chermezon (12 May 1885, Paris – 15 January 1939, Strasbourg) was a French botanist.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.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.
- Plants with the specific epithet of chermezonii commemorate his name, an example being Carex chermezonii (Luceño & MartĂn-Bravo).
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