Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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French botanist, explorer and politician (1873–1928)
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About Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard
- Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard, name sometimes given as Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard-Briau (30 October 1873 – 29 December 1927) was a French pharmacist and botanist.In 1899 he obtained his doctorate in natural sciences at the University of Bordeaux, later serving as a professor at the school of medicine in Tours.
- He conducted botanical and exploratory investigations in the Canary Islands (1904–06), Tunisia (1907–10 & 1913) and Morocco (1911–13).
- Many of his plant collections were sent to herbaria in Geneva and Paris.He was the taxonomic authority of numerous botanical taxa.
- The genus Pitardia (Batt.
- ex Pit.) is named in his honor, as are plants with the specific epithets of pitardii and pitardiana.
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