From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Narcisse Henri François Desportes
Narcisse Henri François Desportes
Narcisse Henri François Desportes (December 1776 – June [1] "Author Query". International Plant Names Index.
7, 1856) was a French botanist and bibliographer who was http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.
a native of Champrond. Persondata
He worked as an auditor to Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
Name Desportes, Narcisse Henri Fran-
at the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle in Paris, and be-
cois
came curator of the Musée d’histoire naturelle in Le Mans.
He was the author of bibliographies associated with the Alternative
departments of Sarthe and Mayenne. names
In 1829 Desportes identified 2562 species and vari- Short description
eties of rose known to exist in France, of which he cata- Date of birth 1776
logued in a work titled Roses cultivées en France, au nombre
Place of birth
de 2562 espèces ou variétés, avec la synonymie française et la-
tine. Date of death June 7, 1856
Place of death
References
• This article is based on a translation of an article from the
French Wikipedia.
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