Eugène Jacob de Cordemoy

Eugène Jacob de Cordemoy[1] (1835 in Saint-André, Réunion[2] – 25 April 1911 in Hellbourg, Salazie, Réunion) was French physician and botanist.

Eugène Jacob de Cordemoy
Born(1835-07-13)13 July 1835
Saint-André, Réunion, France
Died25 April 1911(1911-04-25) (aged 75)
Hellbourg, Salazie, Reunion
Nationality France
Known forClassification of orchids
Scientific career
FieldsBotanist
Author abbrev. (botany)Cordem.

He had a particular interest in orchids, continuing the work of Charles Frappier. He is the author of Flore de l'île de la Réunion (English: Flora of the island of Réunion) published in 1895. He also studied birds.[3]

Bibliography
  • Rapport sur la maladie de la canne à sucre; lu à la Chambre d'agriculture à sa session de juin 1868, Saint-Denis; G. Lahuppe, 1868.
  • Rapport de la commission chargée d'étudier la catastrophe du Grand-Sablé, à Salazie, (Rapporteur : Dr Jacob de Cordemoy) Saint-Denis (Réunion) : impr. de G. Lahuppe, 1876.
  • Flore de l'Île de la Réunion. Fascicule I, Cryptogames vasculaires, (fougeres, lycopodes, sélaginelles), Saint-Denis, Réunion : Typographie de la Vérité, 1891.
  • Flore de l'île de la Réunion (phanérogames, cryptogames, vasculaires, muscinées) avec l'indication des propriétés économiques & industrielles des plantes, Paris, P. Klinsksieck, 1895.[4][5]

References
  1. Anthony Cheke; Julian P. Hume (30 June 2010). Lost Land of the Dodo: The Ecological History of Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 140–. ISBN 978-1-4081-3305-7.
  2. Genealogy Jacob de Cordemoy
  3. Julian P. Hume; Michael Walters (19 March 2012). Extinct Birds. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 272–. ISBN 978-1-4081-5862-3.
  4. WorldCat Search published works
  5. Umberto Quattrocchi (3 May 2012). CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology (5 Volume Set). CRC Press. pp. 3505–. ISBN 978-1-4822-5064-0.
  6. International Plant Names Index.  Cordem.


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