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Pierre Edmond Boissier

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Pierre Edmond Boissier (25 May 1810 Geneva – 25 September 1885 Valeyres-sous-Rances) was a Swiss prominent botanist, explorer and mathematician. [1]

45 relations: Acantholimon, Acinetobacter boissieri, Algeria, Allochrusa, Alps, Aphanopleura, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Azorella, Balearic Islands, Botany, Brassicaceae, Bromus, Colchicum boissieri, Cordia boissieri, Dorycnopsis, Euphorbia boissieri, Freshwater snail, Friedrich Alexander Buhse, Geneva, Genus, George François Reuter, Graellsia (plant), Heteroderis, Iris boissieri, Jura Mountains, Land snail, Lebanon, Libya, List of herbaria, Myopordon, Palestine (region), Parlatoria, Portugal, Prolongoa, Psychrogeton, Pyrus boissieriana, Rhizocephalus, Rousseau Institute, Sphincterochila boissieri, Switzerland, Taxon, Trigonosciadium, Turkey, Valeyres-sous-Rances, William Barbey.

Acantholimon

Acantholimon (prickly thrift) is a genus of small flowering plants within the plumbago or leadwort family, Plumbaginaceae.

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Acinetobacter boissieri

Acinetobacter boissieri is a Gram-negative, oxidase-negative, catalase-positive, strictly aerobic nonmotile bacterium from the genus Acinetobacter which was isolated from plants' floral nectar pollinated from wild Mediterranean insects.

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Algeria

Algeria (الجزائر, familary Algerian Arabic الدزاير; ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ; Dzayer; Algérie), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a sovereign state in North Africa on the Mediterranean coast.

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Allochrusa

Allochrusa is a genus in the carnation family.

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Alps

The Alps (Alpes; Alpen; Alpi; Alps; Alpe) are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe,The Caucasus Mountains are higher, and the Urals longer, but both lie partly in Asia.

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Aphanopleura

Aphanopleura is a genus of flowering plant in the Apiaceae.

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Augustin Pyramus de Candolle

Augustin Pyramus de Candolle also spelled Augustin Pyrame de Candolle (4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist.

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Azorella

Azorella is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to South America, New Zealand and the islands of the Southern Ocean.

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Balearic Islands

The Balearic Islands (Illes Balears,; Islas Baleares) are an archipelago of Spain in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Botany

Botany, also called plant science(s), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.

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Brassicaceae

Brassicaceae or Cruciferae is a medium-sized and economically important family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family.

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Bromus

Bromus is a large genus of grasses, classified in its own tribe Bromeae.

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Colchicum boissieri

Colchicum boisseri is member of the flowering plant family Colchicaceae native to southern Greece and south-western Turkey but cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental.

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Cordia boissieri

Cordia boissieri is a species of flowering shrub or small tree in the borage family, Boraginaceae.

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Dorycnopsis

Dorycnopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae.

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Euphorbia boissieri

Euphorbia boissieri is a species of plant in the Euphorbiaceae family.

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Freshwater snail

Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in freshwater.

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Friedrich Alexander Buhse

Friedrich Alexander Buhse (30 November 1821, Riga – 29 December 1898) was a Baltic-German botanist.

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Geneva

Geneva (Genève, Genèva, Genf, Ginevra, Genevra) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of the Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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George François Reuter

Georges François Reuter (30 November 1805 – 23 May 1872) was a French botanist and plant collector.

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Graellsia (plant)

Graellsia is a genus of small perennial sub-caespitose herbs in the family Brassicaceae / Cruciferae.

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Heteroderis

Heteroderis is a genus of flowering plants in the dandelion family.

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Iris boissieri

Iris boissieri (also known as the 'Yellowbeard Iris'), is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus of Xiphium.

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Jura Mountains

The Jura Mountains (locally; Massif du Jura; Juragebirge; Massiccio del Giura) are a sub-alpine mountain range located north of the Western Alps, mainly following the course of the France–Switzerland border.

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Land snail

A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to sea snails and freshwater snails.

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Lebanon

Lebanon (لبنان; Lebanese pronunciation:; Liban), officially known as the Lebanese RepublicRepublic of Lebanon is the most common phrase used by Lebanese government agencies.

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Libya

Libya (ليبيا), officially the State of Libya (دولة ليبيا), is a sovereign state in the Maghreb region of North Africa, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south and Algeria and Tunisia to the west.

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List of herbaria

This is a list of herbaria, organized first by continent where the herbarium is located, then within each continent by size of the collection.

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Myopordon

Myopordon is a genus of flowering plants in the thistle tribe within the sunflower family.

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Palestine (region)

Palestine (فلسطين,,; Παλαιστίνη, Palaistinē; Palaestina; פלשתינה. Palestina) is a geographic region in Western Asia.

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Parlatoria

Parlatoria is a genus of scales and mealybugs in the family Diaspididae.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa),In recognized minority languages of Portugal: Portugal is the oldest state in the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times.

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Prolongoa

Prolongoa is a genus of Spanish plants in the chamomile tribe within the daisy family.

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Psychrogeton

Psychrogeton is a genus of plants in the aster tribe within the sunflower family.

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Pyrus boissieriana

Pyrus boissieriana, the Boissier pear, is a species of ''Pyrus'' - pear native to the Kopet Dag region on the Turkmenistan and Iranian border.

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Rhizocephalus

Rhizocephalus is a genus of plants in the grass family.

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Rousseau Institute

Rousseau Institute (also known as Jean-Jacques Rousseau Institute or Academy of Geneva; Académie De Genève or Institut Jean-Jacques Rousseau) is a private school in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Sphincterochila boissieri

Sphincterochila boissieri is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Sphincterochilidae.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Taxon

In biology, a taxon (plural taxa; back-formation from taxonomy) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit.

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Trigonosciadium

Trigonosciadium is a genus of five species in the Apiaceae.

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Turkey

Turkey (Türkiye), officially the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia, mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe.

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Valeyres-sous-Rances

Valeyres-sous-Rances is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

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William Barbey

William Barbey (1842–1914) was a Swiss botanist and politician.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Edmond_Boissier

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