Adrien René Franchet (21 April 1834 in Pezou – 15 February 1900 in Paris) was a French botanist, based at the Paris Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
He is noted for his extensive work describing the flora of China and Japan, based on the collections made by French Catholic missionaries in China, Armand David, Pierre Jean Marie Delavay, Paul Guillaume Farges, Jean-André Soulié, and others.
He was the taxonomic author of many plants, including a significant number of species from the genera Primula and Rhododendron . [1] The following genera are named in his honor: [2] [3] [4]
Père Jean-Marie Delavay was a French missionary, explorer and botanist. He was perhaps the first Western explorer of the region which is now encompassed by the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas.
Fargesia is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family. These bamboos are native primarily to China, with a few species in Vietnam and in the eastern Himalayas. Some species are cultivated as ornamentals, with common names including umbrella bamboo and fountain bamboo.
Louis Édouard Bureau was a French physician and botanist.
Puelia is a genus of African grasses, the only genus in the tribe Atractocarpeae. It belongs to the subfamily Puelioideae, one of the early-diverging lineages in the grasses, but used to be considered a bamboo genus.
Cladoraphis is a genus of African plants in the grass family, native to southern Africa. Its phylogenetic position within the subfamily has not yet been resolved.
Flora of China is a scientific publication aimed at describing the plants native to China.
Guaduella is a genus of African plants in the grass family, the only genus in the tribe Guaduelleae. It belongs to the subfamily Puelioideae, one of the early-diverging lineages in the grasses, but used to be included in the bamboos.
Osmanthus delavayi is a species of flowering plant in the olive family Oleaceae. It is an evergreen shrub native to the Guizhou, Sichuan and Yunnan regions of southern China, and widely cultivated as an ornamental in temperate and subtropical zones elsewhere.
Lilium fargesii is a Chinese species of plants in the lily family native to Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of China.
Berberis dictyophylla, the netleaf barberry, is a deciduous shrub in the genus Berberis which is native to Western China.
Augustin Abel Hector Léveillé was a French botanist and clergyman.
Jean Jacques Timothée Puel was a French physician and botanist.
Allium longistylum, also called riverside chive, is a species of wild onion native to Korea and northern China. It grows at elevations of 1500–3000 m.
Senghasiella is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Senghasiella glaucifolia, endemic to southwestern China.
Berberis arguta is a shrub in the Berberidaceae described as a species in 1908, having been first described in 1886 at the "forma" level. It is endemic to China and is found only in the Province of Yunnan in southwestern China.
Fritillaria davidii is an Asian species of herbaceous plant in the lily family, native to Sichuan Province in China.
Polygonum polyneuron is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, native to Japan, Korea, the Kuril Islands, and Primorye. It was first described by Adrien René Franchet & Ludovic Savatier.
Acer longipes is an Asian species of maple. It has been found only in China.
Acer paxii is an Asian species of maple. It has been found only in southwestern China.
Decaisnea paradoxa, or blue sausage fruit, is a member of the family Lardizabalaceae, and is native to Nepal, Tibet and China. It is deciduous shrub which grows to a height of 4 m.