Colette Cusset

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Colette Cusset, born on 28 June 1944, is a French researcher and botanist. She specializes particularly in Podostemaceae found on the African continent, discovering and cataloging several species.

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Her contributions to African botany led scientists to name a species of Podostemaceae in her honor in 2016.

Biography

She was born in 1944. She obtained her doctorate at the end of her studies. [1] In 1969, she was appointed as a research assistant at the National Museum of Natural History. [2] Later, within this institution, Cusset was the first to digitize botanical data from the regions covered by her research, between 1985 and 1988. [3]

She is partly known for having described two new genera of Podostemaceae, "Djinga" and "Zehnderia", and 18 new species, in addition to renaming 35 others. [1] [4] Her choices in reorganization and renaming subsequently opened new avenues for research. [5]

Legacy

Some of her work was described as "foundational" by other scientists. [6] In 2016, a species of Podostemaceae from Ivory Coast was named in her honor by Ghanaian and British botanists Gabriel Ameka and Martin Cheek, "Macropodiella cussetiana". [7]

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  2. ↑ Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France); naturelle (France), Muséum national d'histoire; naturelle (France), Muséum national d'histoire (1970). Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Vol. ser.2:t.42 (1970). Paris: Imprimerie nationale. Archived from the original on 2024-05-09. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  3. ↑ T., Deroin; Lowry, P. P. (December 2011). "Jean-Noël LABAT (1959–2011)". Adansonia. 33 (2): 169–181. doi:10.5252/a2011n2a1. ISSN   1280-8571. Archived from the original on 2024-06-24. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  4. ↑ Moline, P.; Thiv, M.; Ameka, G. K.; Ghogue, J.-P.; Pfeifer, E.; Rutishauser, R. (2007). "Comparative Morphology and Molecular Systematics of African Podostemaceae-Podostemoideae, with Emphasis on Dicraeanthus and Ledermanniella from Cameroon". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 168 (2): 159–180. doi:10.1086/509607. ISSN   1058-5893. JSTOR   10.1086/509607.
  5. ↑ Ameka, G. K.; Clerk, G. C.; Pfeifer, E.; Rutishauser, R. (2003). "Developmental morphology of Ledermanniella bowlingii (Podostemaceae) from Ghana". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 237 (3/4): 165–183. Bibcode:2003PSyEv.237..165R. doi:10.1007/s00606-002-0253-6. ISSN   0378-2697. JSTOR   23645019.
  6. ↑ Bidault, Ehoarn; Boupoya, Archange; Ikabanga, Davy U.; Nguimbit, Igor; Texier, Nicolas; Rutishauser, Rolf; Mesterházy, Attila; Stévart, Tariq (2023). "Novitates Gabonenses 93: a fresh look at Podostemaceae in Gabon following recent inventories, with a new combination for Ledermanniella nicolasii". Plant Ecology and Evolution. 156 (1): 59–84. doi:10.5091/plecevo.96359. ISSN   2032-3913. JSTOR   48724377.
  7. ↑ Cheek, Martin; Ameka, Gabriel (2016). "Macropodiella cussetiana (Podostemaceae) a new species from Côte d'Ivoire". Kew Bulletin. 71 (2): 21. Bibcode:2016KewBu..71...21C. doi:10.1007/s12225-016-9634-9. ISSN   0075-5974. JSTOR   44989767.
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