Étienne Denisse

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Étienne Denisse (1785 Carcassonne – 1861 Mourens) was a French botanical artist, lithographer, botanist and horticulturist. The standard author abbreviation Denisse is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name . [1] [2]

Denisse worked at the horticultural gardens of the National Museum of Natural History, France. He lived for many years in the French West Indies, and was commissioned by the government of Guadeloupe to illustrate and collect the plants of the French Antilles, and to research their pharmaceutical and culinary properties. His work, "Flore d'Amérique", was important for its hand-coloured lithographs.

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References

  1. IPNI.  Denisse.
  2. Mourens (Gironde, France), Registre d'état civil. Sépulture ou décès. 1853-1872. Archives départementales de la Gironde.
  3. "Flore d'Amérique, dessinée d'après nature sur les lieux. Riche collection de plantes les plus remarquables, fleurs & fruits de grosseur & de grandeur naturelle". Paris, Gihaut. 1843.