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An intellectual biography of Elie-Abel Carrière (1818–1896)

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An intellectual biography of Elie-Abel Carrière is presented, including a list of taxa named by him in the gymnosperms. He was the leading authority on gymnosperms in the middle years of the 19th century, and he was also the major French horticulturist of that era. He was also an active proponent of the reforestation of the mountains that began under Napoleon III after many decades of popular resistance.

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Williams, R.L. An intellectual biography of Elie-Abel Carrière (1818–1896). Brittonia 56, 365–374 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1663/0007-196X(2004)056[0365:AIBOEC]2.0.CO;2

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