Carl David Bouché was a German

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 botanist and gardener. He served as Inspector (technical director) of the Royal Botanic Garden

Botanical Garden in Berlin

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 in Berlin

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 from 1843 to 1881.

Bouché described 107 plant species.

Bouché was a member of a prominent family of botanists and gardeners. His grandfather, Jean David Bouché (1747-1819), a Berlin nurseryman of French origin, installed glasshouse

Glasshouse

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s which became popular with the Prussian nobility. His uncle, Peter Friedrich Bouché (1785-1856), and father Peter Karl Bouché (1783-1856) continued the business. Peter Karl was also a student of Carl Ludwig Willdenow

Carl Ludwig Willdenow

Carl Ludwig Willdenow was a German botanist, pharmacist, and plant taxonomist. He is considered one of the founders of phytogeography, the study of the geographic distribution of plants...