Jean Charles Marie Grenier
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Jean Charles Marie Grenier (1808–1875) was a French botanist who was a professor of botany to the Faculty of Sciences at Besançon
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Grenier is credited with the description of hundreds of botanical species, many of them in collaboration with Dominique Alexandre Godron
(1807–1880), a professor of natural history
at Nancy. With Prof. Godron he published a three-volume work on French flora called Flore de France (1848–1856). Grenier was also author of Flore de la châine jurassique (Flora of the Jura Mountain
chain).
Besançon
Besançon , is the capital and principal city of the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It had a population of about 237,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2008...
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Grenier is credited with the description of hundreds of botanical species, many of them in collaboration with Dominique Alexandre Godron
Dominique Alexandre Godron
Dominique Alexandre Godron was a French physician and botanist who was born in the town of Hayange, in the département Moselle....
(1807–1880), a professor of natural history
Natural history
Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...
at Nancy. With Prof. Godron he published a three-volume work on French flora called Flore de France (1848–1856). Grenier was also author of Flore de la châine jurassique (Flora of the Jura Mountain
Jura mountains
The Jura Mountains are a small mountain range located north of the Alps, separating the Rhine and Rhone rivers and forming part of the watershed of each...
chain).