Robert Hippolyte Chodat
Encyclopedia
Robert Hippolyte Chodat was a Swiss botanist and phycologist
who was a professor and director of the botanical institute at the University of Geneva
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Chodat was a leading authority of the botanical family Polygalaceae
. He is also remembered for his trip to collect plants in the Oriental Region of Paraguay with Emil Hassler
(1914). He was winner of the 1933 Linnean Medal
.
Phycology
Phycology is the scientific study of algae. Phycology is a branch of life science and often is regarded as a subdiscipline of botany....
who was a professor and director of the botanical institute at the University of Geneva
University of Geneva
The University of Geneva is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland.It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin, as a theological seminary and law school. It remained focused on theology until the 17th century, when it became a center for Enlightenment scholarship. In 1873, it...
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Chodat was a leading authority of the botanical family Polygalaceae
Polygalaceae
The Polygalaceae or Milkwort family is a family of flowering plants in the order Fabales. They have a near-cosmopolitan range, with about 17 genera and 900–1,000 species of herbs, shrubs and trees...
. He is also remembered for his trip to collect plants in the Oriental Region of Paraguay with Emil Hassler
Emil Hassler
Emil Hassler was a swiss physician, naturalist and botanist well known for his collections and contributions to the flora of Paraguay....
(1914). He was winner of the 1933 Linnean Medal
Linnean Medal
The Linnean Medal of the Linnean Society of London was established in 1888, and is awarded annually to alternately a botanist or a zoologist or to one of each in the same year...
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Selected publications
- Monographia Polygalacearum, vol.1- 1891, vol.2- 1893
- 1898-1907 : Plantae Hasslerianae (with Emil HasslerEmil HasslerEmil Hassler was a swiss physician, naturalist and botanist well known for his collections and contributions to the flora of Paraguay....
) - Etude Critique et Experimentale sur le Polymorphisme des Algues, 1909
- La Végétation du Paraguay. Résultats Scientifiques d'une Mission Botanique Suisse au Paraguay, (with Wilhelm Vischer 1890-1960).
- La biologie des plantes: Les plantes aquatiques, 1917