Xavier Montrouzier
French scientist
Reverendus Pater Jean Xavier Hyacinthe Montrouzier (3 December 1820 – 6 May 1897) was a French Marist priest, explorer, botanist, zoologist and entomologist. Abbé Montrouzier studied the flora and fauna of Melanesia especially New Caledonia.
Works
- Montrouzier, P. 1855. Essai sur la faune de l'île de Woodlark ou Mouiou. Annales de la Société d'Agriculture de Lyon 2 7: 1–114
Honours
Plants named for him include:
- the genus Montrouziera "houp" (Clusiaceae)
- (Euphorbiaceae) Phyllanthus montrouzieri Guillaumin & Guillaumin
- (Lecythidaceae) Barringtonia montrouzieri Vieill.
- (Meliaceae) Aglaia montrouzieri Pierre ex Pellegr.
Animals named for him include:
- Papilio montrouzieri, Montrouzier's Ulysses, a swallowtail butterfly.
- The mealybug destroyer, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
The standard author abbreviation Montrouz. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]
References
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Montrouz.
- Laracy, HM. 1973. Xavier Montrouzier: a missionary in Melanesia. In Davidson, J.W. and D. Scarr (eds), Pacific Islands Portraits. Canberra, Australian National University Press, 127-145
- Patrick O’Reilly Un missionnaire naturaliste : Xavier Montrouzier (1820–1897) Patrick O'Reilly Besançon : Imprimerie catholique de l'est, 1931] [23 page Extract from Revue d'Historie des Missions, March 1931]
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