Narcisse Henri François Desportes

Narcisse Henri François Desportes (December 1776 – June 7, 1856) was a French botanist and bibliographer who was a native of Champrond.

He worked as an auditor to Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris, and became curator of the Musée d'histoire naturelle in Le Mans. He was the author of bibliographies associated with the departments of Sarthe and Mayenne.

In 1829 Desportes identified 2562 species and varieties of rose known to exist in France, of which he catalogued in a work titled Roses cultivées en France, au nombre de 2562 espèces ou variétés, avec la synonymie française et latine.

The standard author abbreviation N.H.F.Desp. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

References

• This article is based on a translation of an article from the French Wikipedia.

1. ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do. 

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Name	Desportes, Narcisse Henri Francois
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Date of birth	1776
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Date of death	June 7, 1856
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