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4 unusual facts about Antoine Guichenot


Adenanthos

There, botanist Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour, assisted by gardener's boy Antoine Guichenot, collected plant specimens including A. cuneatus, A. obovatus and A. sericeus.

Antoine Guichenot

His contributions to Australian botany are commemorated in the name of the Australian plant genus Guichenotia.

Guichenot

Antoine Guichenot (fl. 1801–1817), French gardener, member of the 1801–1803 Baudin expedition to Australia

Guichenotia

The genus name honours Antoine Guichenot, gardener's boy on the 1801–1803 French scientific voyage to Australia under Nicolas Baudin.



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