Narcisse Henri François Desportes
Curator, Deceased Person
1776 – 1856
Who was Narcisse Henri François Desportes?
Narcisse Henri François Desportes 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.
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