Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart

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Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart

French botanist

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Last Updated: Feb 19, 2024 • Article History

Category: Science & Tech

Born:: Jan. 14, 1801, Paris, Fr.

Died:: Feb. 18, 1876, Paris (aged 75)

Subjects Of Study:: plant; fossil; pollen; pollen tube; taxonomy

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Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart (born Jan. 14, 1801, Paris, Fr.—died Feb. 18, 1876, Paris) was a French botanist whose classification of fossil plants, which drew surprisingly accurate relations between extinct and existing forms prior to Charles Darwin’s principles of organic evolution, earned him distinction as the founder of modern paleobotany. Brongniart is also known for his valuable contributions to angiosperm (flowering plant) morphology, especially for his account of pollen development and pollen tube formation (1827). In 1831 Brongniart became an assistant to the botanist René Desfontaines at the National Museum of Natural History, Paris, and two years later succeeded his teacher to ...(100 of 266 words)

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