François Crépin

François Crépin

François Crépin (30 October 1830 – 30 April 1903) was an important botanist of the 19th century and director of the National Botanic Garden of Belgium.

Crépin was born in Rochefort, Belgium. The genus Crepinella (Araliaceae) is named after him. He died in Brussels.

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

References

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

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Name	Crepin, Francois
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Date of birth	30 October 1830
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Date of death	30 April 1903
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