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    Philibert Commerson (French: [filibɛʁ kɔmɛʁsɔ̃]; 18 November 1727 – 14 March 1773), sometimes spelled Commerçon by contemporaries, was a French naturalist...
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    the Indian Ocean. The dolphin is named after French naturalist Dr Philibert Commerson, who first described them in 1767 after sighting them in the Strait...
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  • command "Comm.", the standard botanical abbreviation for scientist Philibert Commerson "comm.", an abbreviation for commentary COMM (The Tangent album)...
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    French astronomer and mathematician Nicole-Reine Hortense Lepaute. Philibert Commerson attempted to name the flower Lepautia or Peautia after Lepaute. However...
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    of bat endemic to Madagascar. It is named after French naturalist Philibert Commerson (1727-1773). Bat populations of Africa or São Tomé and Príncipe formerly...
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    honours Philibert Commerçon, the French naturalist whose note Lacépède used to describe this species in 1798 and propose the French name Lophie commerson, this...
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    European botanist who publicly noticed this plant was the French Philibert Commerson, who collected it in Buenos Aires on his botanical circumnavigation...
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    valet and assistant to the expedition's naturalist, Philibert Commerçon (anglicized as Commerson), shortly before Bougainville's ships sailed from France...
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    Lodoicea (category Taxa named by Philibert Commerson)
    recently reintroduced. The name of the genus Lodoicea is given by Philibert Commerson, it may be derived from Lodoicus, a Latinised form of Louis (typically...
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  • The caldera was named in honor of Philibert Commerson, a French explorer. Due to its elevated position, Commerson Crater receives considerable amounts...
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    circumnavigation of the globe. Partner and collaborator of the botanist Philibert Commerson, she joined the expedition of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville disguised...
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    by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, from a specimen collected by botanist Philibert Commerson. Lamarck said of the fruit that it was coarse and difficult to digest...
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    Fernelia (category Taxa named by Philibert Commerson)
    Fernelia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is endemic to the Mascarene Islands. Fernelia buxifolia Lam. Fernelia decipiens...
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    The specific name, commersonii, is in honor of French naturalist Philibert Commerson. The white sucker is a long, round-bodied fish with a dark green...
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    historical observation of the size of the Pacific Ocean. Together with Philibert Commerson, Véron was one of the main scientists that accompanied Louis Antoine...
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    Foetidia (category Taxa named by Philibert Commerson)
    several woods known as stinkwood because of its unpleasant smell. Commerson, Philibert, ex Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de. 1788. Encyclopédie...
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    About one century later, in 1770, French naturalists and voyagers Philibert Commerson and Pierre Sonnerat visited the island from the Isle de France (now...
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    an aquarium fish. The specific name honours the French botanist Philibert Commerson (1727-1773). Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bluespotted cornetfish...
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    made by Philibert Commerson in 1767, from a specimen obtained at Barragán cove during Louis Antoine de Bougainville's expedition. Commerson named the...
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    Scutia (category Taxa named by Philibert Commerson)
    Scutia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae, native to the Galápagos, South America, Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands, the...
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    Tapeinia (category Taxa named by Philibert Commerson)
    Tapeinia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. The genus name is derived from the Greek word tapeinos, meaning "low". The single...
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  • 1647 – Pierre Bayle, French philosopher and author (d. 1706) 1727 – Philibert Commerson, French physician and explorer (d. 1773) 1736 – Carl Friedrich Christian...
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    species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, named after Philibert Commerson. It is found only in Mauritius. Its natural habitat is subtropical...
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    However, the validity of Mylio was questioned as its describer—Philibert Commerson—had listed the type as Sparus mylio. Munro also found that M. australis...
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  • America) Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu (oceans, New Guinea) Philibert Commerson (circumnavigation, Indian Ocean) Victor de Compiègne (Central Africa)...
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  • of the insect descriptions of Carl von Linné. He was a friend of Philibert Commerson (1727–1773), Jean-Emmanuel Gilibert (1741–1814) and Marc Antoine...
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    movements for the meridian of Paris, volume 8 (1785-1792), 1783 Philibert Commerson attempted to name the Hydrangea flower Lepautia or Peautia after...
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  • Baker - Madagascar Danais xanthorrhoea (K.Schum.) Bremek. - Tanzania Philibert Commerson ex Étienne Pierre Ventenat. 1799. Tableau du Regne Vegetal 2: 584...
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    locality given as Mauritius. Lacépède was following earlier work by Philibert Commerson. Hologymnosus annulatus is collected for the aquarium trade and is...
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    Poissons. Lacépède made use of the notes and collections left by Philibert Commerson (1727–1773). He wrote Histoire des Cétacés which was printed in 1804...
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