Jacques Bernard Hombron

Template:Short description Jacques Bernard Hombron (1798–1852) was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.

Hombron served on the French voyage of the Astrolabe and Zélée between 1837 and 1840 to investigate the perimeter of Antarctica. He described a number of plants and animals with Honoré Jacquinot. Hombron served as surgeon and botanist on the Astrolabe and Honoré Jacquinot was a junior surgeon on the Zélée.<ref name=JS>Hombron, Jacques Bernard (1800-1852) JSTOR Global Plants</ref> A botanical account of the expedition was published in: "Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée ... Botanique / par MM. Hombron et Jacquinot"; (2 volumes 1845–1853).

In 1847 Hombron published a two-volume work on his personal and other explorers' adventures, titled: "Aventures les plus curieuses des voyageurs : coup d'oeil autour du monde".<ref name=JS/> In 1841 Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré named the plant genus Hombronia in his honor.<ref>BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications</ref> Template:Botanist

See also

• European and American voyages of scientific exploration

References

• IPNI List of plants described and co-described by Hombron

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