Dominique Villars
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 Dominique Villars |
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| Born | 14 November 1745 Villar |
| Died | 26 June 1814 Strasbourg |
| Nationality | France |
| Occupation | botanist |
Dominique Villars or Villar (born on 14 November 1745 in Villar, and died on 26 June 1814 in Strasbourg) is a French botanist. His main work is Histoire des plantes du Dauphiné published between 1786 to 1789, in which about 2,700 species (particularly alpine plants) are described, after over twenty years of observation. His herbarium and botanical manuscripts are preserved at the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Grenoble.
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- Benoît Dayrat (2003). Les Botanistes et la Flore de France. Trois siècles de découvertes, scientifical magazine of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle : 690 p.
