Carl David Bouché Explained

Carl David Bouché
Birth Date:	4 June 1809
Citizenship:	German
Fields:	Botany
Alma Mater:	Washington University in St. Louis

Carl David Bouché (4 June 1809  - 27 September 1881) was a German botanist and gardener. He served as Inspector (technical director) of the Royal Botanic Garden in Berlin from 1843 to 1881.^[1]

Bouché described 107 plant species.^[2]

Bouché was a member of a prominent family of botanists and gardeners. His grandfather, Jean David Bouché (1747 - 1819), a Berlin nurseryman of French origin, installed glasshouses which became popular with the Prussian nobility. His uncle, Peter Friedrich Bouché (1785 - 1856), and father Peter Karl Bouché (1783 - 1856) continued the business. Peter Karl was also a student of Carl Ludwig Willdenow.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Leuenberger . Beat Ernst . 2004 . The Cactaceae of the Willdenow herbarium, and of Willdenow (1813) . Willdenowia . 34 . 309–22 . 10.3372/wi.34.34127 . 85274172 . free .
2. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_family=&find_genus=&find_species=&find_infrafamily=&find_infragenus=&find_infraspecies=&find_authorAbbrev=C.D.Bouch%C3%A9&find_includePublicationAuthors=on&find_includePublicationAuthors=off&find_includeBasionymAuthors=on&find_includeBasionymAuthors=off&find_publicationTitle=&find_isAPNIRecord=on&find_isAPNIRecord=false&find_isGCIRecord=on&find_isGCIRecord=false&find_isIKRecord=on&find_isIKRecord=false&find_rankToReturn=all&output_format=normal&find_sortByFamily=on&find_sortByFamily=off&query_type=by_query&back_page=plantsearch International Plant Names Index