Colette Cusset Explained

Colette Cusset, born on 28 June 1944, is a French researcher and botanist. She specializes particularly in Podostemaceae found on the African continent, discovering and cataloging several species.

Her contributions to African botany led scientists to name a species of Podostemaceae in her honor in 2016.

Biography

She was born in 1944. She obtained her doctorate at the end of her studies.[1] In 1969, she was appointed as a research assistant at the National Museum of Natural History.[2] Later, within this institution, Cusset was the first to digitize botanical data from the regions covered by her research, between 1985 and 1988.[3]

She is partly known for having described two new genera of Podostemaceae, "Djinga" and "Zehnderia", and 18 new species, in addition to renaming 35 others.[4] Her choices in reorganization and renaming subsequently opened new avenues for research.[5]

Legacy

Some of her work was described as "foundational" by other scientists.[6] In 2016, a species of Podostemaceae from Ivory Coast was named in her honor by Ghanaian and British botanists Gabriel Ameka and Martin Cheek, "Macropodiella cussetiana".[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Podostemaceae . 2024-06-24 . www.systbot.uzh.ch . 2021-10-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211028074715/https://www.systbot.uzh.ch/static/podostemaceae/infos/dedication.htm . live .
  2. Book: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France) . Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle . naturelle (France) . Muséum national d'histoire . naturelle (France) . Muséum national d'histoire . 1970 . Imprimerie nationale . ser.2:t.42 (1970) . Paris . 2024-06-24 . 2024-05-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240509055858/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/251385 . live .
  3. T. . Deroin . Lowry . P. P. . December 2011 . Jean-Noël LABAT (1959–2011) . Adansonia . en . 33 . 2 . 169–181 . 10.5252/a2011n2a1 . 1280-8571 . 2024-06-24 . 2024-06-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240624163021/https://bioone.org/journals/adansonia/volume-33/issue-2/a2011n2a1/Jean-No%c3%abl-LABAT-19592011/10.5252/a2011n2a1.short . live .
  4. Moline . P. . Thiv . M. . Ameka . G. K. . Ghogue . J.-P. . Pfeifer . E. . Rutishauser . R. . 2007 . Comparative Morphology and Molecular Systematics of African Podostemaceae-Podostemoideae, with Emphasis on Dicraeanthus and Ledermanniella from Cameroon . International Journal of Plant Sciences . 168 . 2 . 159–180 . 10.1086/509607 . 10.1086/509607 . 1058-5893.
  5. Ameka . G. K. . Clerk . G. C. . Pfeifer . E. . Rutishauser . R. . 2003 . Developmental morphology of Ledermanniella bowlingii (Podostemaceae) from Ghana . Plant Systematics and Evolution . 237 . 3/4 . 165–183 . 10.1007/s00606-002-0253-6 . 23645019 . 2003PSyEv.237..165R . 0378-2697.
  6. Bidault . Ehoarn . Boupoya . Archange . Ikabanga . Davy U. . Nguimbit . Igor . Texier . Nicolas . Rutishauser . Rolf . Mesterházy . Attila . Stévart . Tariq . 2023 . Novitates Gabonenses 93: a fresh look at Podostemaceae in Gabon following recent inventories, with a new combination for Ledermanniella nicolasii . Plant Ecology and Evolution . 156 . 1 . 59–84 . 10.5091/plecevo.96359 . 48724377 . 2032-3913.
  7. Cheek . Martin . Ameka . Gabriel . 2016 . Macropodiella cussetiana (Podostemaceae) a new species from Côte d'Ivoire . Kew Bulletin . 71 . 2 . 21 . 10.1007/s12225-016-9634-9 . 44989767 . 2016KewBu..71...21C . 0075-5974.

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