Daniel Rapin Explained

Daniel Rapin (1799 in Payerne – 1882) was a Swiss pharmacist and botanist.

He worked as a pharmacist in Fribourg, Strasbourg, Paris, Geneva, Payerne (1832-1838) and Rolle (1838–1853). In 1853 he retired to Yverdon, later relocating to Plainpalais (Geneva) (1857).^[1] Taxa with the specific epithet of rapini are named after him, an example being Salix rapini.^[2]

Selected works

• Guide du botaniste dans le canton de Vaud, 1842 – Botanists guide to the canton of Vaud.
• Méthode analytique pour les plantes phanérogames extrait de la flore français de De Candolle, 1846 – Analytic method for phanerogams from the French flora of de Candolle.
• Flore des plantes vénéneuses de la Suisse, 1849 – Poisonous plants native to Switzerland.^[3]

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190051#page/594/mode/1up Biodiversity Heritage Library
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=uOozAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA341 Bulletin de la Société botanique de France ...
3. http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/ClassifyDemo?search-author-txt=%22Rapin%2C+D.+(Daniel)%2C+1799-1882%22 OCLC Classify