Xavier Montrouzier

Reverendus Pater Jean Xavier Hyacinthe Montrouzier (3 December 1820 – 6 May 1897) was a French Marist priest, explorer, botanist, zoologist and entomologist. Abbé Montrouzier studied the flora and fauna of Melanesia especially New Caledonia.

Works

Montrouzier, P. 1855. Essai sur la faune de l'île de Woodlark ou Mouiou. Annales de la Société d'Agriculture de Lyon 2 7: 1–114

Honours

Plants named for him include:

the genus Montrouziera "houp" (Clusiaceae)
(Euphorbiaceae) Phyllanthus montrouzieri Guillaumin & Guillaumin
(Lecythidaceae) Barringtonia montrouzieri Vieill.
(Meliaceae) Aglaia montrouzieri Pierre ex Pellegr.

Animals named for him include:

Papilio montrouzieri, Montrouzier's Ulysses, a swallowtail butterfly.
The mealybug destroyer, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri

The standard author abbreviation Montrouz. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

References

^ International Plant Names Index. Montrouz.

Laracy, HM. 1973. Xavier Montrouzier: a missionary in Melanesia. In Davidson, J.W. and D. Scarr (eds), Pacific Islands Portraits. Canberra, Australian National University Press, 127-145
Patrick O’Reilly Un missionnaire naturaliste : Xavier Montrouzier (1820–1897) Patrick O'Reilly Besançon : Imprimerie catholique de l'est, 1931] [23 page Extract from Revue d'Historie des Missions, March 1931]

[1] International Plant Names Index. Montrouz.

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