Jules Cardot

Jules Cardot (18 August 1860 – 22 November 1934) was a French botanist and bryologist considered in his time one of the world's leading experts on the mosses of Antarctica.

Jules Cardot
Born	18 August 1860
Died	22 November 1934  (aged 74) Charleville
Occupation	Botanist
Spouse(s)	Marie Cardot
Awards	Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
Academic career
Fields	Botany, bryology, moss
Author abbrev. (botany)	Cardot
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He was the son-in-law of botanist Louis Piré. His collection of herbarium specimens at his laboratories in Charleville was heavily looted and damaged during World War I.^[1] The French Academy of Sciences awarded the 1893 "Prix Montague" to Cardot for his work on mosses.^[2][3] Cardot named 40 genera and 1200 species.^[4]

Works

• Cardot, J. Nouvelle contribution à la flore bryologique des îles atlantiques. // Bull.Herb.Boissier.Sér.2., Geneva. Impr. Romanet. Vol. v (2). Feb. 1905

With Ferdinand Renauld he edited and distributed two exsiccata series, namely Musci Americae Septentrionalis exsiccati and (1892-1908) and Musci Europaei exsiccati (? 1902-1908).^[5]