{{Short description|French botanist and plant collector}} [[File:Georges Francois Reuters.jpg|thumb|Georges François Reuters]] '''Georges François Reuter''' (30 November 1805 – 23 May 1872) was a French [[botanist]] and plant collector. He was born in Paris, and died in [[Geneva]].<ref>Benoît Dayrat (2003). ''Les Botanistes et la Flore de France, trois siècles de découvertes.'' Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle : 690 p.</ref><ref>B.W. Feddersen et A.F. von Oettingen (1898). ''J.C. Poggendorff Biographisch-literarisches Handwörterbuch zur Geschichte der exacten Wissenschaften.'' Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth. (Leipzig).</ref>
Initially an [[engraver]], in 1835 he switched vocations and dedicated his time and energy towards botany.<ref>[http://www.herbarien.uzh.ch/static/database/sammlerdetails_en.php?id=404 Zürich Herbaria] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215065632/http://www.herbarien.uzh.ch/static/database/sammlerdetails_en.php?id=404 |date=2015-02-15 }} (short biography)</ref> Beginning in 1835 he worked as a [[curator]] of [[Augustin Pyramus de Candolle]]'s [[herbarium]], and from 1841 to 1849, he was curator of [[Pierre Edmond Boissier]]'s herbarium. He also collaborated with Boissier on numerous projects that included various plant collection trips. From 1849 until his death, he was director of the [[botanical garden]] in [[Geneva]].<ref name=SM>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190213#page/756/mode/1up BHL] Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications</ref>
In 1838 the botanical genus ''Reutera'' was named in his honor by Boissier.<ref>[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?23744 GRIN Taxonomy for Plants] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923231832/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?23744 |date=2015-09-23 }} Reutera Boiss.</ref>
== Published works == * "Diagnoses plantarum novarum hispanicarum praesertim in Castella nova lectarum" (with Pierre Edmond Boissier), 1842. * ''Essai sur la végétation de la Nouvelle Castille'', 1843 - Essay on the vegetation of [[New Castile (Spain)|New Castile]] * "Pugillus plantarum novarum Africae borealis Hispaniaeque australis" (with Pierre Edmond Boissier), 1852. * ''Quelques notes sur la végétation de l'Algérie'', 1852 - Some notes on the vegetation of [[Algeria]]. * ''Catalogue des plantes vasculaires qui croissent naturellement aux environs de Genéve'', 1861 - Catalog of [[vascular plants]] native to the environs of Geneva.<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2003-36800 WorldCat Identities] (publications)</ref>
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