> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 591](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355678) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/6669-1) LSID 6669-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2959113) QID Q2959113 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Morren, Charles François Antoine (1807-1858), Belgian botanist and horticulturist; born at Gent; studied natural sciences at Gent University; Dr. phil. ib. 1829; teacher physics at a secondary school until 1835, from then on professor of botany at Liège; director of the Jardin botanique de l'Université de Liège 1855-1856. **Abbreviated name**: *C. Morr.* \[standard form in IPNI: *C.Morren*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection LG|LG]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 515; BM 3: 1353; Bossert p. 274; CSP 4: 478-484; De Toni 1: lxxxvii, 2: lxxxii; Frank 3(Anh.): 68; Herder p. 467; Hortus 3: 1200 ("Morr., C."); IH 2: 559; Jackson p. 13, 95, 96, 98, 272, 461, 475; Kew 4: 57-58; Langman p. 526; LS 18324-19324a; Moebius p. 207; MW suppl. p. 239; NI (alph.); Nordstedt p. 24; PR 6471-6486 (ed. 1: 7209-7229); Rehder 5: 590-591; Quensledt p. 302; SO add. 850c; Tucker 1: 499-500; Zander ed. 10, p. 694, ed. 11, p. 792. - Anon., Bonplandia 3: 33. 1855 (Leopoldina cogn. l'Héritier), 5: 226. 1857 (erroneous death notice), 6: 113. 1858 (d.), 7: 7, 10. 1859 (d.); Bot. Zeit. 17: 8. 1859; Bull. Soc. bot. France 4: 432. 1857 (premature death notice), 543 (rectification), 5: 671-672. 1859; Flora 42: 16. 1859;Österr. bot. Z. 7: 267. 1857 (premature death notice), 9: 63. 1859 (d. 17 Dec 1858), 10: 335. 1860. - Breure, A. S. H. & J. G. de Bruijn, eds., Leven werk J. G. S. van Breda 426 \[index\]. 1979. - Crépin, F., Guide Bot. Belg. 241, 242, 461-470. 1878. - Evens, F. M. J. G., Gesch. Algol. Belgie 17. 1944 (portr.). - Gilbert, P., Comp. biogr. lit. deceased entomol. 264. 1977. - Lacordaire, J. T., Annu. Acad. r. Sci. Belg. 25: 207-212. 1859 (see also p. 213-214 by Spring). - Morren, C. F. A., Specimen academicum, exhibens tentamen biozoogeniae generalis... Bruxelles 1829 (thesis Gent, 14 Dec 1829). - Morren, É., Notice sur Charles Morren, Bruxelles et Gand, ed. 1, 1859, 89 p., ed. 2, 1860, 89 p. (portr., bibl.) (See also Bull. Soc. bot. France 7: 60-63. 1860). Original publ. Belg. hortic. 9: i-lxvii. 1859; Annu. Acad. Sci. Belgique 26: 167-251. 1860 (portr., bibl.); *in* C. Morren, Clusia, p. 8-10. 1874 ("supplément à la bibliographie..."). - Oye, P. van, De plantkunde aan de Universiteit te Gent 8-9. 1960 (Dr. phil. Gent 1829; from 1829-1835 high school teacher; to Liège 1835, b. 3 Mar 1807, d. 17 Dec 1858). - Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 88. 1903, 3(3): 74. 1905. #### Composite works (*1*) *La Belgique horticole*, founder and editor, vols. 1-7, 1851-1857. (*2*) Morren collected many of his opuscula in a series of composite volumes (see PR 6483-6486): (a) *Prémices* d'anatomie et de physiologie végétales, Bruxelles 1841; collection of 21 separately paged reprints. – Also as *Études d'anatomie* et de physiologie végétales, Bruxelles 1841. (b) *Dodonaea*, ou Recueil d'observations de botanique, Bruxelles, 2 vols. 1841-1844, Oct.; 1: 1841, p. \[i\]-vii, \[viii\], \[1\]-150, *pl. 1-6*, 2: 1843, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-122, *4 pl*. (c) *Fuchsia*, ou Recueil d'observations de botanique... Bruxelles 1850, p. \[i\]-xviii, \[i\]-xxviii, \[1\]-170, \[1\], *12 pl*. (d) *Lobelia*, ou Recueil d'observations de botanique... Bruxelles 1851, portr. Lobel, p. \[i\]-viii, \[i\]-xxv, \[1\]-206, *14 pl*.; 18 papers reprinted from Bull. Acad. r. Belgique. (e) *Clusia*, ou Recueil d'observations de botanique... Bruxelles, 221 p., published 1874 by E. Morren; portr., introduction by E. Morren, p. \[1\]-10, \[11\], followed by independently paged papers. #### Handwriting Gandollea 32: 183-184. 1977. #### Thesis *Specimen academicum* exhibens *tentamen Biozoogeniae* generalis... Bruxellis (ex Typographia H. Remy) 1829 (defended 14 Dec 1829), p. \[1\]-30. *Copy*: FI. #### Eponymy *Morrenia* J. Lindley (1838). ### Publications ##### n.6343. Discours sur les fleurs nationales de Belgique **Title** *Discours sur les fleurs nationales de Belgique* et sur l'utilité de créer des jardins historiques destinés à l'enseignement de l'histoire de la patrie;... Bruxelles (Chez C. Muquardt,...) 1846. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Disc. fl. natl. Belg.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1846 (oration held 17 Dec 1846; preprint (dated 1846), p. \[1\]-32. *Copy*: FI. – Preprinted from Bull. Acad. r. Belg. 13(12): 442-470. 1846(1847).