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### Author
Courtois, Richard Joseph (1806-1835), Belgian botanist, born at Liège, Dr. phil. Gent 1823 \[sic\], botanist at Liège in Charge of the botanical garden of the University of Liège.
**Abbreviated name**: *Courtois* \[standard form in IPNI: *Courtois*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection LG|LG]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Backer p. 144; Barnhart 1: 388 (b. 17 Jan 1806, Liège, d. 14 Apr 1835, Liège); BM 1: 395; CSP 2: 113; Frank 3(Anh.): 20; IH 2: 141; PR 1933-1934, ed. 1: 2023; Rehder 5(index): 197; TL-2/4354-4355; Tucker 1: 176.
#### Biofile
- Fournier, E., *in* H.E. Baillon, Dict. bot. 2: 254. 1881.
- Fournier, P., Voy. déc. miss. nat. franç. 2: 37, 38, 96-108. 237. 1932.
- Hunt Institution, Biogr. dict. bot. portr. coll. 85. 1972.
- Moll, J.W., Herb. Hort. bot. Gron. 20, 22.1918 ("Choix de plantes de la Belgique ca. 1826").
- Morren Ch., Bot. Zeit. 13(4): 775-776. 1855 (obit., based on Belg. hort. 1855 "Prologue consacré à la mémoire de R. Courtois...").
- Pritzel, G., Linnaea 19(4): 451. Dec 1846 (born at Verviers on 17 Jan 1806, sic).
- Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Linnaea 6(Lit.): 116. 1831 (rev. *Compendium Florae belgicae*).
#### Composite works
- (1) With A.L.S. Lejeune, *Compendium Florae belgicae*, Leodii \[Liège\] 1828-1836, 3 vols., see TL-2/4355 sub Lejeune. – Hornung E.G., Flora 15(2) Lit. Ber. 17: 257-270. Jul-Dec 1832 (detailed rev.).
- (2) See TL-2/4354, A.L.S. Lejeune and R.J. Courtois, *Verhandeling over de Ranunculaceae* *der Nederlandsche Flora*... Amsterdam 1827. Oct.
- (3) R. Courtois, *Commentarius, in* Remberti Dodonaei peptades, Verh. Leop.-Carol. Akad. Naturf. 17(9)(2): 761-840. 1835.
### Publications
##### n.27.931. organorum propagationi inservientium plantarum
**Title**
Responsio ad questionem botanicam... "Quaeritur concinna expositio eorum, quae de *organorum propagationi inservientium plantarum* phanerogamicum ortu, situ fabricâ et functione innotuerunt... Gent (Université de l'État de Gand) 1827. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Org. prop. inserv.* *plant.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1823, p. \[1\]-113. *Copies*: BR, G, NY. – See also Rehder 1: 33.
##### n.27.932. tilleuls d'Europe
**Title**
Mémoire sur les *tilleuls d'Europe*... Bruxelles (M. Hayez, imprimeur de l'académie royale) 1835. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Tilleuls Europe*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1835, p. \[i\], \[iii\], \[1\]-18, *pl. 1-4* (uncol. draw.). *Copy*: KNAW. – Issued in Nouv. Mém. Acad. roy. sci. Bruxelles 9. 1835.