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### Author
Lortet, Louis-Charles (1836-1909), French physician, parasitologist and botanist at Lyon; grandson of Clémence Lortet; Dr. med. Paris 1861; Dr. sci. nat. Lyon 1867; lecturer medical school, 1867, professor ib. 1868; lecturer in zoology at the Factulté des Sciences 1869; director of the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Lyon 1869; professor of zoology Faculté des Sciences 1874-1877; professor of natural history at the Faculté mixte de Medecine et de Pharmacie 1877-1906.
**Abbreviated name**: *L. Lortet* \[standard form in IPNI: *L.Lortet*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection LY|LY]] (via herb. A.Jordan); other material at [[Collection FI|FI]]. L's library was also acquired by Jordan; it was based on Roffavier's library.
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 3: 199; Barnhart 2: 403; BM 3: 1181, 7: 748; CSP 4: 87, 8: 262, 10: 634, 16: 874-875; IH 2: 461; Morren ed. 10, p. 64; PR 5621; Quenstedt p. 269; Rehder 5: 523.
- Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 24(bibl.): 46. 1877 (transfer to new faculty).
- Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 429. 1880 (herb. LY).
- Gaillard, C., Arch. Mus. Hist. nat. Lyon 11: 1-31. 1912 (b. 22 Aug 1836, d. 26 Dec 1909, bibl., list of biogr. refs.; the main biography with extensive details).
- Magnin, A., Bull. Soc. bot. France 23: clxxxvii. 1876; Bull. Soc. bot. Lyon 35: 33, 48-49. 1910; 37: 56, 57, 58-65. 1912; Les Lortet, Lyon 1913, 109 p. (portr., bibl.).
### Publications
##### n.5010. Recherches sur la fécondation et la germination du Preissia commutata
**Title**
*Recherches sur la fécondation et la germination du Preissia commutata* N. a. E. pour servir à l'histoire des Marchanda... Thèse présentée à la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon pour obtenir le grade de docteur ès-sciences. Lyon (imprimerie Louis Perrin...) 1867. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Rech. Preissia*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mai-Jun 1867 (permis d'imprimer 15 Mar 1867; BSbF Mai-Jun 1867; Flora 8 Oct 1867), p. \[1\]-59, \[1-4\], *pl. 1-4. Copies*: FI, MO, MO-Steere, U-V.