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### Author
Méhu, Marie Antoine Adolphe (1840-1881), French botanist; Dr. pharm. Montpellier 1867, from 1867-1881 pharmacist at Villefranehe-sur-Saône, Rhône, from 1871 also professor of botany at the École normale.
**Abbreviated name**: *Méhu* \[standard form in IPNI: *Méhu*\]
#### Herbarium and types
For a description of M's herbarium and library, then still at his home, see Chaboisseau (1876).
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 471; BL 2: 115; CSP 8: 372; Jackson p. 284; PR 6054; Rehder 5: 562; Tucker 1: 477.
- Anon., Ann. Soc. bot. Lyon 9(2):xviii. 1882 (d.); Bull. Soc. bot. France 28: 246, (Bibl.) 140. 1881; Feuille jeunes Natural. 12: 24. 1882 (d.).
- Audin, M. & T. Chaboisseau, Adolphe Méhu s.l. 1904, 23 p. (reprinted from Bull. Soc. Sci. Arts Beaujolais Avril-Juin 1904) (biogr., bibl., portr., b. 27 Sep 1840, d. 9 Oct 1881).
- Chaboisseau, abbé, Bull. Soc. bot. France 23: cxcvi-cxcix. 1876 (herb., libr.); 29: 73-76. 1882.
- Flahault, C., Univ. Montpellier, Inst. Bot. 36. 1890 (brief note).
- Magnin, A., Bull. Soc. bot. Lyon 32: 59. 1907 (b. 27 Sep 1840, d. 9 Oct 1881), 35: 50. 1910.
### Publications
##### n.5790. Herborisations dans les montagnes d'Hauteville
**Title**
*Herborisations dans les montagnes d'Hauteville*, du Colombier du Bugey et du Pilat... Lyon (Association typographique...) 1876. Oct.
**Notes**
*Co-authors*: (p. 31-36) Louis Antoine Cusin (1824-1901) (p. 17-30) Jean-Baptiste Saint-Lager (1825-1912).
*Publ*.: Jun 1876 (BSbF 14 Jul 1876), p. \[1\]-16, \[17\]-39. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Soc. bot. Lyon 3(2): 116-127. 1876.
*Ref*.: Anon., Bull. Soc.bot. France 23(C.R.): 239, (Bibl.): 68-69 (sess. extr. juin-juillet): civ (distribué d'avance). 1873.