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### Author
Thorel, Clovis (1833-1911), French physician, botanist and plant collector; Dr. med. 1861; colonial physician in Indochina 1861; exploring the area 1866-1868; at Paris 1868-1870; Dr. med. Paris 1870; from then on practicing physician in Paris.
**Abbreviated name**: *Thorel* \[standard form in IPNI: *Thorel*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PC|PC]] (herbarium and manuscripts with descriptions of over 4000 species, see Gagnepain 1911); further material at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection NY|NY]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 380 (b. 28 Apr 1833, d. 11 Sep 1911); Bret. p. 835; MW p. 496; Rehder 1: 469; Tucker 1: 688.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 58: 479. 1911 (d.); Cat. gén. livr. impr. Bibl. natl. 188: 306. 1902; Flora 52: 431. 1869 (on Indochina exped.).
- Carnoy, H., ed., Dict. biogr. membr. soc. sav. 135-137. 1896.
- Gagnepain, F., Bull. Soc. bot. France 58: 523-528. 1911 (main biogr. account, portr.,, bibl., list of collections and manuscripts); Fl. gén. Indochina vol. prélim. 48. 1944.
- Kerr, A., J. Thail. Res. Soc. Nat. Hist. suppl. 12(1): 14-15. 1939.
#### Composite works
*Agriculture et horticulture de l'Indo-Chine, in* F. Gamier, *Voyage d'Exploration en Indo-Chine* 2: 335-491. *pl. 2.* 1873.
#### Eponymy
*Neothorelia* Gagnepain (1908); *Thoreldora* Pierre (1897); *Thorelia* Gagnepain (1920, *nom. cons.*); *Thorelia* H.F. Hance (1877, *nom. rej.*); *Thoreliella* Wu (1957).
### Publications
##### n.14.279. Notes médicales du voyage d'exploration du Mékong
**Title**
Faculté de médecine de Paris. Thèse pour le doctorat en médecine présentée et soutenue à la Faculté de Médecine de Paris le lundi 7 mars 1870... *Notes médicales du voyage d'exploration du Mékong* et de Cochinchine (de 1862 à 1868). Paris (Imprimé par les soins de E. Boutmy...) 1870. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Not. méd. voy. Mékong*.
**Notes**
*Thesis*: 7 Mar 1870, p. \[1\]-186. *Copy*: Natl. Libr. Med.
*Commercial ed*.: 1870, p. \[1\]-186. *Copy*: HH. – *Notes médicales*... Paris (Lefrançois,...) 1870. Oct.