Pierre Chouard (Paris, 29 October 1903 - Paris, 11 December 1983) was a French botanist, specialising in plant physiology.
Biography
He entered the École normale supérieure, in the class of 1924,[1] and graduated in natural sciences in 1927.[2]
In 1930, he participated in the formation of the International Mediterranean and Alpine Geobotany Station in Montpellier.[3]
He was professor of plant physiology at the Sorbonne and director of the plant research establishment Phytotron at Gif-sur-Yvette.
In 1962, with his friend Henri Gaussen, he was instrumental in the creation of the Pyrenees National Park.[4] Both went on to be part of the park's Scientific Committee.[4]
He was a member of the Académie d'agriculture de France, a founding member of the Société française de physiologie végétale, and President of the Société botanique de France in 1949–1950.[5]
Choard authored some six taxon names, including four in the genus Hyacinthella, Brimeura amethystina and Muscari subg. Moscharia. He is associated with at least thirty.[6]
