L’abbé Lefrou, Cour-Cheverny priest and botanist

The association "Oxygène Cheverny" wrote an article in its magazine "La Grenouille" about Abbé Lefrou, priest Cour-Cheverny priest.

La Grenouille presents the botanist Julien Lefrou, (1771-1840). Abbé Lefrou, a native of Cercueil (Orne), greatly contributed to the botanical knowledge of the Loir-et-Cher region. In 1836, he published the "Catalogue des plantes qui croissent spontanément dans le département de Loir-et-Cher". His herbarium of more than 9,000 specimens is now part of the Alexandre Boreau herbarium, in the collections of the Museum of Natural Sciences in Angers. Digitized by the e-ReColNat program, it is available online.

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