A famous singer who became a botanist: Marianne Gougerot-Nicot (1882-1945) and her herborizations on the Hyères islands (Provence, France)

• Published in: Adansonia
• Main Author: Médail, Frédéric
• Other Authors: Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d'écologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Avignon Université (AU)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de recherche pour le développement IRD : UMR237-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2023
• Subjects: Aimée Camus; female botanist; herbarium; National Museum of Natural History; Orchids of Europe; Port-Cros National Park; Mediterranean region; femme botaniste; herbier; histoire de la botanique; Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle; orchidées d'Europe; Parc national de Port-Cros; région méditerranéenne; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Camus; Spitzberg
• Online Access: https://amu.hal.science/hal-04219367; https://doi.org/10.5252/adansonia2023v45a22

International audience As in many other scientific fields, botan­y was only very late in becoming feminine. This work presents and discusses the astonishing trajectory of a famous French singer from the beginning of the 20th century, Marianne Gougerot-Nicot (1882-1945) who plunged with passion into...