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    Philibert Commerson (French: [filibɛʁ kɔmɛʁsɔ̃]; 18 November 1727 – 14 March 1773), sometimes spelled Commerçon by contemporaries, was a French naturalist...
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    the Indian Ocean. The dolphin is named after French naturalist Dr Philibert Commerson, who first described them in 1767 after sighting them in the Strait...
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  • command "Comm.", the standard botanical abbreviation for scientist Philibert Commerson "comm.", an abbreviation for commentary COMM (The Tangent album)...
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    honours Philibert Commerçon, the French naturalist whose note Lacépède used to describe this species in 1798 and propose the French name Lophie commerson, this...
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    of bat endemic to Madagascar. It is named after French naturalist Philibert Commerson (1727-1773). Bat populations of Africa or São Tomé and Príncipe formerly...
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    French astronomer and mathematician Nicole-Reine Hortense Lepaute. Philibert Commerson attempted to name the flower Lepautia or Peautia after Lepaute. However...
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    European botanist who publicly noticed this plant was the French Philibert Commerson, who collected it in Buenos Aires on his botanical circumnavigation...
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    valet and assistant to the expedition's naturalist, Philibert Commerçon (anglicized as Commerson), shortly before Bougainville's ships sailed from France...
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    Lodoicea (category Taxa named by Philibert Commerson)
    recently reintroduced. The name of the genus Lodoicea is given by Philibert Commerson, it may be derived from Lodoicus, a Latinised form of Louis (typically...
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  • The caldera was named in honor of Philibert Commerson, a French explorer. Due to its elevated position, Commerson Crater receives considerable amounts...
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