Paul Guillaume Farges [SEP] date of death
Paul Guillaume Farges
Father Paul Guillaume Farges (1844–1912) was a French catholic missionary, botanist and plant collector, based for much of his life (from 1867) in China, serving at Chongqing from 1892 until his death.
He collected over 4,000 plant specimens, including numerous species new to science, which were sent back to the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris, where they were named and described by Adrien Franchet.
His name is commemorated in several plants, including "Abies fargesii", "Corylus fargesii
Abies fargesii
Abies fargesii () is a species of fir, a coniferous tree in the family Pinaceae. Its common name is Farges' fir, after the French missionary, botanist and plant collector, Paul Guillaume Farges. "Abies fargesii" can grow very large and be up to tall. It is endemic to central China where it is found in Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, and Sichuan provinces. It grows in mountains and river basins at altitudes between ASL. The cones of the given fir are 0.8