The Genus Gouinia (Poaceae) and Dr. François-Marie-Gabriel Goüin
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Dr. François-Marie-Gabriel Goüin (1818-1873) was a surgeon in the
French navy and an amateur plant collector. Born in Merdrignac in Côtes-duNord, Bretagne, on 28th April 1818, he graduated from the Rennes University.
Dr. Goüin joined the navy in 1841, and attended the expeditions in the Gulf of
Guinea, Gabon, India and China from 1844 on. He was the sanitary officer for the crew of the navy based in Lorient during the Crimean War. Dr. François
Goüin was decorated by the Ottoman and French governments for his
outstanding service in the cholera epidemic of 1855-1856.
Dr. François-M.-G. Goüin was appointed director of the naval hospital at
Vera Cruz following the French occupation of Mexico (1864-1867). Dr. Goüin
was also attached to botanical research team of the French scientific mission,
from his arrival in Vera Cruz in June 1865 to his departure in the March of
1867. He developed a particular interest in collecting specimens of grasses
endemic on the eastern coast of Mexico, and the genus Gouinia of grasses was
named by Eugène Fournier in his honour. He retired in 1867 to continue his
botanical research in collaboration with the Muséum d‟Histoire Naturelle de
Paris. François-Marie-Gabriel-Goüin passed away on 18th October 1873 from
typhoid fever which he contracted from a patient of his.
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Gouinia Cinsi (Poaceae) ve Dr. François-Marie-Gabriel Goüin
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Dr. François-Marie-Gabriel Goüin (1818-1873), Fransız bahriyesinde
görev almış bir cerrahtır. Deniz kuvvetlerine 1841‟de katılmış, Batı Afrika‟da
ve Güney Asya‟da görev almıştır. Kırım Savaşı‟na da katılan Dr. Goüin,
özellikle kolera salgınlarındaki uğraşıları için, Mecidiye nişanı ile
ödüllendirilmiştir. Daha sonra, 1865-1867 yıllarında Meksika‟da, Vera Cruz
deniz hastanesinin başhekimi olarak bulunan Dr. François Goüin burada botanik
araştırmaları yapmış ve yörenin buğdaygillerini (Poaceae) toplamıştır. Dr.
Goüin‟in 1873‟te ölümünden sonra, bu buğdaygillerin bir cinsine Gouinia adı
verilmiştir. Goüin ailesinden Marguerite Kerven Türkiye‟de yaşamıştır.
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