Philippe Cuénoud
Swiss entomologist and botanist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Philippe Cuénoud (born July 8, 1968) is an entomologist and botanist of Swiss and Ukrainian[1] descent, living in Onex (near Geneva), who worked on the Psocoptera of Switzerland[2] and Papua New Guinea,[3] as well as on plant phylogeny.[4][5][6][7] He found the only recently known population of Lachesilla rossica near Geneva (the species has been described from southern Russia and may still exist there) and contributed further to the knowledge of the flora and fauna of the canton of Geneva with the first mention of a slender-billed gull[8] (a Mediterranean bird species usually absent form Switzerland) and with the discovery of the first reported population of small-leaved helleborines.[9] He also participated in a multidisciplinary study of the free-living fauna and flora of Basel's Zoo.[10] In a 1999 trip to Brasil with Alain Chautems, he was among the first few people to see the newly rediscovered flower Sinningia araneosa, that had gone missing for more than a century.[11]
Philippe cuénoud | |
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Born | (1968-07-08) 8 July 1968 (age 55) |
Nationality | Swiss |
Alma mater | University of Geneva |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Entomology and Botany |
Thesis | Phylogénie moléculaire, taxonomie et biogéographie du genre Ilex L. (Aquifoliaceae) (1998) |
Doctoral advisor | Rodolphe Spichiger |
In 2022, he joined Onex's City Council to help better protect a population of autumn lady's-tresses.[12]