corymbosa Cycas thouarsii R.Br (1810), a Madagascan cycad (family: Cycadaceae) Dilobeia thouarsii Roem. & Schult. (1818) (family Pteridaceae) Drypetes thouarsii (family Euphorbiaceae) Fimbristylis thouarsii (Kunth) Merr. (family Cyperaceae) Jasminocereus thouarsii (F.A.C.Weber) Backeb. (family Cactaceae) Lindernia thouarsii, (family Scrophulariaceae) Moyinga thouarsii (common name : Elephant leg tree) Protorhus thouarsii Engl (1881) (family Anacardiaceae) Strychnopsis thouarsii Baill. (family Menispermaceae) Torenia thouarsii (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuntze (family Scrophulariaceae) Typhonodorum lindleyanum thouarsii (family Araceae) Uapaca thouarsii (family Euphorbiaceae) Voacanga thouarsii Roem. & Schult. (1819) (family Apocynaceae) Vonitra thouarsii (family Arecaceae) Other species named after him Eucidaris thouarsii Valenciennes (common name : Slate Pencil Urchin) (Echinodermata) Flabellum thouarsii (a group of scleractinian corals from Antarctica) Family Brother: Aristide Aubert du Petit-Thouars (1760–1798) was a French Navy officer, a hero of the Battle of the Nile. Their nephew: (1769-1829), aide-de-camp to General Vignolle, later deputy prefect of Saint-Malo Their grandnephew and Abel Ferdinand Aubert's son: Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars (1793–1864), was a French Navy admiral and botanist, took possession of Tahiti for France. Their great-grandnephew and Abel Ferdinand's grandson (by his daughter Sidonie): Abel-Nicolas Bergasse du Petit-Thouars (1832–1890), a French Navy admiral who participated to the Boshin War in Japan. note that Abel-Nicolas Bergasse was Abel Aubert's nephew, but also became his adopted son References 18th-century French botanists Orchidologists 1758 births 1831 deaths Botanists active in Africa People from Maine-et-Loire Botanists with author abbreviations 19th-century French botanists Dupetit Thouars family