Louis Claude Marie Richard (September 19, 1754 - June 6, 1821) was a French botanist. September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ... 1754 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... The coronation banquet for George IV 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ...

Richard was born at Versailles. Between 1781 and 1789 he collected botanical specimens in Central America and the West Indies. On his return he became a professor at the Ecole de medicine in Paris. Versailles in 1789. ... Map of Central America Central America is a central region of the Americas. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city For other uses, see Paris (disambiguation). ...

His books included Demonstrations botaniques (1808), De Orchideis europaeis (1817), Commentatio botanica de Conifereis et Cycadeis (1826) and De Musaceis commentatio botanica (1831).

He gave us the special description terminology for the orchids, such as pollinium and gynostemium. Pollinia of Phalaenopsis Pollinium, or plural pollinia, is a coherent mass of pollen grains. ...

The standard botanical author abbreviation Rich. is applied to species he described. In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... In biology, a species is the basic unit of biodiversity. ...