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Joseph-Marie-Philippe Lévêque de Vilmorin (21 May 1872 – 29 June 1917), generally known as Philippe de Vilmorin, was a noted French botanist and plant collector, and a member of the celebrated Vilmorin family of horticulturists.
In 1903 Vilmorin began the Arboretum de Pézanin, an arboretum located in Dompierre-les-Ormes, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France. He also collected plants in Egypt and Sudan that now form part of the herbarium of the National Botanic Garden of Belgium. He took a
keen interest in flower gardening, and was responsible for three important publications of the firm: Les Fleurs de Pleine Terre, Le Manuel de Floriculture, and the Hortus Vilmorinianus. One of Philippe de Vilmorin's great services to genetics was the organization of the Fourth International Conference on Genetics, held in Paris, September 18–23, 1911.
During World War I, as a reserve officer in the French Army, Vilmorin was for a time attached to the Anglo-Indian Army in France as an interpreter, and later was a French Purchasing Agent in London.




Personal life


Philippe Vilmorin married Mélanie Gaufridy de Dortan; they raised six children:

Mapie de Toulouse-Lautrec (1901–1972)
Louise de Vilmorin (1902–1969)
Henry de Vilmorin (1903–1961)
Olivier de Vilmorin (1904–1962)
Roger de Vilmorin (1905–1980), fathered by Alfonso XIII of Spain but recognized by Philippe.
André de Vilmorin (1907–1987)




Death


Philippe de Vilmorin died on 29 June 1917 aged 45. He had been ill in southern France for some months, exhausted by his missions between Paris and London.




Selected works


Vilmorin, Philippe Lévêque de, Hortus Vilmorianus, catalogue des plantes ligneuses et herbacées existant en 1905 dans les collections de Vilmorin et dans les cultures de Vilmorin-Andrieux et cie à Verrieres le Buisson, Verrières, 1906.




See also


Philippe André de Vilmorin (1776–1862)
Louis de Vilmorin (1816–1860)
Louise de Vilmorin (1902–1969)




References



Aluka entry
Wikispecies entry
Dompierre-les-Ormes bulletin, 2006
National Botanic Garden of Belgium: Herbarium

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