Jules Émile Planchon (1823–88)

French botanist. Herbarium assistant, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1844–8. Professor of botany, Institute of Horticulture, Ghent, Belgium, 1849–51. Professor, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Nancy, 1851–3. Professor of botany, Faculty of Sciences, Montpellier, 1853–81; director of the School of Pharmacy, 1856. Became professor of botany in the Faculty of Medicine and director of the botanic garden, Montpellier, in 1881.