Henri Chermezon

{{short description|French botanist}}

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Henri Chermezon

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1885|5|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Paris, French Third Republic

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1939|1|15|1885|5|12|df=y}}

| death_place = Strasbourg, French Third Republic

| fields = Botany

}}

Henri Chermezon (12 May 1885, Paris – 15 January 1939, Strasbourg) was a French botanist.[https://herbier.unistra.fr/uploads/media/colstr_2013_1_01.pdf Inventaire des collecteurs et des collections de l'herbier de Université de Strasbourg] (in French)

From 1906 he worked as a botanical assistant at the Sorbonne in Paris. In 1919 he became chef des travaux in the department of botany at the University of Strasbourg, where he later served as a lecturer (maître de conférences, from 1927) and as professor (from 1929). In 1936 he was named director of its botanical garden.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265759#page/95/mode/1up BHL] Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications

He was a specialist in regards to tropical Cyperaceae (sedges), especially plants native to Madagascar. He also published works on sedges found in Senegal, Gabon, the Comoros, Belgian Congo and Ubangi-Shari. He is commemorated in the specific epithet of certain plants, examples being Carex chermezonii (Luceño & Martín-Bravo),{{cite journal|doi=10.1111/boj.12298 | volume=179 | title=MakingCarexmonophyletic (Cyperaceae, tribe Cariceae): a new broader circumscription | year=2015 | journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society | pages=1–42| doi-access=free | hdl=2027.42/113175 | hdl-access=free }} or Cyperus chermezonianus.