Nicaise Auguste Desvaux
Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (born August 28, 1784 in Poitiers , † July 12, 1856 in Bellevue near Angers ) was a French botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Desv. "
Live and act
Desvaux was professor of botany in Bellevue near Angers and from 1817 director of the botanical garden in Angers. He wrote about the flora of Angers and Anjou.
Honor taxon
After him the plant genus Desvauxia R.Br. from the family of the Centrolepidaceae and the species Luzula desvauxii Kunth from the family of the rush plants (Juncaceae) named.
Works (selection)
- Journal de botanique , 1808-1809
- Phyllography , 1809
- Observations sur les plantes des environs d'Angers ... , 1818
- Flore de l'Anjou , 1827
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymic plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Nicaise Auguste Desvaux at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Desvaux, Nicaise Auguste |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Desvaux, August Nicaise |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1784 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Poitiers |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 12, 1856 |
| Place of death | Bellevue near Angers |