Casimir Roumeguère

Casimir Roumeguère

Casimir Roumeguère (15 August 1828 in Toulouse – 29 February 1892 in Toulouse) was a French botanist and mycologist.

He served as director of the journal Revue mycologique.^[1] His collections of fungi are included in several exsiccatae, including "Fungi Gallici exsiccati", "Fungi exsiccati praecipue Gallici",^[2] and "Fungi selecti exsiccati".^[3] His collection of algae is part of the exsicattae series: "Algues de France".^[4]

In addition to his botanical and mycological research, he published a few works in the fields of geology, conchology and archaeology.^[5][6]

Eponymy

• Roumegueria: name of genus introduced by (Pier Andrea Saccardo) Paul Christoph Hennings (1908).
• Roumegueriella: name of genus introduced by Carlos Luigi Spegazzini (1880).
• Roumeguerites: name of genus introduced by Petter Adolf Karsten (1879).^[7]

The specific epithet of roumeguerii also bears his name; an example being the mycological species Camarosporium roumeguerii.^[8]

Selected writings

• Des lichens et en particulier des lichens des environs de Toulouse pouvant être utilisés dans l'économie domestique, la médecine et les arts industriels, 1860 – Lichens, in particular, lichens found in the vicinity of Toulouse.
• Cryptogamie illustrée, ou, Histoire des familles naturelles des plantes acotylédones d'Europe / coordonnée suivant les dernières classifications et complétée par les recherches scientifiques les plus récentes. Famille des lichens, 1868 – Illustrated cryptogamy; history involving acotyledon plants of Europe.
• Nouveaux documents sur l'histoire des plantes cryptogames et phanérogames des Pyrénées, 1876 – New documents on the history of cryptogams and phanerogams of the Pyrénées.
• Statistique botanique du département de la Haute-Garonne, 1876 – Botanical statistics involving the department of Haute-Garonne.
• Flore mycologique du département de Tarn-et-Garonne, 1879 – Mycological flora involving the department of Tarn-et-Garonne.^[9]

References

1. Google Books Bulletin de la Société d'études scientifiques de l'Aude, Volumes 3-4
2. Cybertruffle Publications
3. 3.2. Fungi R (Collectors Index Herbarium M) Pilz-Herbarien (R)
4. HUH Algues de France
5. IDREF.fr bibliography
6. Digital Library Numis Catalogues, collections
7. Global Names Index Index of Scientific Names
8. Petymol Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. Q & R.
9. OCLC Classify published works.
10. "Author Query for 'Roum.'". International Plant Names Index.