Henri Eugène Lucien Gaëtan Coemans

Henri Eugène Lucien Gaëtan Coemans (30 October 1825, Brussels 8 January 1871, Ghent) was a Belgian Catholic priest and botanist.

In 1848 he obtained his ordination, later serving as a curate in Ghent (from 1853). In 1864 he became a member of the Académie royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles, followed by a professorship at the Catholic University of Leuven in 1866. From 1868 to 1871 he was director of a Franciscan convent in Ghent.[1]

As a taxonomist he identified the genus Fittonia (family Acanthaceae).[2] The genus Coemansia is named in his honor.[3]

Selected works

References

  1. ODIS - Database Intermediary Structures Flanders (biographical sketch)
  2. IPNI List of plants described by Coemans
  3. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign Robert Hardwicke, 1879
  4. Google Books Monographie des Spenophyllum d'Europe
  5. WorldCat Identities (published works)
  6. "Author Query for 'Coem.'". International Plant Names Index.
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