François-Xavier Gillot

François-Xavier Gillot (1842-1910)

François-Xavier Gillot (12 September 1842, Autun – 8 October 1910, Autun) was a French physician, mycologist and botanist.

Gillot was a founding member of the Société d'histoire naturelle d'Autun,^[1] and from 1877 was a non-resident member of the Société botanique de Lyon.^[2] The fungal genus Gillotia was named in his honor by Pier Andrea Saccardo and Alessandro Trotter.^[3]

Selected works

• Note sur la flore du plateau d'Antully, 1878 - Note on the flora from the plateau of Antully.
• Notice sur la flore de St. Honoré-les-Bains (Nièvre), 1883 - Notice on the flora of St. Honoré-les-Bains (Nièvre).
• Catalogue raisonné des champignons supérieurs (Hyménomycètes) des environs d'Autun et du département de Saône-et-Loire (with Jean Louis Lucand), 1891 - Catalogue raisonné of superior mushrooms (Hymenomycetes) found in the environs of Autun and the department of Saône-et-Loire.
• Contribution à l'étude des orchidées, 1898 - Contribution to the study of orchids.^[4]

References

1. Société d’histoire naturelle d’Autun
2. Prosopo Sociétés savantes de France
3. Sylloge Fungorum by P. A. Saccardo and Alex Trotter
4. Works by or about François-Xavier Gillot in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
5. "Author Query for 'Gillot'". International Plant Names Index.

External links

• IPNI List of plants described and co-described by Gillot.