Jean Kickx (1775–1831)

Jean Kickx (9 March 1775, Brussels – 27 March 1831, Brussels) Son of Jacques Kickx (dead <1802) and Marie van Esschen (dead >1802) was a Belgian botanist and mineralogist. His son Jean Kickx (1803-1864) and grandson Jean Jacques Kickx (1842-1887) both became professors of botany at the University of Ghent.

He worked as a professor of botany, pharmacy and mineralogy in Brussels, becoming a member of the Royal Belgian Academy in 1817.^[1] In 1827 Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier named the genus Kickxia (family Plantaginaceae) in his honor.^[2][3]

Principal works

• "Flora bruxellensis, exhibens characteres generum et specierum plantarum", 1812.
• "Tentamen Mineralogicum: seu mineralium nova distributio in classes, ordines, genera, species, cum varietatibus et synonimis auctorum, cui additur lexicon mineralogicum in quo artis vocabula exponuntur", 1820.
• "Accurata descriptio plantarum officinalium et venenatarum tum phanerogamarum tum cryptogamarum, in agro Lovaniensi sponte crescentium", 1827.^[4][5]

References

1. The Mineralogical Record - Library Tentamen Mineralogicum
2. BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
3. Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings: A Glossary by F. A. Sharr
4. Google Search (publications)
5. OCLC Classify (publications)
6. "Author Query for 'J.Kickx'". International Plant Names Index.