Joseph Duval-Jouve

Joseph Duval-Jouve (August 7, 1810 August 25, 1883) was a French botanist born in Boissy-Lamberville. He was the father of histologist Mathias-Marie Duval (1844-1907).

He taught classes at the college in Grasse (1832–52),[1] afterwards serving as an academic inspector in Algiers, Strasbourg and Montpellier. A portion of his herbarium was donated to the Faculté de Sciences at Montpelier.

He specialized in research of the family Poaceae and the genus Equisetum. The plant genus Jouvea is named in his honor. He is the taxonomic authority for the grass genus Loretia.[2]

Written works

References

  1. BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  2. IPNI Loretia
  3. "Author Query for 'Duval-Jouve'". International Plant Names Index.

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