Nicaise Auguste Desvaux
Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (28 August 1784 – 12 July 1856) was a French botanist.[1]
From 1817, he served as director of the botanical garden in Angers.[2] He described the botanical genera Neslia, Rostkovia and Didymoglossum. The genus Desvauxia is named in his honor.[3]
Works
- Journal de Botanique, appliquée à l'Agriculture, à la Pharmacie, à la Médecine et aux Arts (1813-1815, 4 volumes).
- Observations sur les plantes des environs d'Angers (1818).
- Flore de l'Anjou ou exposition méthodique des plantes du département de Maine et Loire et de l’ancien Anjou (1827).
- Prodrome de la famille des fougères (1827).
Note: He is not to be confused with French botanist Étienne-Émile Desvaux (1830-1854, botanical abbrev. É.Desv.).
References
- ↑ - The Mineralogical Record - Library
- ↑ Google Books CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms by Umberto Quattrocchi
- ↑ Google Books Etymological Dictionary of Grasses
- ↑ "Author Query for 'Desv.'". International Plant Names Index.
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