Auguste François Marie Glaziou

Auguste François Marie Glaziou ( born August 30, 1828 in Lannion, Brittany, † March 30, 1906 in Bourdeaux ) was a French landscape architect and botanist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Glaz. ".

Life

Glaziou first gained a degree in civil engineering specialist. Subsequently, he studied botany at the Muséum national d' histoire naturelle, where he deepened his knowledge in agriculture and horticulture. During the Haussmann reforms Glaziou was heavily influenced by the work of the city planner Jean-Charles Alphand. 1858 moved Glaziou at the invitation of Emperor Dom Pedro II in Rio de Janeiro, where he became director of the garden and park management. During his time in Brazil, he was instrumental in the garden and park design. So he gave the Passeio Público a modern face and was responsible for the transformation of the imperial residence Quinta da Boa Vista responsible. In addition Glaziou was a passionate plant collector, who amassed an extensive collection. In 1897 he returned to France, where he settled in Bordeaux and a private herbarium built.

Along with Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée (1789-1874) wrote Glaziou the two-volume work " Crypto Games vasculaire (Fougeres, lycopodiacées, hydroptéridées, équisétacées ) du Brésil ( 1869-1873 ) ".

Dedikationsnamen

After Glaziou the genera Neoglaziovia and glazioviana, besides also specific names such as Arthrocereus glaziovii and Pradosia glaziovii are named.