Nicaise Auguste Desvaux

Nicaise Auguste Desvaux ( born August 28, 1784 in Poitiers, † July 12, 1856 in Bellevue near Angers) was a French botanist.

Desvaux was Professor of Botany in Bellevue at Angers in 1817 and director of the botanical gardens in Angers. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Desv. ".

Ehrentaxon

According to him, the plant genus was Desvauxia R.Br. and the type Luzula desvauxii Kunth named.

Works (selection)

  • Journal de botanique, 1808-1809
  • Phyllographie, 1809
  • Observations sur les plantes des environs d' Angers ..., 1818
  • Flore de l' Anjou, 1827
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