Name Nicaise Desvaux | Role Botanist | |
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Books Journal de Botanique, Appliquee a l'Agriculture, a la Pharmacie, a la Medecine et aux Arts |
Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (28 August 1784 – 12 July 1856) was a French botanist.
From 1816 he taught classes in Angers, where from 1817 to 1838 he served as director of its botanical garden. He described the botanical genera Neslia, Rostkovia and Didymoglossum. The genus Desvauxia is named in his honor.
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Note: He is not to be confused with French botanist Étienne-Émile Desvaux (1830-1854, botanical abbrev. É.Desv.).
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