John Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières

John Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières (10 July 1786, Lille - 23 June 1862, Lambersart) was a merchant of Lille and amateur mycologist from France.[1] He was the editor of the scientific journals Annales des sciences naturelles and the Bulletin de la société des sciences de Lille.[2]

Eponymous taxa

The standard author abbreviation Desm. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]

References

  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 201. ISBN 9780851998268. 
  2. ^ Anon (1862). "Notice nécrologique sur J.-H. Desmazières" (in French). Bulletin de la Société de Botanique de Belgique 1 (1): 102–5. JSTOR 20790166. 
  3. ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.