François Fulgis Chevallier

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François Fulgis Chevallier (1796, Paris – 1840) was a French botanist whose areas of interest included fungi, ferns and algae.

In 1821 he received his doctorate with a thesis on indigenous hemlock in regards to considerations as a poison and a drug. Dissertation sur les ciguës indigènes, considérées comme poisons et comme médicaments.[1] Other noted publications by Chevallier include:

  • Essai sur les hypoxylons lichénoïdes, comprenant les genres Hysterium, Polymorphum, Opegrapha, Arthonia, Schizoxylum, Verrucaria, Pertusaria..., 1822 - Essay on lichenoid hypoxylons.
  • Histoire des Graphidées, accompagnée d'un tableau analytique des genres. Paris, 1824 - History of Graphidaceae, accompanied by an analytic table of genres.
  • Flore générale des environs de Paris, selon la méthode naturelle : Description de toutes les plantes agames, cryptogames et phanérogames qui y croissent spontanément, 1836 - General flora found around Paris, according to natural methods: Description of all agamic plants, cryptogams and phanerogams that grow there spontaneously.
  • Fungorum et Byssorum illustrationes quos ut plurimum novos, trecentos et ultra cum caeteric minus bene cognitis, in divasis Europae regionibus collegit, ad virum de lineavit, 1837.[2]

The subgenus Chevaliera {genus Aechmea, subfamily Bromelioideae) is named in his honor.[3]

References

The standard author abbreviation Chevall. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]
  1. ↑ Google Books Thesaurus literaturae botanicae omnium gentium inde a rerum botanicarum ... by Georg August Pritzel
  2. ↑ The Online Books Page Bibliography of Chevallier
  3. ↑ The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens An annotated catalogue of the known generic names of the Bromeliaceae
  4. ↑ [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advAuthorSearch.do?find_abbreviation=Chevall. "Author Query for 'Chevall.'"]. International Plant Names Index. 
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