Nicaise Auguste Desvaux

Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (28 August 1784 – 12 July 1856) was a French botanist.[1]

From 1817, he served as director of the botanical garden in Angers.[2] He described the botanical genera Neslia, Rostkovia and Didymoglossum. The genus Desvauxia is named in his honor.[3]

Works

Note: He is not to be confused with French botanist Étienne-Émile Desvaux (1830-1854, botanical abbrev. É.Desv.).

References

  1. - The Mineralogical Record - Library
  2. Google Books CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms by Umberto Quattrocchi
  3. Google Books Etymological Dictionary of Grasses
  4. "Author Query for 'Desv.'". International Plant Names Index.