François Gagnepain

François Gagnepain (23 September 1866 25 January 1952) was a French botanist. The standard botanical author abbreviation Gagnep. is applied to plants described by Gagnepain.[1]

With Achille Eugène Finet, he named a number of species within the botanical family Annonaceae.[2] The genus Gagnepainia (family Zingiberaceae) was named in his honor by Karl Moritz Schumann.[3] The French Academy of Sciences awarded Gagnepain the Prix de Coincy for 1907.[4]

Selected publications

References

  1. IPNI Author Query Results for "Gagnepain", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2011-10-03
  2. IPNI List of plants described & co-described by Achille Eugène Finet
  3. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific ..., Volume 2 by Umberto Quattrocchi
  4. "Séance du 2 décembre". Le Moniteur scientifique du Doctor Quesneville: 89–90. January 1908.
  5. Google Search (publications)
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