Nicaise Auguste Desvaux

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

From 1816 he taught classes in Angers, where from 1817 to 1838 he served as director of its botanical garden.[2][3] He described the botanical genera Neslia, Mycenastrum, Rostkovia and Didymoglossum. The genus Desvauxia is named in his honor.[4]

  1. ^ "- The Mineralogical Record - Library". Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. ^ Google Books CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms by Umberto Quattrocchi
  3. ^ Auguste-Nicaise Desvaux (1784-1856) data.bnf.fr
  4. ^ Google Books Etymological Dictionary of Grasses