Alfred Cogniaux

Alfred Cogniaux
Born	(1841-04-07)7 April 1841
Died	15 April 1916(1916-04-15) (aged 75)
Nationality	Belgian
Known for	Study of orchids
Scientific career
Fields	Botany
Author abbrev. (botany)	Cogn.

Célestin Alfred Cogniaux (7 April 1841 – 15 April 1916) was a Belgian botanist. Amongst other plants, the genus Neocogniauxia of orchids is named after him.

In 1916 his enormous private herbarium was acquired by the National Botanic Garden of Belgium.

Publications

• De Saldanha da Gama, J., Cogniaux, A. Bouquet de Mélastomacées brésiliennes dédiées a Sa Majesté Dom Pedro II empereur du Brésil. A. Remacle, 1887 Verviers.
• Cogniaux, A., Melastomaceae. G. Masson, Paris, 1891
• Cogniaux, Alfredus, Orchidaceae. Vol. III, part IV, V and VI of Flora Brasiliensis. Lipsiae, Frid. Fleischer, 1893–1906
• Linden, L., Cogniaux, A. & Grignan, G., Les orchidées exotiques et leur culture en Europe. (Bruxelles; Paris. chez l'auteur. Octave Doin, 1894.
• Cogniaux, A., Goossens, A.: Dictionnaire Iconographique des Orchidées; 2 vol. 1896–1907. Perthes en Gâtinais (France), Institut des Jardins. 1990 ISBN 2-908041-01-4
• Cogniaux, A., Harms, H. Cucurbitaceae-Cucurbiteae-Cucumerinae (2 vols.) W. Engelmann, Leipzig,1924.

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With Élie Marchal he edited the exsiccata Les Glumacées de Belgique (1869–1871)

Bibliography

• Jacquet, Pierre (2003). "Un orchidologue belge digne de mémoire : Alfred Cogniaux (1841–1916)". L'Orchidophile (in French).

External links

• Works by Alfred Cogniaux at Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Works by or about Alfred Cogniaux at the Internet Archive