François Gagnepain
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François Gagnepain | |
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| Born | 23 September 1866 |
| Died | 25 January 1952 (aged 85) |
| Known for | Naming species of Annonaceae |
| Awards | Prix de Coincy (French Academy of Sciences) |
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| Fields | Botany |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Gagnep. |
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 the year 1907.[4]
Selected publications
[edit]- Topographie botanique des environs de Cercy-la-Tour (Nièvre), Société d'histoire naturelle d'Autun, 1900 - Botanical topography involving the environs of Cercy-la-Tour (Nièvre).
- Contributions à la flore de l'Asie orientale, 1905, (in collaboration with Achille Eugène Finet) - Contributions to the flora of eastern Asia.
- Contribution à l'étude géo-botanique de l'Indo-Chine, 1926 - Contribution to the geobotanical study of Indochina.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ IPNI Author Query Results for "Gagnepain", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2011-10-03
- ^ IPNI List of plants described & co-described by Achille Eugène Finet
- ^ CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific ..., Volume 2 by Umberto Quattrocchi
- ^ "Séance du 2 décembre". Le Moniteur Scientifique du Docteur Quesneville: 89–90. January 1908. Archived from the original on 2014-10-25.
- ^ Google Search (publications)
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