Georges Rouy

Georges Rouy (2 December 1851, Paris – 25 December 1924, Asnières-sur-Seine)[1] was a French botanist who was among the first to identify infraspecific (i.e., below the level of species) taxa, including: subspecies, varieties, and forms.

Published works

With Julien Foucaud and others, he was author of the Flore de France; ou, Description des plantes qui croissent spontanément en France, en Corse et en Alsace-Lorraine (Flora of France; descriptions of plants that are native to France, Corsica and Alsace-Lorraine, published in 14 volumes from 1893 to 1913.[2] His other principal works include:

  • Excursion botanique en Espagne, Spanien Florenwerke, 1881 - Botanical excursion in Spain.
  • Atlas iconographique des plantes rares de France et de Corse, 1897 - Iconographic atlas of rare plants native to France and Corsica.
  • Revue de botanique systématique et de géographie botanique, (1903, 1904) - Botanical systematics and phytogeography.
  • Conspectus de la Flore de France, ou Catalogue général des espèces, sous-espèces, races, variétés, sous-variétés et formes hybrides contenues dans la "Flore de France", P. Lechevalier, 1927 (with Henri Lecomte) - Overview of the "Flore de France".[3]

Taxa

Rouy was the binomial author of many botanical species.[4] In 1901 the genus Rouya was named in his honor by Auguste-Henri de Coincy.[5] His name is also associated with plants having the specific epithets of rouyi, rouyana and rouyanum, some examples being: Allium rouyi, Armeria rouyana,[6] and Clinopodium rouyanum.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Jean-Jacques Amigo, « Rouy (Claude, Charles, Georges) », in Nouveau Dictionnaire de biographies roussillonnaises, vol. 3 Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, Perpignan, Publications de l'olivier, 2017, 915 p. (ISBN 9782908866506)
  2. ↑ Archive.org Flore de France; ou, Description des plantes qui croissent spontanément en France, en Corse et en Alsace-Lorraine.
  3. ↑ Google Search publications
  4. ↑ IPNI List of plants described or co-described by Rouy
  5. ↑ BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  6. ↑ IUCN Red List Armeria rouyana
  7. ↑ GBIF Clinopodium rouyanum
  8. ↑ International Plant Names Index.  Rouy.


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