Jules Alexandre Daveau (29 February 1852, Argenteuil – 24 August 1929) was a French botanist known for his investigations of Portuguese flora.
As a teenager he began work as an apprentice gardener at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris. In 1875, he was sent on a botanical expedition to Cyrenaica. He collected specimens for a Portuguese botanist Julio Augusto Henriques[1] on Berlenga Grande Island, Portugal.[2]
From 1876 to 1893 he served as head gardener of the botanical gardens in Lisbon. Afterwards, he was curator in the herbarium and botanical garden in Montpellier.[3][4][5]
Plants with the specific epithet of daveauanus are named after Daveau, an example being: Erigeron daveauanus.[6][7]
Partial list of publications edit
- Aperçu sur la végétation de l'Alemtejo et de l'Algarve, 1882 - Overview on the vegetation of Alemtejo and the Algarve.
- Euphorbiacées du Portugal, 1885 - Euphorbiaceae of Portugal.
- Cistinées du Portugal, 1886 - Cistineae of Portugal.
- Plumbaginées du Portugal, 1889 - Plumbaginaceae of Portugal.
- Cypéracées du Portugal, 1892 - Cyperaceae of Portugal.[8]
References edit
- ^ Guimarães, J. (January 2010). "Henriques, Júlio Augusto, 1838-1928". bibdigital.bot.uc.pt (Biblioteca Digital de Botânica). Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ Universidade De Coimbra
- ^ UZH - Zürich Herbaria - Collector Details Archived 2017-11-08 at the Wayback Machine (short biography)
- ^ Jardin Formoso (translated biography)
- ^ Mais Botanico (biography)
- ^ Google Books The Names of Plants by D. Gledhill
- ^ Plant List Erigeron daveauanus (Sennen) Greuter
- ^ Google Search (published works)
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Daveau.