Alfred Huet du Pavillon (January 1829, in

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– 1907, in

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) was a French botanist. His brother, Édouard Huet du Pavillon (1819-1908), with whom he often collaborated, was also a botanist. He spent his childhood in Switzerland, later studying under botanist

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. From 1852 to 1856 he was

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of de Candolle's herbarium. In the 1850s he took a series of botanical expeditions to the

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(including

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) and

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. In Italy and Sicily, he was accompanied by Édouard Huet du Pavillon. With his brother, he amassed an impressive herbarium, and issued numerous series of exsiccatae. In 1856

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introduced the genus name ''Huetia'' in honor of the Huet brothers.

Associated writings

* ''Description de quelques plantes nouvelles des Pyrénées'', 1853 - Description of some new plants of the Pyrénées. * ''Notice biographique sur les botanistes Edouard et Alfred Huet du Pavillon'', 1914, Edouard Huet du Pavillon, Alfred Huet du Pavillon, John Briquet.Google Books
(published works)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Huet du Pavillon, Alfred 1829 births 1907 deaths People from Loire-Atlantique 19th-century French botanists