Camille François Sauvageau (12 May 1861 – 5 August 1936) was a French

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and phycologist. Sauvageau was born in Angers. He studied at the University of Montpellier, receiving his degree in natural sciences in 1884. Afterwards he served as an assistant to

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(1884–88) in Montpellier and to

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(1885–91) in

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.Biodiversity Heritage Library
Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications In 1891 he received his doctorate in

with the thesis "''Sur les feuilles de quelques Monocotylédones aquatiques''" (On the leaves of some aquatic monocots). In 1892 he attained a professorship at the University of Lyon, later serving as a professor of botany at the Faculty of Sciences of Bordeaux (1901–32). He is known for his investigations of

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, being a taxonomic authority of numerous brown algae species. In 1926 he described the

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. His name was lent to the

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genus ''Sauvageautia'' (now a synonym of ''

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'' ) as well as to the

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genus ''Sauvageaugloia'' ( Hamel ex Kylin, 1940). The

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awarded him the Prix Montagne for 1904.

Selected writings

* ''Sur quelques algues phéosporées parasites'', 1892 - On some phaeosporic algae parasites. * ''Remarques sur les Sphacélariacées'', 1900–1914 - Remarks on

Sphacelariaceae Sphacelariaceae is a family of algae belonging to the order Sphacelariales. Genera: * '' Battersia'' Reinke ex Batters, 1890 * '' Chaetopteris'' Kützing, 1843 * '' Herpodiscus'' G.R.South, 1974 * '' Onslowia'' * '' Sphacelaria'' Lyngbye, 1818 ...

. * ''Sur une nouvelle complication dans l'alternance des générations des Cutleria'', 1907 - On a new complication in the "alternation of generations" involving Cutleria. * ''Recherches sur les laminaires des côtes de France'', 1918 - Research on Laminaria from coastal France. * ''Sur le développement de quelques phéosporées; Sur quelques algues phéosporées de la rade de Villefranche (

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); Sur quelques algues phéosporées de

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( Basses-Pyrénées)'', 1929 - On the development of some phaeospores, etc. He also made contributions to

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's ''Catalogue raisonné des plantes cellulaires de la Tunisie''.IDREF.fr
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sauvageau, Camille 19th-century French botanists French phycologists People from Angers Academic staff of the University of Bordeaux University of Montpellier alumni Academic staff of the University of Lyon 1861 births 1936 deaths 20th-century French botanists