Edmond Gustave Camus (1852 – 22 August 1915) was a French

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and

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known for his work with orchids. A pharmacist by vocation, he was a resident of

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, a community near Paris. He was the father of botanist Aimée Antoinette Camus (1879–1965), with whom he collaborated on several projects, and the painter

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(1881-1968). For a period of time, he served as vice-president of the

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. As a taxonomist, he was the

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of many species, most notably within the family Orchidaceae. With Aimée Camus, he described numerous species from the family Salicaceae.

Selected works

* ''Iconographie des orchidées des environs de Paris'', 1885 – Iconography of orchids from the environs of Paris. * ''Catalogue des plantes de France, de Suisse et de Belgique'', 1888 – Catalog of plants from France,

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and Belgium. * ''Monographie des orchidées de France'', 1894 – Monograph of orchids from France. * ''Orchidées hybrides, ou, Critiques du Gers'', 1898 – Orchid hybrids. * ''Les plantes médicinales indigènes'', 1901 – Indigenous medicinal plants. * ''Classification des saules d'Europe et monographie des saules d'France'' (with Aimée Camus), 1904 – Classification of willows found in Europe and a monograph of French willows. * "A Contribution to the Study of Spontaneous Hybrids in the European Flora" (published in English, 1907). * ''Monographie des orchidées de l'Europe: de l'Afrique septentrionale, de l'Asie Mineure et des provinces Russes transcaspiennes'' (with

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, Aimée Camus), 1908 – Monograph of orchids from Europe, northern Africa, Asia Minor and the Russian Trans-

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provinces. * ''Iconographie des orchidées d'Europe et du bassin Méditerranéen'', (with Aimée Camus) 1921 – Iconography of orchids from Europe and the

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. He also made notable contributions to the multi-volume ''Flore de France: Ou, Description Des Plantes Qui Croissent Spontanément en France, en Corse Et en Alsace-Lorraine''.Google Search
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