Gustave Beauverd (1867–1942) was a

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, specializing in

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, and

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. For a period of time he worked at the " Herbier Bossier", and is remembered for his investigations of the genus ''

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''. He was a co-author of the series "Icones florae Alpinae plantarum", and the author of many works on diverse botanical subjects. In 1931 he became a member of the ''

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''. He is the

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of the genera '' Berroa'', '' Parantennaria'', '' Psychrophyton'' and '' Stuckertiella''. The genus '' Beauverdia'' (family

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) was named after him by

Wilhelm Gustav Franz Herter Wilhelm (Guillermo) Gustav Franz Herter (10 January 1884 in Berlin – 17 April 1958 in Hamburg) was a German botanist and mycologist. In 1908 he received his doctorate in Berlin with a dissertation on the genus ''Lycopodium''. From 1923 to 1939 ...

, and plants with the specific epithet of ''beauverdiana'' honor him, examples being '' Acacia beauverdiana'' and ''Photinia beauverdiana''

Selected works

* ''Bulletin de L'Herbier Boissier V2: 1902'', (1902). * ''Contributions à la flore de l'Afrique australe'', 1913 – Contribution to the flora of southern Africa. * ''Monographie du genre Melampyrum L.'', 1916 – Monograph on the genus ''Melampyrum''. * ''Contribution à la Géographie botanique des Alpes de Savoie'', 1922 – Contribution to the

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of the

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publications.

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