Jules Alexandre Daveau (29 February 1852,

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– 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

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. In 1875, he was sent on a botanical expedition to

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. He collected specimens for a Portuguese botanist

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on Berlenga Grande Island, Portugal. From 1876 to 1893 he served as head gardener of the

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s in Lisbon. Afterwards, he was

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in the herbarium and botanical garden in Montpellier. Plants with the specific epithet of ''daveauanus'' are named after Daveau, an example being: ''Erigeron daveauanus''.

Partial list of publications

* ''Aperçu sur la végétation de l'Alemtejo et de l'Algarve'', 1882 - Overview on the vegetation of Alemtejo and the

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. * ''Euphorbiacées du Portugal'', 1885 -

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of Portugal. * ''Cistinées du Portugal'', 1886 - Cistineae of Portugal. * ''Plumbaginées du Portugal'', 1889 -

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of Portugal. * ''Cypéracées du Portugal'', 1892 - Cyperaceae of Portugal.Google Search
(published works)

References

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