Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (28 August 1784 – 12 July 1856) was a French
botanist
Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...
.
From 1816 he taught classes in
Angers
Angers (, , ) is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris. It is the prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Anjou until the French Revolution. The inhabitants of both the city and the pr ...
, where from 1817 to 1838 he served as director of its
botanical garden
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. He described the botanical genera ''
Neslia
''Neslia'' is a monotypic plant genus in the family Brassicaceae. The only extant species is ''Neslia paniculata''
Neslia paniculata
''Neslia paniculata'' (commonly called ball mustard) is a plant species in the family Brassicaceae. The name co ...
'', ''
Mycenastrum
''Mycenastrum'' is a fungal genus in the family Agaricaceae. The genus is monotypic, containing one widely distributed species, ''Mycenastrum corium'', known by various common names: the giant pasture puffball, leathery puffball, or tough puffb ...
'', ''
Rostkovia
''Rostkovia'' is a genus of plant in family Juncaceae described as a genus in 1809.
The genus is native to Ecuador, southern South America, New Zealand, and various antarctic and subantarctic islands.
; Species
* '' Rostkovia magellanica'' (La ...
'' and ''
Didymoglossum
''Didymoglossum'' is a tropical genus of ferns in the family Hymenophyllaceae. It comprises more than 30 epilithic or low- epiphytic species under two subgenera.Desvauxia'' is named in his honor.
Works
*''Journal de Botanique, appliquée à l'Agriculture, à la Pharmacie, à la Médecine et aux Arts'' (1813-1815, 4 volumes).
*''Observations sur les plantes des environs d'Angers'' (1818).
*''Flore de l'Anjou ou exposition méthodique des plantes du département de Maine et Loire et de l’ancien Anjou'' (1827).
*''Prodrome de la famille des fougères'' (1827).
*''Sur le genre Mycenastrum'', In: Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique, Série 2 17: 143- 47(1842).Publications by Desvaux Cybertruffle
Note: He is not to be confused with French botanist
Étienne-Émile Desvaux
Étienne-Émile Desvaux (8 February 1830, in Vendôme – 13 May 1854, in Mondoubleau) was a French botanist.
He developed an interest in botany at an early age, actively collecting plants from the age of 10. In July 1850, he earned his Bach ...