Pierre Viala (24 September 1859 in

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– 11 February 1936) was a French scientist. In 1901–1910 he and

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published '' Ampélographie. Traité général de viticulture'', a seven-volume

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of 3,200 pages describing 5,200

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. He has been honoured in the naming of 2 taxa of fungi; '' Vialaea'' by Pier Andrea Saccardo in 1896 (Vialaeaceae family) ''Vialina'' by

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in 1935, which is now a synonym of ''

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1859 births 1936 deaths People from Hérault Democratic Republican Alliance politicians Members of the 12th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of Parliament for Hérault 19th-century French botanists 20th-century French botanists French viticulturists Members of the French Academy of Sciences {{France-scientist-stub