Jean Kickx (17 January 1803,

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

– 1864) was a Belgian

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 ...

. His father, also known as Jean Kickx (1775–1831) was a botanist and

mineralogist Mineralogy is a subject of geology specializing in the scientific study of the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical) properties of minerals and mineralized artifacts. Specific studies within mineralogy include the proces ...

; his son Jean Jacques Kickx (1842–1887) was a professor of botany at the

University of Ghent Ghent University ( nl, Universiteit Gent, abbreviated as UGent) is a public research university located in Ghent, Belgium. Established before the state of Belgium itself, the university was founded by the Dutch King William I in 1817, when the ...

. In 1830 he obtained his PhD at

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, later serving as a professor of botany in

(1831–1835) and at the

(1835–1864). He was a co-founder of the .Biodiversity Heritage Library
Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications The

mycological Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy and their use to humans, including as a source for tinder, traditional medicine, food, and entheogens, as w ...

genus ''Kickxella'' (order

Kickxellales The Kickxellales are an order of fungi classified under Kickxellomycotina. It contains the single family Kickxellaceae. It is not monophyletic. Genera *''Coemansia ''Coemansia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Kickxellaceae. It was circum ...

) was named in his honor by Eugène Coumans.

Published works

He was the author of a treatise on

cryptogam A cryptogam (scientific name Cryptogamae) is a plant (in the wide sense of the word) or a plant-like organism that reproduces by spores, without flowers or seeds. The name ''Cryptogamae'' () means "hidden reproduction", referring to the fact ...

ic flora native to

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that was issued after his death by his son as (1867). In the field of

malacology Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (mollusks or molluscs), the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, ...

, he published (with Francis Joseph Adelmann, 1830). Other noteworthy written works by Kickx include: * , 1835 - Cryptogams found in the vicinity of

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, etc. * , 1841 - Notice involving some mushrooms of

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kickx, Jean 1803 births 1864 deaths Academic staff of Ghent University 19th-century Belgian botanists Belgian mycologists Scientists from Brussels