Alfred Cogniaux

Célestin Alfred Cogniaux (7 April 1841 – 15 April 1916) was a Belgian botanist. Amongst other plants, the genus ''Neocogniauxia'' of orchids is named after him.

In 1916 his enormous private herbarium was acquired by the National Botanic Garden of Belgium.

Publications

* De Saldanha da Gama, J., Cogniaux, A. ''Bouquet de Mélastomacées brésiliennes dédiées a Sa Majesté Dom Pedro II empereur du Brésil''. A. Remacle, 1887 Verviers.
* Cogniaux, A., ''Melastomaceae''. G. Masson, Paris, 1891
* Cogniaux, Alfredus, ''Orchidaceae''. Vol. III, part IV, V and VI of '' Flora Brasiliensis''. Lipsiae, Frid. Fleischer, 1893–1906
* Linden, L., Cogniaux, A. & Grignan, G., ''Les orchidées exotiques et leur culture en Europe''. (Bruxelles; Paris. chez l'auteur. Octave Doin, 1894.
* Cogniaux, A., Goossens, A.: ''Dictionnaire Iconographique des Orchidees''; 2 vol. 1896–1907. Perthes en Gâtinais (France), Institut des Jardins. 1990
* Cogniaux, A., Harms, H. ''Cucurbitaceae-Cucurbiteae-Cucumerinae'' (2 vols.) W. Engelmann, Leipzig,1924.

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1841 births
1916 deaths
19th-century Belgian botanists
20th-century Belgian botanists

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