Jules Alexandre Daveau

Jules Alexandre Daveau (1852-1929)

Jules Alexandre Daveau (29 February 1852, Argenteuil – 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 Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris. In 1875, he was sent on a botanical expedition to Cyrenaica. He collected specimens for a Portuguese botanist Julio Augusto Henriques[1] on Berlenga Grande Island, Portugal.[2]

From 1876 to 1893 he served as head gardener of the botanical gardens in Lisbon. Afterwards, he was curator in the herbarium and botanical garden in Montpellier.[3][4][5]

Plants with the specific epithet of daveauanus are named after Daveau, an example being: Erigeron daveauanus.[6][7]

Partial list of publications

  • Aperçu sur la végétation de l'Alemtejo et de l'Algarve, 1882 - Overview on the vegetation of Alemtejo and the Algarve.
  • Euphorbiacées du Portugal, 1885 - Euphorbiaceae of Portugal.
  • Cistinées du Portugal, 1886 - Cistineae of Portugal.
  • Plumbaginées du Portugal, 1889 - Plumbaginaceae of Portugal.
  • Cypéracées du Portugal, 1892 - Cyperaceae of Portugal.[8]
The standard author abbreviation Daveau is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[9]

References

  1. ^ Guimarães, J. (January 2010). "Henriques, Júlio Augusto, 1838-1928". bibdigital.bot.uc.pt (Biblioteca Digital de Botânica). Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  2. ^ Universidade De Coimbra
  3. ^ UZH - Zürich Herbaria - Collector Details Archived 2017-11-08 at the Wayback Machine (short biography)
  4. ^ Jardin Formoso (translated biography)
  5. ^ Mais Botanico (biography)
  6. ^ Google Books The Names of Plants by D. Gledhill
  7. ^ Plant List Erigeron daveauanus (Sennen) Greuter
  8. ^ Google Search (published works)
  9. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Daveau.