Gustave Beauverd Explained

Gustave Beauverd (1867–1942) was a Swiss botanist, specializing in Pteridophytes, Bryophytes, and Spermatophytes.^[1]

For a period of time he worked at the "Herbier Bossier",^[2] and is remembered for his investigations of the genus Melampyrum.^[3] He was a co-author of the series "Icones florae Alpinae plantarum",^[4] and the author of many works on diverse botanical subjects. In 1931 he became a member of the Société botanique de France.^[5]

He is the taxonomic authority of the genera Berroa, Parantennaria, Psychrophyton and Stuckertiella.^[6] The genus Beauverdia (family Alliaceae) was named after him by Wilhelm Gustav Franz Herter,^[7] and plants with the specific epithet of beauverdiana honor him,^[8] examples being Acacia beauverdiana and Photinia beauverdiana

Selected works

• Bulletin de L'Herbier Boissier V2: 1902, (1902).
• Contributions à la flore de l'Afrique australe, 1913 – Contribution to the flora of southern Africa.
• Monographie du genre Melampyrum L., 1916 – Monograph on the genus Melampyrum.
• Contribution à la Géographie botanique des Alpes de Savoie, 1922 – Contribution to the phytogeography of the Savoie Alps.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Beauverd, Gustave (1867-1942). 2005. International Plant Names Index. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, The Harvard University Herbaria, and the Australian National Herbarium. 2008-07-23.
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=HN3jTA7KbpMC&dq=%22Gustave+Beauverd%22+1867&pg=PA90 Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings: A Glossary
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=D0tEAAAAYAAJ Google Books
4. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/32958#/summary BHL
5. http://cths.fr/an/prosopo.php?id=2558 Prosopo
6. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_authorAbbrev=Beauverd&find_includePublicationAuthors=on&find_includePublicationAuthors=off&find_includeBasionymAuthors=on&find_includeBasionymAuthors=off&find_isAPNIRecord=on&find_isAPNIRecord=false&find_isGCIRecord=on&find_isGCIRecord=false&find_isIKRecord=on&find_isIKRecord=false&find_rankToReturn=all&output_format=normal&find_sortByFamily=on&find_sortByFamily=off&query_type=by_query IPNI
7. https://books.google.com/books?id=A68qyOyhOdkC&dq=Beauverdia+Gustave&pg=PA281 CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms
8. http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=286638&isprofile=0&letter=p Missouri Botanical Garden
9. https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Gustave+Beauverd%22 Google Search