Alfred Celestin Cogniaux (April 7, 1841 - April 15, 1916) was a Belgian botanist. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Botany, plant science(s, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of Biology and is the scientific study of plant Life Amongst other plants, the genus Neocogniauxia of orchids is named after him. Neocogniauxia is a Genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) consisting of two species in the Greater Antilles.
In 1916 his enormous private herbarium was acquired by the National Botanic Garden of Belgium. National Botanic Garden of Belgium is located in the domain of Bouchout ( Bouchout Castle) in the village of Meise, north of Brussels.
Publications
- Linden, L. , Cogniaux, A. & Grignan, G. , Les orchidées exotiques et leur culture en Europe. (1019 pages Bruxelles; Paris. chez l'auteur. Octave Doin, 1894.
- Cogniaux, A. & Goossens, A. , Orchidées : dictionnaire iconographique ; 2 vol. (826 pl. , 315 p. ), 1896 - 1907. Perthes en Gâtinais (France), Institut des Jardins. 1990 ISBN 2-908041-01-4
- 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. Botanicus
- Cogniaux, A. Melastomaceae. G. Masson, Paris, 1891
- Cogniaux, A. , Harms, H. Cucurbitaceae-Cucurbiteae-Cucumerinae (2 vols. ) W. Engelmann, Leipzig,1924.
References
- Short biography with portrait.
- (French) Jacquet, Pierre. "Un orchidologue belge digne de mémoire : Alfred Cogniaux (1841-1916)". L'Orchidophile. , 157:p. ?, 2003.
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