Alphonse Révillon d'Apreval
French botanical illustrator and lithographer
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Alphonse Gustave Révillon d'Apreval[1] (1 November 1851 – 22 February 1915) was a French botanical illustrator and lithographer, known for his images in Plantae Davidianae (1884–88), Illustrationes Florae Insularum Maris Pacifici (1886–92) and Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar (1882).[2][3][4] Henri Ernest Baillon, the French physician and botanist, and main contributor to Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar,[5] named a new genus d'Aprevalia after him in 1884,[6] no doubt in honour of his illustrating the work, but the name was later placed under Delonix by René Paul Raymond Capuron.[7][8] A number of species such as Commiphora aprevalii (Baill.) Guillaumin, were named to commemorate him.[9]
Born in Paris, d'Apreval died in Alfortville, Val-de-Marne.
Associated names
- Émile De Wildeman (1866–1947) Botanist
- Théophile Durand (1855–1912) Botanist
- Charles Cuisin (1832–1900) Illustrator
- Berthe Hérincq Illustrator
- Philippe Dautzenberg (1849–1935) Malacologist
- Victor De Clèves Botanist
Works illustrated
- Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar (1882)
- Plantae Davidianae ex Sinarum imperio (1884–88)
- Illustrationes florae insularum maris pacifici (1886-1892)
- Illustrations de la flore du Congo by E. de Wildeman (1898)
- Plantae Novae vel Minus Cognitae ex herbario Horti Thenensis (1904)
- Atlas de poche des coquilles des côtes de France (Manche, océan, Méditerranée) communes, pittoresques ou comestibles by Ph Dautzenberg (2014)
- Tableau des principaux champignons comestibles & veneneux by Paul Dumée
- Oeuvre de A. d'Apreval by A. d' Apreval
- Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
