Alfred Cogniaux
Belgian botanist
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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.
Born7 April 1841
Died15 April 1916 (aged 75)
KnownforStudy of orchids
FieldsBotany
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 Orchidées; 2 vol. 1896–1907. Perthes en Gâtinais (France), Institut des Jardins. 1990 ISBN 2-908041-01-4
- Cogniaux, A., Harms, H. Cucurbitaceae-Cucurbiteae-Cucumerinae (2 vols.) W. Engelmann, Leipzig,1924.
With Élie Marchal he edited the exsiccata Les Glumacées de Belgique (1869–1871)[1]