Casimir Roumeguère
French botanist and mycologist (1828–1892)
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Casimir Roumeguère (15 August 1828 in Toulouse – 29 February 1892 in Toulouse) was a French botanist and mycologist.
He served as director of the journal Revue mycologique.[1] His collections of fungi are included in several exsiccatae,[2] including "Fungi (selecti) Gallici exsiccati" and "Fungi selecti exsiccati"[3][4] with publications.[5][6] His collection of algae is part of the exsiccatae series: "Algues de France", which he co-edited since 1883.[7][8]
In addition to his botanical and mycological research, he published a few works in the fields of geology, conchology and archaeology.[9][10]
Eponymy
- Roumegueria: name of fungus genus introduced by (Pier Andrea Saccardo) Paul Christoph Hennings (1908), all 3 species (in the former genus) are now synonyms for others.[11]
- Roumegueriella: name of fungus genus (class Sordariomycetes), introduced by Carlos Luigi Spegazzini (1880).[12]
- Roumeguerites: name of fungus genus introduced by Petter Adolf Karsten (1879), all 3 species (in the former genus) are now synonyms for others.[13][14]
The specific epithet of roumeguerii also bears his name; an example is the mycological species Camarosporium roumeguerii.[15]
Selected writings
- Des lichens et en particulier des lichens des environs de Toulouse pouvant être utilisés dans l'économie domestique, la médecine et les arts industriels, 1860 – Lichens, in particular, lichens found in the vicinity of Toulouse.
- Cryptogamie illustrée, ou, Histoire des familles naturelles des plantes acotylédones d'Europe / coordonnée suivant les dernières classifications et complétée par les recherches scientifiques les plus récentes. Famille des lichens, 1868 – Illustrated cryptogamy; history involving acotyledon plants of Europe.
- Nouveaux documents sur l'histoire des plantes cryptogames et phanérogames des Pyrénées, 1876 – New documents on the history of cryptogams and phanerogams of the Pyrénées.
- Statistique botanique du département de la Haute-Garonne, 1876 – Botanical statistics involving the department of Haute-Garonne.
- Flore mycologique du département de Tarn-et-Garonne, 1879 – Mycological flora involving the department of Tarn-et-Garonne.[16]