About Alfred Cogniaux
Lived 1841 – 1916 (aged 75). Alfred Cogniaux was a Belgian botanist and botanical collector.
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.
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 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)
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Who was Alfred Cogniaux?
Belgian botanist (1841–1916)
When was Alfred Cogniaux born?
Alfred Cogniaux was born on 7 April 1841 in Robechies.
When did Alfred Cogniaux die?
Alfred Cogniaux died on 15 April 1916 in Genappe.
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Alfred Cogniaux was a botanist and botanical collector.
What nationality was Alfred Cogniaux?
Alfred Cogniaux was Belgian.
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