> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 234](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259280) of TL-2 Suppl. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/17974-1) LSID 17974-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1354671) QID Q1354671 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Desvaux, Nicaise Auguste|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Desvaux, Augustin-Niçaise \[also Nicaise Auguste\] (1784-1856), French botanist, born at Poitiers, Vienne 28 Aug 1784, died at his estate de Bellevue near Angers, Maine-et-Loire 12 Jul 1856, from 1813-1814 published by D. the Journal de Botanique rédigé par une Société de Botanistes, from 1817 director of the Botanical Garden at Angers. **Abbreviated name**: *Desv.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Desv.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection P|P]]-JU, [[Collection PC|PC]]. – The Anjou herbarium (40.000 nos.) of Desvaux at [[Collection ANG|ANG]], [[Collection ANGUC|ANGUC]] (Angers and [[Collection PC|PC]]); further material at [[Collection B|B]] (Herb. Willd.), [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection M|M]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 6(1): 135, 6(2): 122; Barnhart 1: 447 (b. 28 Aug 1784, Poitiers, Viennes, d. 12 Jul 1856, Bellevue (Angers)); BM 1: 447; CSP 2: 275-276, 6: 638; DBF 11: 130-131; Frank 3(Anh.): 23; GR p. 316; Hegi 4(2): 1026; Hortus 3: 1191; IH 2: 160; Jackson p. 539 (index); Kew 2: 66; Langman p. 240; Lasègue p. 73; Lenley p. 452; LS 6999-7001; MD p. 91-93; MW p. 94; MW suppl. p. 55; NAF ser. 2. 5: 236; NI p. 46; PR 2201-2211, ed. 1: 2529-2540; Rehder 5(index): 224; RS p. 80; SBC p. 119; Stevenson p. 1240; TL-1: 104-105; TL-2/1: 633-635; Zander ed. 10, p. 651, ed. 11, p. 741. #### Biofile - Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 3: 637-638. Dec 1856/1857 prim. (necrol.), 22: lxxxvii. 1876; Bot. Zeit. 15: 151-152. 27 Feb 1857 (herb. to be sold); Flora 40(14): 222-223. 14 Apr 1857 (on the death of D., herb. to be sold); Bot. Centralbl. 66(22/23): 296. 1 Jun 1896 (herb. of 40.000 species received by P, PC). - Baillon, H.E., Dict. bot. 2: 387. 1883. - Bonnet, E., Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 276-279. 1907 on herb.). - Bureau, L.E., Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 1896: 46-48. - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 407. 1880. - Candolle, A.-P. de, Mém. souvenirs 58, 180, 182. 1862. - Cosson, E.S.C., Bull. Soc. bot. France 6: 542-547, 569-576. 1859. (also as p. \[1\]-15, Paris, Copy B). - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 102. 1969. - Högrell, B., Botaniskens Historia 1: 236. 1886. - Leroy, G.F. et al., Bot. Franç. Amer. nord 112, 216, 225. 1957. - Margadant, W.D., Early bryological literature 91-93. 1968. - Marticorena, C., Bibl. bot. taxonom. de Chile, Monogr. syst. bot. Missouri bot. gard. 41: 223. 1992. - Merrill, E.D., J. Arnold Arb. 28: 247-250. 1947 (notes on D.'s Journal de Botanique) (see TL-2/1: 1409-1410). - Raab, H., Schweiz. Zeitschr. Pilzk. 51(4): 54-55. 1973. - R.C., Bot. Zeit. 15(9): 151-152. 27 Feb 1857 (obit.). - Regel, E. von, Gartenflora 6(7): 232. Jul 1857 (note on d.). - Souché, B., Flore du Haut Poitou x. 1901. - Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 3(2): 7. 1979 (coll. of D. with unpublished mss. of A. Chase). - Stieber, M.T. and A.L. Karg, Huntia 5(3): 164. 1984 (letter of D. to C.H. Persoon). #### Composite works - (1) *Cours complet* d'*Agriculture*... rédigé par... M. Desvaux, &c., 17 Tom. 1834-1840. - (2) With Sébastien Gérardin de Mirecourt (1757-1816), *Dictionnaire raisonné de botanie*... 1817, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-746. *Copy*: MO. *Desvaux* worked also on this Dictionnaire. ### Publications ##### n.29.931. Phyllographie **Title** *Phyllographie*, ou histoire naturelle des feuilles,... Paris (Chez Maugeret fils, Imprimerie-Libraire... Bonnet père et fils...) 1809. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Phyllographie*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1809, p. \[i\]-xiv, \[15\]-80, 1 schema, *pl. 1-32* (col. leaves). *Copy*: G. *Note*: The plates are painted by Bonnet father and son, author given as N.A. Desvaux which is the same as A.N. Desvaux. ##### n.29.932. Recherches **Title** *Recherches* sur les appareils sécrétoires du *Nectar* ou du *Nectaire* dans les fleure, mémoire qui a remporté le prix en 1825 au concours ouvert par la Société Linnéenne de Paris; ... Paris (Decourchant et Gallay, imprimeur et libraire...) 1826. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Rech. Nect. Nectaire*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1826, p. \[1\]-80. *Copy*: NY. – Issued as Mém. Soc. Linn., Paris 5. 1826 (n.v.).