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### Author
Nicolas, \[Léon Marie Joseph\] Gustave (1879-1955), French biologist, mainly working on physiology, genetics, mycology, and bryology; Dr. phil. Paris 1909; in academic functions in Algeria (1910-1919) and Nancy (1919-1920); professor of general botany at Toulouse (1920-1927), id. of applied botany 1927-1945.
**Abbreviated name**: *Nicolas* \[standard form in IPNI: *Nicolas*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 2; BL 1: 20, 310; Kew 4: 143; Langman p. 540; LS suppl. 20023-20065; SBC p. 128; Stevenson p. 1252.
- Astre, G., Bull. Soc. Hist. nat. Toulouse 101: 181. 1966.
- Ducros, Mgr., Mém. Acad. Sci. Toulouse ser. 13. 8: 57-58. 1956 (obit.).
- Gager, C. S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 27: 214. 1938 (Gabriel \[sic\] Nicolas, dir. Jard. bot. Ville Toulouse 1927).
- Chalaud, G., Ann, Ec. natl. sup. Agron., Toulouse, 3: 61-85. 1953 (biogr., evaluation, d. 2 Feb 1955, bibl. of 327 nos.); Rev. bryol. lichénol. 24 (1-2): 148-251. 1955 (bryol. bibl.).
- Combes, R., C. R. Séances Acad. Sci., Paris 240(10): 1033-1035. 1955 (obit.).
- Morquer, R., Mém. Soc. bot. France 35(= 102 of Bull.): 79-94. 1955 (obit., portr., bibl.).
- Schuster, R. M., Hep. Anthoc. N. Amer. 1: 84. 1966.
- Verdoorn, F., Chron. bot. 1: 127. 1935.
#### Eponymy
*Nicolasia* \[sic\] S. M. Moore (1900) was named for Nicholas E. Brown (1849-1934), q.v.