Biography:Jean Hector Paul Auguste Ghesquière
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Short description: Belgian botanist
Jean Hector Paul Auguste Ghesquière | |
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| Born | 1888 |
| Died | 1982 |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Ghesq. |
Jean Hector Paul Auguste Ghesquière (born 1888) was a Belgian botanist.[1][2]
Work
He collected plant specimens in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Niger, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Uganda. He deposited many of his specimens in the herbarium at the Botanic Garden Meise (then called the National Botanic Garden of Belgium).[3]
Legacy
He is the authority for at least 59 taxa including: Template:Plantlist
The following species have been named in his honor:
Karschiogomphus ghesquierei Schouteden, 1934 (Syn. of Neurogomphus martininus Lacroix, 1921)[5]
Chlorocypha ghesquierei Fraser, 1959[5]
References
- ↑ Ghesquière, Jean Hector Paul Auguste (1888-). ITHAKA. n.d.. https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000002930. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
- ↑ "Ghesquiere, Jean Hector Paul Auguste". Harvard University. n.d.. https://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases//botanist_search.php?botanistid=40500.
- ↑ "Ghesquière J.". Botanic Garden Meise. http://www.br.fgov.be/RESEARCH/COLLECTIONS/HERBARIUM/listcoll.php?collectorname=Ghesqui%E8re&submit=++Search++&searchOrigin=collectorsearch.php.
- ↑ IPNI, Ghesq., http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advAuthorSearch.do?find_abbreviation=Ghesq.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hämäläinen, Matti (2015). Catalogue of individuals commemorated in the scientific names of extant dragonflies, including lists of all available eponymous species-group and genus-group names. Zerf: International Dragonfly Fund. p. 59. http://www.caloptera.com/pdf/Hamalainen%202015%20Eponym%20catalogue%20of%20Odonata.pdf.
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