Alfred Cogniaux
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Alfred Celestin Cogniaux (April 7, 1841 – April 15, 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
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Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
botanist. Amongst other plants, the genus Neocogniauxia
Neocogniauxia
Neocogniauxia is a genus of orchids, , consisting of two species in the Greater Antilles.Neocogniauxia hexaptera Schltr. is endemic to Hispaniola and Neocogniauxia monophylla Schltr. to Jamaica...
of orchids is named after him.
In 1916 his enormous private herbarium was acquired by the National Botanic Garden of Belgium
National Botanic Garden of Belgium
The National Botanic Garden of Belgium is located in the grounds of Bouchout Castle near the village of Meise, just north of Brussels. It is one of the largest botanical gardens in the world with an extensive collection of living plants in addition to a herbarium of over 3 million specimens...
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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. Botanicus
- Cogniaux, A., Melastomaceae. G. Masson, Paris, 1891
- Cogniaux, Alfredus, Orchidaceae. Vol. III, part IV, V and VI of Flora BrasiliensisFlora BrasiliensisFlora Brasiliensis is a book published between 1840 and 1906 by the editors Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, August Wilhelm Eichler, Ignatz Urban and many others...
. Lipsiae (= Leipzig), Frid. Fleischer, 1893–1906 - Linden, L., Cogniaux, A. & Grignan, G., Les orchidées exotiques et leur culture en Europe. (1019 pages Bruxelles; Paris. chez l'auteur. Octave Doin, 1894.
- Cogniaux, A., Goossens, A.: Dictionnaire Iconographique des Orchidees; 2 vol. (826 pl., 315 p.), 1896 - 1907. Perthes en Gâtinais (France), Institut des Jardins. 1990 ISBN 2-908041-01-4
- Cogniaux, A., Harms, H. Cucurbitaceae-Cucurbiteae-Cucumerinae (2 vols.) W. Engelmann, Leipzig,1924.