François-Xavier Gillot
Appearance
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François-Xavier Gillot (12 September 1842, Autun – 8 October 1910, Autun) was a French physician, mycologist and botanist.
Gillot was a founding member of the Société d'histoire naturelle d'Autun,[1] and from 1877 was a non-resident member of the Société botanique de Lyon.[2] The fungal genus Gillotia was named in his honor by Pier Andrea Saccardo and Alessandro Trotter.[3]
Selected works
- Note sur la flore du plateau d'Antully, 1878 - Note on the flora from the plateau of Antully.
- Notice sur la flore de St. Honoré-les-Bains (Nièvre), 1883 - Notice on the flora of St. Honoré-les-Bains (Nièvre).
- Catalogue raisonné des champignons supérieurs (Hyménomycètes) des environs d'Autun et du département de Saône-et-Loire (with Jean Louis Lucand), 1891 - Catalogue raisonné of superior mushrooms (Hymenomycetes) found in the environs of Autun and the department of Saône-et-Loire.
- Contribution à l'étude des orchidées, 1898 - Contribution to the study of orchids.[4]
References
- ^ Société d’histoire naturelle d’Autun
- ^ Prosopo Sociétés savantes de France
- ^ Sylloge Fungorum by P. A. Saccardo and Alex Trotter
- ^ Template:Worldcat id
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Gillot.
External links
- IPNI List of plants described and co-described by Gillot.