Casimir Roumeguère
Appearance
Casimir Roumeguère (15 August 1828 in Toulouse – 29 February 1892 in Toulouse) was a French botanist and mycologist.
He served as director of the journal Revue mycologique.[1] His collections of fungi are included in several exsiccatae, including "Fungi Gallici exsiccati", "Fungi exsiccati praecipue Gallici",[2] and "Fungi selecti exsiccati".[3] His collection of algae is part of the exsicattae series: "Algues de France".[4]
In addition to his botanical and mycological research, he published a few works in the fields of geology, conchology and archaeology.[5][6]
Eponymy
- Roumegueria: name of genus introduced by (Pier Andrea Saccardo) Paul Christoph Hennings (1908).
- Roumegueriella: name of genus introduced by Carlos Luigi Spegazzini (1880).
- Roumeguerites: name of genus introduced by Petter Adolf Karsten (1879).[7]
The specific epithet of roumeguerii also bears his name; an example being the mycological species Camarosporium roumeguerii.[8]
Selected writings
- Des lichens et en particulier des lichens des environs de Toulouse pouvant être utilisés dans l'économie domestique, la médecine et les arts industriels, 1860 – Lichens, in particular, lichens found in the vicinity of Toulouse.
- Cryptogamie illustrée, ou, Histoire des familles naturelles des plantes acotylédones d'Europe / coordonnée suivant les dernières classifications et complétée par les recherches scientifiques les plus récentes. Famille des lichens, 1868 – Illustrated cryptogamy; history involving acotyledon plants of Europe.
- Nouveaux documents sur l'histoire des plantes cryptogames et phanérogames des Pyrénées, 1876 – New documents on the history of cryptogams and phanerogams of the Pyrénées.
- Statistique botanique du département de la Haute-Garonne, 1876 – Botanical statistics involving the department of Haute-Garonne.
- Flore mycologique du département de Tarn-et-Garonne, 1879 – Mycological flora involving the department of Tarn-et-Garonne.[9]
References
- ^ Google Books Bulletin de la Société d'études scientifiques de l'Aude, Volumes 3-4
- ^ Cybertruffle Publications
- ^ 3.2. Fungi R (Collectors Index Herbarium M) Pilz-Herbarien (R)
- ^ HUH Archived July 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Algues de France
- ^ IDREF.fr bibliography
- ^ Digital Library Numis Catalogues, collections
- ^ Global Names Index Index of Scientific Names
- ^ Petymol Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. Q & R.
- ^ OCLC Classify published works.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Roum.