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Jean Hector Paul Auguste Ghesquière

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Jean Hector Paul Auguste Ghesquière
Born1888
Died1982
NationalityBelgium
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
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: IPNI. List of plant names with authority Ghesq..
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

  1. ^ "Ghesquière, Jean Hector Paul Auguste (1888-)". JSTOR Global Plants. ITHAKA. n.d. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "Ghesquiere, Jean Hector Paul Auguste". Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries Index of Botanists. Harvard University. n.d. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  3. ^ "Ghesquière J." Botanic Garden Meise, The BR Herbarium Catalogue. Botanic Garden Meise. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Ghesq.
  5. ^ a b 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 (PDF). Zerf: International Dragonfly Fund. p. 59. ISSN 1435-3393.