Jacques Etienne Gay
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Jaques Étienne Gay, French botanist, civil servant, collector and taxonomist (b.1786 Switzerland -1864). His name is associated with plants in standardised botanical nomenclature, e.g. Crocus sieberi
J.Gay. He was the most famous of the students of botanist Jean François Aimée Gaudin
with whom he began collecting plants at the age of 14. He was married to Rosalie Nillion.
The botanical genus Gaya was named in his honour, as was the species Potamogeton
gayi Bennett 1892.
Crocus sieberi
Crocus sieberi , also referred to as the Cretan crocus, or snow crocus , is a plant of the Crocus genus in the Iridaceae family. A small early blooming crocus, it easily naturalises. It grows wild in the Balkans, Greece and Crete...
J.Gay. He was the most famous of the students of botanist Jean François Aimée Gaudin
Gaudin
Gaudin is a French surname and may refer to:*André Gaudin, French rower*Antoine Marc Gaudin , American engineer*Chad Gaudin , American baseball player*Christian Gaudin , French politician...
with whom he began collecting plants at the age of 14. He was married to Rosalie Nillion.
The botanical genus Gaya was named in his honour, as was the species Potamogeton
Potamogeton
Potamogeton is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed...
gayi Bennett 1892.
Publications
- Gay, Jacques Etienne. 1857. Recherches sur les caractères de la végétation du fraisier et sur la distribution géographique de ses espèces, avec la description de deux nouvelles. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Botanique) 4th ser. 8: 185—208
- Gay, Jacques Etienne. 1821. Monographie des cinq genres de plantes que comprend la tribu des Lasiopetalees dans la famille des Buttneriacees