Alexandre Noël Charles Acloque (1871–1941) was a French botanist who was an expert in lichens.[1] Acloque was broadly interested in natural history and wrote books on the flora and fauna (insects) of France.

Alexandre Acloque
Born
Alexandre Noël Charles Acloque

1871
Died1941
NationalityFrench
Scientific career
FieldsLichens
Author abbrev. (botany)Acloque
Cover of Le Monde des Plantes, number 65, 1895, which mentions Alexandre Acloque as editor-in-chief

Selected works edit

 
Drawing from Acloque's volume on beetles in A Fauna of France
  • Les Champignons (mushrooms), 1892
  • Les Lichens (lichens), 1893
  • Flore de France [A Flora of France], 1894
  • Faune de France [A Fauna of France], 1896–1900)
    • Mammifères (mammals)
    • Oiseaux (birds)
    • Poissons, Reptiles, Batraciens, Protochordés [Fish, Reptiles, Amphibians, Protochordats], 1 vol., in-18 de 210 p., with 294 figures
    • Coléoptères (beetles), 1 vol., in-18 de 466 p., with 1052 figures
  • Les insectes nuisibles [Insect Pests], 1897
  • Scènes de la vie des insectes [Scenes from the Life of Insects], 1897
  • Flores régionales de France [Regional Floras of France], including the French Alps, the Pyrénées, Alsace-Lorraine, the Mediterranean, western France, and Paris

References edit

  1. ^ "Author Details". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  2. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Acloque.