Alfred Huet du Pavillon (January 1829, in Blain, Loire-Atlantique – 1907, in Frohsdorf) was a French botanist. His brother, Édouard Huet du Pavillon (1819-1908), with whom he often collaborated, was also a botanist.
He spent his childhood in Switzerland, later studying under botanist Alphonse de Candolle. From 1852 to 1856 he was curator of de Candolle's herbarium.[1] In the 1850s he took a series of botanical expeditions to the Pyrénées, Armenia, Italy (including Sicily) and Sardinia. In Italy and Sicily, he was accompanied by Édouard Huet du Pavillon.[2]
With his brother, he amassed an impressive herbarium, and issued numerous series of exsiccatae. In 1856 Pierre Edmond Boissier introduced the genus name Huetia in honor of the Huet brothers.[3][4]
Associated writings edit
- Description de quelques plantes nouvelles des Pyrénées, 1853 - Description of some new plants of the Pyrénées.
- Notice biographique sur les botanistes Edouard et Alfred Huet du Pavillon, 1914, Edouard Huet du Pavillon, Alfred Huet du Pavillon, John Briquet.[5]
References edit
- ^ Georg-August-Universität Göttingen - H Fakultät für Biologie und Psychologie, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institut für Pflanzenwissenschafte
- ^ Bulletin de l'Académie internationale de géographie botanique, Volume 18 by Académie internationale de géographie botanique
- ^ BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
- ^ Tropicos Huetia Boiss.
- ^ Google Books (published works)
- ^ International Plant Names Index. A.Huet.