Alfred Cogniaux

Flora Brasiliensis vol. 3 pt. 4 - Orchidaceae

Alfred Celestin Cogniaux (April 7, 1841 – April 15, 1916) was a Belgian botanist. Amongst other plants, the genus Neocogniauxia of orchids is named after him.

In 1916 his enormous private herbarium was acquired by the National Botanic Garden of Belgium.

Publications

• De Saldanha da Gama, J., Cogniaux, A. Bouquet de Mélastomacées brésiliennes dédiées a Sa Majesté Dom Pedro II empereur du Brésil. A. Remacle,1887 Verviers. Botanicus
• Cogniaux, A., Melastomaceae. G. Masson, Paris, 1891
• Cogniaux, Alfredus, Orchidaceae. Vol. III, part IV, V and VI of Flora Brasiliensis. Lipsiae (= Leipzig), Frid. Fleischer, 1893–1906
• Linden, L., Cogniaux, A. & Grignan, G., Les orchidées exotiques et leur culture en Europe. (1019 pages Bruxelles; Paris. chez l'auteur. Octave Doin, 1894.
• Cogniaux, A., Goossens, A.: Dictionnaire Iconographique des Orchidees; 2 vol. (826 pl., 315 p.), 1896 - 1907. Perthes en Gâtinais (France), Institut des Jardins. 1990 ISBN 2-908041-01-4
• Cogniaux, A., Harms, H. Cucurbitaceae-Cucurbiteae-Cucumerinae (2 vols.) W. Engelmann, Leipzig,1924.

The standard author abbreviation Cogn. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

References

1. ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do. 

• Short biography with portrait.
• (French) Jacquet, Pierre. "Un orchidologue belge digne de mémoire : Alfred Cogniaux (1841-1916)". L'Orchidophile. , 157:p.?, 2003.

Persondata
Name	Cogniaux, Alfred
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	April 7, 1841
Place of birth
Date of death	April 15, 1916
Place of death