Gustave Beauverd, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gustave Beauverd

Swiss botanist (1867-1942)

Date of Birth: 20-Mar-1867

Place of Birth: Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland

Date of Death: 19-Mar-1942

Profession: botanist

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Gustave Beauverd (1867–1942) was a Swiss botanist, specializing in Pteridophytes, Bryophytes, and Spermatophytes.For a period of time he worked at the "Herbier Bossier", and is remembered for his investigations of the genus Melampyrum.
He was a co-author of the series "Icones florae Alpinae plantarum", and the author of many works on diverse botanical subjects.
In 1931 he became a member of the Société botanique de France.He is the taxonomic authority of the genera Berroa, Parantennaria, Psychrophyton and Stuckertiella.
The genus Beauverdia (family Alliaceae) was named after him by Wilhelm Gustav Franz Herter, and plants with the specific epithet of beauverdiana honor him, examples being Acacia beauverdiana and Photinia beauverdiana