Pierre Alfred Déséglise [SEP] place of birth
Pierre Alfred Déséglise
Pierre Alfred Déséglise (28 October 1823, Bourges – 13 December 1883, Geneva) was a French botanist.
He was a student of Alexandre Boreau (1803-1875), with whom he botanized and collected plants in the department of Cher and surrounding areas. In the midst of hardship in 1871, he relocated to Geneva, where in 1874 he began work as an assistant curator at the Conservatoire Botanique. At the time of his death, his collection of roses were sent to the herbarium at
"Société d'histoire naturelle du Creusot" and the "Société d'histoire naturelle et des amis du muséum d'Autun". The species "Rosa lucandiana" was named in his honor by François-Xavier Gillot and Pierre Alfred Déséglise.
Selected works.
- "Drawings of mushrooms by Jean Louis Lucand" (published in 1875 in English)
- "Figures peintes de champignons de la France, suite à la geographie de Bulliard; fasc. 1-17." – Painted figures of mushrooms native to France, geography suite