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Jaques Étienne Gay
Jaques Étienne Gay (b. 1786 Switzerland – 1864) was a Swiss-French botanist, civil servant, collector and taxonomist. His name is associated with plants in standardised botanical nomenclature, e.g. "Crocus sieberi" J.Gay. He was the most famous of the students of botanist Jean François Aimée Gaudin with whom he began collecting plants at the age of 14. He was married to Rosalie Nillion.
The botanical genus "Gaya" was named in his honour, as was the species "Potamogeton gayi
Jean François Aimé Théophile Philippe Gaudin
Jean François Aimé Théophile Philippe Gaudin or Jean François Aimée Gottlieb Philippe Gaudin (1766 in Longirod, canton de Vaud – 1833) was a Swiss pastor, professor and botanist. He was the author of the monumental "Flora Helvetica" in 7 volumes.
Tributes.
He gave his name to the annual grass genus "Gaudinia" belonging to the Poeae.
See also.
- Jaques Étienne Gay (1786-1864), a Swiss-French botanist and one of the