Étienne-Émile Desvaux

French botanist (1830-1854).

Étienne-Émile Desvaux (8 February 1830, in Vendôme – 13 May 1854, in Mondoubleau) was a French botanist. He developed an interest in botany at an early age, actively collecting plants from the age of 10. In July 1850, he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Paris. He died on May 13, 1854 (age 24) in the town of Mondoubleau. He was the author of a monograph on Chilean grasses called "Gramineae Chilenses" (1853), a work that was included in Claude Gay's "Historia física y política de Chile". He described the genus Monandraira (synonym Deschampsia) and was the binomial authority of numerous

Abbreviations: É.Desv.
Occupations: botanist, botanical illustrator
Citizenships: France
Languages: French
Dates: 1830-02-08T00:00:00Z – 1854-05-13T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Vendôme
Direct attributions: 29 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 45 plants, 0 fungi

29 plants attributed, 16 plants contributed to45 plants:

Deschampsia antarctica (Antarctic Hair Grass) É.Desv. 1854
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
Deschampsia antarctica, the Antarctic hair grass, is one of two flowering plants native to Antarctica, the other being Colobanthus quitensis (Antarctic pearlwort).
Nassella (Needlegrass) (Trin.) É.Desv. 1854
plant genus in the poaceae family
Nassella, or needlegrass, is a New World genus of over 100 perennial bunchgrasses found from North America through South America. The Latin word nassa refers to "a basket with a narrow neck". It is usually considered segregate from the genus Stipa and includes many New World species formerly classified in that genus. As of 2011, The Jepson Manual includes Nassella within Stipa. Nasella is characterized by strongly overlapping lemma margins and reduced, veinless paleae. The lemma tips are fused into the "crown", a short membrane that surrounds the base of the lemma. The rim of the crown
Chusquea culeou É.Desv. 1854
plant species in the poaceae family
Chusquea culeou, the Chilean bamboo, (Spanish: caña coligüe or colihue) is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae. An evergreen bamboo native to South America, unlike most species within the genus Chusquea, it is frost-tolerant and thus widely cultivated in temperate regions.
Sporobolus rigens (Trin.) É.Desv. 1854
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
Sporobolus rigens is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is native to Argentina.
Bromus mango (Mango Brome) É.Desv. 1854
plant species in the poaceae family
Bromus mango is a species of flowering plant in the broom tribe Bromeae, family Poaceae, native to central and southern Chile and southern Argentina. A biennial, it is believed to have been cultivated as a food crop by indigenous peoples of the area.
Chusquea valdiviensis É.Desv. 1854
plant species in the poaceae family
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Eleocharis pachycarpa (Black Sand Spikerush) É.Desv. 1854
perennial plant species in the cyperaceae family
Eleocharis pachycarpa is a species of spikesedge known by the common name black sand spikerush. This plant is native to southern South America (Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay) but it grows in other parts of the world as an introduced species, such as Australia and the US states of California and Nevada. Eleocharis pachycarpa is a resident of moist areas, such as riverbanks, vernal pools, salt marshes, and wet meadows. This is a rhizomatous perennial generally not exceeding 40 centimeters in height. It forms clumps of very thin stringlike stems of smooth bright green which are four-sided
Danthonia chilensis É.Desv. 1854
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Agrostis leptotricha É.Desv. 1854
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Agrostis koelerioides É.Desv. 1854
annual plant species in the poaceae family
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Nassella pungens É.Desv. 1854
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Melica argentata É.Desv. 1854
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
Melica argentata is a species of grass endemic to Chile (Coquimbo and O'Higgins).
Deschampsia kingii (Hook.f.) É.Desv. 1854
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Poa acinaciphylla É.Desv. 1854
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
Poa acinaciphylla is a grass species native to Chile, first described by Étienne-Émile Desvaux and published in Flora Chilena (1853). It is characterized by its yellowish, glabrous habit, tufted rhizomes, and fertile culms reaching up to 75 cm (30 in) in height. The species bears narrow, folded leaves and a lax, inclined panicle with spikelets containing 1–3 fertile florets. The native range of this species is Central Chile and is a perennial growing primarily in the temperate biome.
Piptochaetium ruprechtianum É.Desv. 1854
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Piptochaetium panicoides (Lam.) É.Desv. 1854
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Piptochaetium bicolor (Vahl) É.Desv. 1854
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Nassella pubiflora (Trin. & Rupr.) É.Desv. 1854
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Festuca acanthophylla É.Desv. 1854
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Deschampsia parvula (Dwarf Hair-grass) (Hook.f.) É.Desv. 1854
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Carex hypoleucos É.Desv. 1853
perennial plant species in the cyperaceae family
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Stipa tortuosa É.Desv. 1854
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Stipa pogonathera É.Desv. 1854
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Poa gayana É.Desv. 1854
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Paspalum dasypleurum Kunze ex É.Desv. 1854
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Nassella chilensis (Chilean Needlegrass) (Trin.) É.Desv. 1854
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Melica poecilantha É.Desv. 1854
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Eleocharis melanocephala É.Desv. 1854
plant species in the cyperaceae family
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Carex melanocystis É.Desv. 1854
perennial plant species in the cyperaceae family
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Elymus magellanicus (Fuegian Couch) (É.Desv.) Á.Löve 1984
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
Elymus magellanicus, the Magellan wheatgrass, is a clump-forming grass native to South America. It grows 1½-ft high and wide and has metallic blue leaves. Nearly evergreen in mild climates, it is a good container plant.
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