René Viguier

French botanist (1880-1931).

René Viguier (19 May 1880, in Paris – 17 January 1931, in Caen) was a French botanist known for his investigations of plants within the family Araliaceae. He worked as a préparateur at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle with Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem, afterwards serving as maître de conférences at the Sorbonne. In 1912 he collected botanical specimens in Madagascar with Jean-Henri Humbert. From 1919 to 1931 he was a professor of botany at the University of Caen as well as director of city's botanical garden. He was a member of the Société botanique de France (from 1904), the Soci

Abbreviations: R.Vig.
Occupations: botanist
Citizenships: France
Languages: French
Dates: 1880-05-19T00:00:00Z – 1931-01-17T00:00:00Z
Birth place: 7th arrondissement of Paris
Direct attributions: 134 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 217 plants, 1 fungus

134 plants attributed, 83 plants contributed to217 plants:

Dalbergia maritima R.Vig. 1952
plant species in the fabaceae family
Dalbergia maritima is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree endemic to eastern Madagascar. It grows in lowland coastal evergreen rain forest. It is threatened by timber over-harvesting habitat loss from forest clearance and mining, and the IUCN Red List assesses the species as Endangered. It is a rosewood, and its wood is often referred to as Bois de Rose. Two subspecies are accepted: Dalbergia maritima subsp. maritima Dalbergia maritima subsp. pubescens (Bosser & R.Rabev) Crameri, Phillipson & N.Wilding
Abrus aureus R.Vig. 1952
plant species in the fabaceae family
Abrus aureus is a plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Madagascar. It grows as a herb or liana.
Sakoanala R.Vig. 1952
plant genus in the fabaceae family
Sakoanala is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It contains two species which are endemic to Madagascar.
Pongamiopsis R.Vig. 1950
plant genus in the fabaceae family
Pongamiopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species of trees and shrubs endemic to Madagascar. They grow in seasonally-dry tropical woodland and xerophytic shrubland in northern, western, and southern Madagascar, often on limestone outcrops. Pongamiopsis amygdalina (Baill.) R.Vig. Pongamiopsis pervilleana (Baill.) R.Vig. Pongamiopsis viguieri Du Puy & Labat
Decorsea R.Vig. 1952
plant genus in the fabaceae family
Decorsea is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It comprises six species indigenous to East and Southern Africa, spanning from Tanzania to Namibia and South Africa, including Madagascar.
Cordyla madagascariensis R.Vig. 1948
plant species in the fabaceae family
Cordyla madagascariensis, synonym Dupuya madagascariensis, is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar.
Ormocarpopsis R.Vig. 1952
plant genus in the fabaceae family
Ormocarpopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes eight species of shrubs or small trees endemic to Madagascar. They inhabit seasonally-dry tropical forest, woodland, and xerophytic shrubland, sometimes on rocky outcrops of sandstone or limestone. They are found throughout the island except in the eastern lowland rain forest. The genus was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Dalbergia clade of the Dalbergieae. It contains the following species: Ormocarpopsis anosyana Thulin & Razafim. Ormocarpopsis aspera R.Vig. Ormocarpopsis calcicola R.Vig.
Neoharmsia R.Vig. 1952
plant genus in the fabaceae family
Neoharmsia is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It includes two species of trees or shrubs endemic to Madagascar. Typical habitats are seasonally-dry tropical woodland and succulent thicket or woodland, on limestone or coastal sand, in the northern and western parts of the island.
Dalbergia humbertii R.Vig. 1952
vulnerable plant species in the fabaceae family
Dalbergia humbertii is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree native to northern Madagascar, including the Bemaraha Massif.
Seemannaralia gerrardii (Wild Maple) (Seem.) R.Vig. 1906
plant species in the araliaceae family
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Erythrina perrieri R.Vig. 1952
endangered plant species in the fabaceae family
Erythrina perrieri is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is a deciduous tree endemic to Madagascar. It is known from three locations – two on the Ankarana Massif of Diana Region at the island's north end, and one on the Ankara Plateau in Boeny Region 550 km to the southwest where the type specimen was collected. It grows in dry woodland on limestone rocks from 210 to 310 meters elevation. The species was first described by René Viguier in 1952.
Dalbergia louvelii R.Vig. 1952
endangered plant species in the fabaceae family
Dalbergia louvelii (violet rosewood) is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree endemic to eastern Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Dalbergia chlorocarpa R.Vig. 1952
vulnerable plant species in the fabaceae family
Dalbergia chlorocarpa is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Dalbergia bathiei R.Vig. 1952
endangered plant species in the fabaceae family
Dalbergia bathiei is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Polyscias neraudiana (Drake) Harms ex R.Vig. 1905
critically endangered plant species in the araliaceae family
Polyscias neraudiana is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae. It is endemic to Mauritius. It is threatened by habitat loss. It can be distinguished from the other Polyscias by the red flowers of its flower-spike and the smaller, longer leaf-segments of its compound leaves.
Dalbergia tsiandalana R.Vig. 1952
endangered plant species in the fabaceae family
Dalbergia tsiandalana is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is a shrub endemic to Boeny in western Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss. The species was described by René Viguier in 1952.
Dalbergia pseudobaronii R.Vig. 1952
vulnerable plant species in the fabaceae family
Dalbergia pseudobaronii is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its leaves are similar to those of Dalbergia baronii, which gave the species its name.
Sakoanala madagascariensis R.Vig. 1952
endangered plant species in the fabaceae family
Sakoanala madagascariensis is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Madagascar.
Pongamiopsis pervilleana (Baill.) R.Vig. 1950
plant species in the fabaceae family
Pongamiopsis pervilleana is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Madagascar.
Pongamiopsis amygdalina (Baill.) R.Vig. 1950
vulnerable plant species in the fabaceae family
Pongamiopsis amygdalina is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Madagascar.
Ormocarpopsis calcicola R.Vig. 1952
vulnerable plant species in the fabaceae family
Ormocarpopsis calcicola is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Madagascar.
Ormocarpopsis aspera R.Vig. 1952
plant species in the fabaceae family
Ormocarpopsis aspera is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Madagascar.
Neoharmsia madagascariensis R.Vig. 1952
endangered plant species in the fabaceae family
Neoharmsia madagascariensis is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Madagascar.
Neoharmsia baronii (Drake) R.Vig. 1972
endangered plant species in the fabaceae family
Neoharmsia baronii is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Madagascar.
Grewia sely R.Vig. 1917
critically endangered plant species in the malvaceae family
Grewia sely is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to Madagascar. It is known from only two locations on the island, and is critically endangered.
Delarbrea longicarpa R.Vig. 1925
plant species in the myodocarpaceae family
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Abrus sambiranensis R.Vig. 1952
endangered plant species in the fabaceae family
Abrus sambiranensis is a plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Madagascar. It grows as a herb or vine.
Abrus madagascariensis R.Vig. 1952
plant species in the fabaceae family
Abrus madagascariensis is a plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Madagascar. It grows as a herb, shrub or liana.
Schefflera pseudocandelabrum R.Vig. 1909
plant species in the araliaceae family
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Polyscias bernieri (Baill. ex Drake) R.Vig. 1905
plant species in the araliaceae family
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