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Henry Robert Nicollon des Abbayes
Born(1898-07-15)15 July 1898
Died21 May 1974(1974-05-21) (aged 75)
Rennes, France
Scientific career
Fields
  • Botany
French botanist, lichenologist and plant collector (1898–1974)

Henry Robert Nicollon des Abbayes (15 July 1898 – 21 May 1974) was a French botanist and lichenologist. He was the chair of the Botanical Department of the University of Rennes and an expert on the flora of Great Britain. The standard author abbreviation Abbayes is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

H.R.N. des Abbayes was editor of four exsiccata series distributing lichen reference specimens among herbaria. In 1929 he started the first of these works devoted to lichens of Armorica with the title Lichenes Armoricani spectabiles exsiccati.

References

  1. Dorr, Laurence J (1 January 1997). Plant collectors in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. Washington, D.C.: Dept. of Botany, MRC-166, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. p. 2. ISBN 1900347180. OCLC 976639168.
  2. International Plant Names Index.  Abbayes.
  3. Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
  4. "Lichenes Armoricani spectabiles exsiccati: IndExs ExsiccataID=511038124". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 11 January 2025.

External links

  • Photo from the Lichen Herbarium of the University of Rennes
  • "Page d'accueil". Lichen Herbarium "Prof. des Abbayes" in Rennes


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