Edmond Gustave Camus

Edmond Gustave Camus (1852 – 22 August 1915) was a French pharmacist and botanist known for his work with orchids.

A pharmacist by vocation, he was a resident of L'Isle-Adam, a community near Paris. He was the father of botanist Aimée Antoinette Camus (1879–1965), with whom he collaborated on several projects. For a period of time, he served as vice-president of the Société botanique de France.[1][2]

As a taxonomist, he was the binomial authority of many species, most notably within the family Orchidaceae. With Aimée Camus, he described numerous species from the family Salicaceae.[3]

Selected works

He also made notable contributions to the multi-volume Flore de France: Ou, Description Des Plantes Qui Croissent Spontanément en France, en Corse Et en Alsace-Lorraine.[4]

References

  1. The University of Chicago Library Storage.lib
  2. Zurich herbaria Sammler Details
  3. IPNI List of plants described and co-described by Edmond Gustave Camus.
  4. Google Search (publications)
  5. IPNI.  E.G.Camus.
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