Maurice Gustave Benoît Choisy (29 June 1897 – 19 June 1966) was a French mycologist and lichenologist. He was a member of the Botanical Society of France, the Mycological Society of France, and the Linnean Society of Lyon [fr]. He was president of the botanical section of the latter society from 1949 to 1950.[1]

Species named after Choisy include Dermatocarpon choisyi D.D.Awasthi (1965);[2] Haematomma choisyi Werner (1932);[3] and Lecidea choisyi Werner (1932).[4]

Selected publications

The standard author abbreviation M.Choisy is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Grumann, Vitus (1974). Biographisch-bibliographisches Handbuch der Lichenologie (in German). J. Cramer. pp. 270–271.
  2. ^ Awasthi, D.D. Catalogue of the Lichens from India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Ceylon. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia. Vol. 17. J. Cramer. p. 48. ISBN 978-3-7682-5417-5.
  3. ^ Werner, R.G. (1932). "Contribution á la flore cryptogamique du Maroc VII". Revue Bryologique et Lichénologique (in French). 5 (4): 210–228.
  4. ^ Werner, R.G. (1932). "Contribution á la flore cryptogamique du Maroc. VI". Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc (in French). 12: 156–163.
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  M.Choisy.


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