Auguste-Henri Cornut de la Fontaine de Coincy (1837,

Lille Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...

– 30 January 1903) was a French

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

. A native of

, he received his education at the lycée in

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. Known for his investigations of flora native to

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

, he was the author of "Ecloga plantarum hispanicarum", a five-part series on Spanish flora published from 1893 to 1901. He was also the author of several papers involving the botanical genus ''

Echium ''Echium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae that contains about 70 species and several subspecies. Species of ''Echium'' are native to North Africa, mainland Europe to Central Asia, and the Macaronesian islands wh ...

''. As a

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, he described the genus ''Rouya'' (family

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). The genus ''

Coincya ''Coincya'' is a genus of flowering plant that belongs to the family Brassicaceae. Three species of the plant are endemic to the British Isles, these being '' Coincya wrightii'' (Lundy cabbage), '' Coincya cheiranthos'' (nokkasinapit) and ''Coinc ...

'' (family

Brassicaceae Brassicaceae () or (the older but equally valid) Cruciferae () is a medium-sized and economically important Family (biology), family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family. Most are herbaceous pla ...

) commemorates his name.Flora of North America
Coincya The "" is an award issued by the ''

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'' for excellence in taxonomic research.

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