Georges Rouy (2 December 1851,

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) was a French botanist who was among the first to identify infraspecific (i.e., below the level of

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Published works

With Julien Foucaud and others, he was author of the ''Flore de France; ou, Description des plantes qui croissent spontanément en France, en Corse et en Alsace-Lorraine'' (Flora of France; descriptions of plants that are native to France,

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and Alsace-Lorraine, published in 14 volumes from 1893 to 1913. His other principal works include: * ''Excursion botanique en Espagne'', Spanien Florenwerke, 1881 - Botanical excursion in Spain. * ''Atlas iconographique des plantes rares de France et de Corse'', 1897 - Iconographic atlas of rare plants native to France and Corsica. * ''Revue de botanique systématique et de géographie botanique'', (1903, 1904) - Botanical systematics and

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. * ''Conspectus de la Flore de France, ou Catalogue général des espèces, sous-espèces, races, variétés, sous-variétés et formes hybrides contenues dans la "Flore de France"'', P. Lechevalier, 1927 (with Henri Lecomte) - Overview of the "Flore de France".

Taxa

Rouy was the binomial author of many botanical species. In 1901 the genus ''Rouya'' was named in his honor by Auguste-Henri de Coincy. His name is also associated with plants having the specific epithets of ''rouyi'', ''rouyana'' and ''rouyanum'', some examples being: '' Allium rouyi'', ''Armeria rouyana'', and ''Clinopodium rouyanum''.GBIF
Clinopodium rouyanum

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