Pierre Viala
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Pierre Viala (24 September 1859 in Lavérune – 11 February 1936) was a French scientist. In 1901–1910 he and Victor Vermorel published '' Ampélographie. Traité général de viticulture'', a seven-volume
ampelography Ampelography ( ἄμπελος, "vine" + γράφος, "writing") is the field of botany concerned with the identification and classification of grapevines, ''Vitis'' spp. Traditionally this has been done by comparing the shape and colour of th ...
of 3,200 pages describing 5,200
grape varieties This list of grape varieties includes cultivated grapes, whether used for wine, or eating as a table grape, fresh or dried (raisin, currant, sultana). For a complete list of all grape species, including those unimportant to agriculture, see ''V ...
. He has been honoured in the naming of 2 taxa of fungi; '' Vialaea'' by
Pier Andrea Saccardo Pier Andrea Saccardo (23 April 1845 in Treviso, Province of Treviso, Treviso – 12 February 1920 in Padua, Italy, Padua) was an Italian botany, botanist and mycology, mycologist. His multi-volume ''Sylloge Fungorum'' was one of the first attempt ...
in 1896 (Vialaeaceae family) ''Vialina'' by Mario Curzi in 1935, which is now a synonym of '' Phoma'' .


References

1859 births 1936 deaths Democratic Republican Alliance politicians Members of the 12th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of Parliament for Hérault 19th-century French botanists 20th-century French botanists French viticulturists Members of the French Academy of Sciences {{France-scientist-stub