Georges Rouy

Georges Rouy (2 December 1851, Paris – 25 December 1924, Asnières-sur-Seine)[1] was a French botanist who was among the first to identify infraspecific (i.e., below the level of species) taxa, including: subspecies, varieties, and forms.

[citation needed] 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, Corsica and Alsace-Lorraine, published in 14 volumes from 1893 to 1913.

[2] His other principal works include: Rouy was the binomial author of many botanical species.

[4] In 1901 the genus Rouya was named in his honor by Auguste-Henri de Coincy.

[5] His name is also associated with plants having the specific epithets of rouyi, rouyana and rouyanum, some examples being: Allium rouyi, Armeria rouyana,[6] and Clinopodium rouyanum.