Alfred Celestin Cogniaux (April 7, 1841 - April 15, 1916) was a Belgian botanist. Amongst other plants, the genus Neocogniauxia of orchids is named after him. Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... Species Neocogniauxia hexaptera Neocogniauxia monophylla Neocogniauxia is a genus of orchids, with 2 species. ...

In 1916 his enormous private herbarium was acquired by the National Botanic Garden of Belgium. National Botanic Garden of Belgium is located in the domain of Bouchout (Château de Bouchout)in the village of Meise, north of Brussels. ...

Publications

• Linden, L., Cogniaux, A. & Grignan, G., Les orchidées exotiques et leur culture en Europe, 1019 pages ; Bruxelles ; Paris : chez l'auteur ; Octave Doin, 1894
• Cogniaux, A. & Goossens, A., Orchidées : dictionnaire iconographique ; 2 vol.(826 pl., 315 p.), published between 1896 and 1907; Perthes en Gâtinais (France) : Institut des Jardins, 1990 ISBN 2-908041-01-4
• Melastomaceae; 1256 p.; Ed. G. Masson, Paris, 1891
• (with H. Harms) : Cucurbitaceae - Fevilleae et Melothrieae ; Cucurbitaceae - Cucurbiteae - Cucumerinae; 2 vol., Leipzig : W. Engelmann, 1916

Reference

• (French) Jacquet, Pierre (July 2003). "Un orchidologue belge digne de mémoire : Alfred Cogniaux (1841-1916)". L'Orchidophile 157. 

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