Georges Rouy


Georges Rouy was a French botanist who was among the first to identify infraspecific taxa, including: subspecies, varieties, and forms.

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 - Botanical systematics and phytogeography.
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 especific epithets of rouyi, rouyana and rouyanum, some examples being: Allium rouyi, Armeria rouyana, and Clinopodium rouyanum.