Casimir Roumeguère (15 August 1828 in Toulouse – 29 February 1892 in Toulouse) was a French botanist and mycologist.
He served as director of the journal Revue mycologique.Google Books Bulletin de la Société d'études scientifiques de l'Aude, Volumes 3-4 His collections of fungi are included in several exsiccatae,Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany. including "Fungi (selecti) Gallici exsiccati" and "Fungi selecti exsiccati" with publications.Cybertruffle3.2. Fungi R (Collectors Index Herbarium M) Pilz-Herbarien (R) His collection of algae is part of the exsiccatae series: "Algues de France", which he co-edited since 1883.HUH Algues de France
In addition to his botanical and mycological research, he published a few works in the fields of geology, conchology and archaeology.IDREF.fr bibliographyDigital Library Numis Catalogues, collections
Eponymy Roumegueria: name of fungus genus introduced by (Pier Andrea Saccardo) Paul Christoph Hennings (1908), all 3 species (in the former genus) are now synonyms for others. Roumegueriella: name of fungus genus (class Sordariomycetes), introduced by Carlos Luigi Spegazzini (1880). Roumeguerites: name of fungus genus introduced by Petter Adolf Karsten (1879), all 3 species (in the former genus) are now synonyms for others. The specific epithet of roumeguerii also bears his name; an example is the mycological species Camarosporium roumeguerii.Petymol Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. Q & R.
Selected writings Des lichens et en particulier des lichens des environs de Toulouse pouvant être utilisés dans l'économie domestique, la médecine et les arts industriels, 1860 – Lichens, in particular, lichens found in the vicinity of Toulouse. Cryptogamie illustrée, ou, Histoire des familles naturelles des plantes acotylédones d'Europe / coordonnée suivant les dernières classifications et complétée par les recherches scientifiques les plus récentes. Famille des lichens, 1868 – Illustrated cryptogamy; history involving acotyledon plants of Europe. Nouveaux documents sur l'histoire des plantes cryptogames et phanérogames des Pyrénées, 1876 – New documents on the history of cryptogams and phanerogams of the Pyrénées. Statistique botanique du département de la Haute-Garonne, 1876 – Botanical statistics involving the department of Haute-Garonne. Flore mycologique du département de Tarn-et-Garonne, 1879 – Mycological flora involving the department of Tarn-et-Garonne.OCLC Classify published works.
See also :Category:Taxa named by Casimir Roumeguère
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