Henry Robert Nicollon des Abbayes | |
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Born | 15 July 1898 |
Died | 21 May 1974 Rennes, France | (aged 75)
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Henry Robert Nicollon des Abbayes (15 July 1898 – 21 May 1974) was a French botanist and lichenologist. He was the chair of the Botanical Department of the University of Rennes and an expert on the flora of Great Britain.[1] The standard author abbreviation Abbayes is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]
H.R.N. des Abbayes was editor of four exsiccata series distributing lichen reference specimens among herbaria.[3] In 1929 he started the first of these works devoted to lichens of Armorica with the title Lichenes Armoricani spectabiles exsiccati.[4]