Alfred Cogniaux
Célestin Alfred Cogniaux was a Belgian botanist. Amongst other plants, the genus Neocogniauxia of orchids is named after him.
In 1916 his enormous private herbarium was acquired by the National Botanic Garden of Belgium.Publications
- De Saldanha da Gama, J., Cogniaux, A. Bouquet de Mélastomacées brésiliennes dédiées a Sa Majesté Dom Pedro II empereur du Brésil. A. Remacle, 1887 Verviers.
- Cogniaux, A., Melastomaceae. G. Masson, Paris, 1891
- Cogniaux, Alfredus, Orchidaceae. Vol. III, part IV, V and VI of Flora Brasiliensis. Lipsiae, Frid. Fleischer, 1893–1906
- Linden, L., Cogniaux, A. & Grignan, G., Les orchidées exotiques et leur culture en Europe., Institut des Jardins. 1990
- Cogniaux, A., Harms, H. Cucurbitaceae-Cucurbiteae-Cucumerinae W. Engelmann, Leipzig,1924.
