Henry Nicollon des Abbayes

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]

Henry Robert Nicollon des Abbayes
Born	(1898-07-15)15 July 1898
Died	21 May 1974(1974-05-21) (aged 75) Rennes, France
Scientific career
Fields	Botany

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]