François Gagnepain

François Gagnepain (23 September 1866 – 25 January 1952) was a French botanist. The standard botanical author abbreviation Gagnep. is applied to plants described by Gagnepain.^[1]

François Gagnepain
Born	(1866-09-23)23 September 1866 Raveau
Died	25 January 1952(1952-01-25) (aged 85)
Known for	Naming species of Annonaceae
Awards	Prix de Coincy (French Academy of Sciences)
Scientific career
Fields	Botany
Author abbrev. (botany)	Gagnep.

With Achille Eugène Finet, he named a number of species within the botanical family Annonaceae.^[2] The genus Gagnepainia (family Zingiberaceae) was named in his honor by Karl Moritz Schumann.^[3] The French Academy of Sciences awarded Gagnepain the Prix de Coincy for the year 1907.^[4]

Selected publications

• Topographie botanique des environs de Cercy-la-Tour (Nièvre), Société d'histoire naturelle d'Autun, 1900 - Botanical topography involving the environs of Cercy-la-Tour (Nièvre).
• Contributions à la flore de l'Asie orientale, 1905, (in collaboration with Achille Eugène Finet) - Contributions to the flora of eastern Asia.
• Contribution à l'étude géo-botanique de l'Indo-Chine, 1926 - Contribution to the geobotanical study of Indochina.^[5]