# Edmond Gustave Camus

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French botanist (1852-1915)

**Edmond Gustave Camus** (1852 – 22 August 1915) was a French [pharmacist](/source/Pharmacist) and [botanist](/source/Botanist) known for his work with [orchids](/source/Orchid).

A pharmacist by vocation, he was a resident of [L'Isle-Adam](/source/L'Isle-Adam%2C_Val-d'Oise), a community near [Paris](/source/Paris). He was the father of botanist [Aimée Antoinette Camus](/source/Aim%C3%A9e_Antoinette_Camus) (1879–1965), with whom he collaborated on several projects, and the painter [Blanche-Augustine Camus](/source/Blanche-Augustine_Camus) (1881-1968).[1] For a period of time, he served as vice-president of the [Société botanique de France](/source/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_botanique_de_France).[2][3]

As a [taxonomist](/source/Taxonomy_(biology)), he was the [binomial authority](/source/Binomial_authority) of many species, most notably within the family [Orchidaceae](/source/Orchidaceae). With Aimée Camus, he described numerous species from the family [Salicaceae](/source/Salicaceae).[4]

## Selected works

- *Iconographie des orchidées des environs de Paris*. Paris: 1885 – Iconography of orchids from the environs of Paris.

- *Catalogue des plantes de France, de Suisse et de Belgique*. 1888 – Catalog of plants from France, [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland) and [Belgium](/source/Belgium).

- *Monographie des orchidées de France*. Paris: 1894 – Monograph of orchids from France.

- *Orchidées hybrides, ou, Critiques du Gers*. 1898 – Orchid hybrids.

- *Les plantes médicinales indigènes*. 1901 – Indigenous medicinal plants.

- *Classification des saules d'Europe et monographie des saules d'France* (with Aimée Camus). Paris: J.Mersch, 1904-5 – Classification of [willows](/source/Willow) found in Europe and a monograph of French willows.

- "A Contribution to the Study of Spontaneous Hybrids in the European Flora" (published in English, 1907).

- *Monographie des orchidées de l'Europe: de l'Afrique septentrionale, de l'Asie Mineure et des provinces Russes transcaspiennes* (with [Paul Bergon](/source/Paul_Bergon), Aimée Camus). Paris: Jacques Lechevalier, 1908 – Monograph of orchids from Europe, northern Africa, [Asia Minor](/source/Asia_Minor) and the Russian Trans-[Caspian](/source/Caspian_Sea) provinces.

- *Iconographie des orchidées d'Europe et du bassin Méditerranéen*, (with Aimée Camus). Paris: P. Lechevalier, 1921-1929 – Iconography of orchids from Europe and the [Mediterranean Basin](/source/Mediterranean_Basin).

He also made notable contributions to the multi-volume *Flore de France: Ou, Description Des Plantes Qui Croissent Spontanément en France, en Corse Et en Alsace-Lorraine*. [5]

The standard [author abbreviation](/source/List_of_botanists_by_author_abbreviation_(A)) E.G.Camus is used to indicate this person as the author when [citing](/source/Author_citation_(botany)) a [botanical name](/source/Botanical_name).[6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Female Artists in History: Blanche Augustine Camus (French painter)](https://www.facebook.com/pg/female.artists.in.history/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1631340263817523)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [The University of Chicago Library](http://storage.lib.uchicago.edu/pres/2007/pres2007-0556-1.pdf) Storage.lib

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Zurich herbaria](http://www.herbarien.uzh.ch/static/database/sammlerdetails_de.php?id=1237) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150402134318/http://www.herbarien.uzh.ch/static/database/sammlerdetails_de.php?id=1237) 2015-04-02 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) Sammler Details

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [IPNI](http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_authorAbbrev=E.G.Camus&find_includePublicationAuthors=on&find_includePublicationAuthors=off&find_includeBasionymAuthors=on&find_includeBasionymAuthors=off&find_isAPNIRecord=on&find_isAPNIRecord=false&find_isGCIRecord=on&find_isGCIRecord=false&find_isIKRecord=on&find_isIKRecord=false&find_rankToReturn=all&output_format=normal&find_sortByFamily=on&find_sortByFamily=off&query_type=by_query) List of plants described and co-described by Edmond Gustave Camus.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Edmond-Gustave+Camus%22) (publications)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [International Plant Names Index](/source/International_Plant_Names_Index). [*E.G.Camus*](https://www.ipni.org/search?q=author%20std%3AE.G.Camus).

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