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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.

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.

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

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.

References

1. IPNI Author Query Results for "Gagnepain", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2011-10-03
2. IPNI List of plants described & co-described by Achille Eugène Finet
3. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific ..., Volume 2 by Umberto Quattrocchi
4. "Séance du 2 décembre". Le Moniteur Scientifique du Docteur Quesneville: 89–90. January 1908. Archived from the original on 2014-10-25.
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