Suzanne Jovet-Ast
French botanist and bryologist

Suzanne Jovet-Ast

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French botanist and bryologist
A.K.A.
Ast
Gender:
Female
Places:
France
Is:
ScientistBotanistBryologist
Work field:
Science
Birth:
(Paris, Seine, Île-de-France, France)
Death:
23 February 2006(Biarritz, Pyrenees-Atlantics, Aquitaine, France)
Education:
University of Paris
Awards:
Prix de Coincy
Family:
Spouse(s):
Paul Jovet
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Suzanne Jovet-Ast (born 1914) was a French botanist, who worked principally at the National Museum of Natural History, France.

Life

Suzanne Ast was born in Paris, France on February 8, 1914. She received her Baccalauréat(1932) from Lycée Voltaire (Paris) and obtained her doctorate (1943) while at the National Museum of Natural History. In 1939 she married the French botanist Paul Jovet.

Work

She served asCryptogamy Chair of the National Museum of Natural History from 1975 to 1982. Together with Hélène Bischler-Causse she co-founded the Association des Amis des Cryptogames in 1975. In her early work she studied the flowering plant family Annonaceae, while the majority of her professional career was focused on Bryophytes. She retired in 1982.

The standard author abbreviation Ast is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

Legacy

She is the authority for at least 35 taxa using the name Ast including: IPNI. List of plant names with authority Ast. and 25 using the name Jovet-Ast including: IPNI. List of plant names with authority Jovet-Ast.