Suzanne Jovet-Ast
French botanist and bryologist
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| Intro | French botanist and bryologist | |||
| A.K.A. | Ast | |||
| A.K.A. | Ast | |||
| Places | France | |||
| is | Scientist Botanist Bryologist | |||
| Work field | Science | |||
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| Birth | Paris, Seine, Île-de-France, France | |||
| Death | 23 February 2006Biarritz, Pyrenees-Atlantics, Aquitaine, France | |||
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Biography
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 as Cryptogamy 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.
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.