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French naturalist (died 1825)

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Auguste Plée, born 1787 in Paris and died 17 August 1825 in Fort Royal, Martinique, was a French naturalist.

Biography

Between 1821 and 1823 he was sketching military installations, ports and towns in Puerto Rico. After travelling extensively, and forming numerous collections of plants, he fell sick and died in Martinique.

Legacy

Four species of Caribbean reptiles are named in honor of Plée: Diploglossus pleii, Gymnophthalmus pleii, Mastigodryas pleei, and Pholidoscelis plei.

Writings

His principal works were: Le jeune botaniste, ou entretiens d'un père avec son fils sur la botanique et la physiologie végétale, etc.; (2 vols., Paris, 1812), and Journal de Voyage du Botaniste Auguste Plée, a Travers les Antilles, les Guyanes et le Bresil (2 vols., Paris, 1828). The Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN) in Paris published a catalog of Plée's collection in three volumes in 1830.

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

References

  1. "Dibujos sobre Puerto Rico del naturalista Auguste Plée (1821-1823)". Retrieved 6 June 2011. (in Spanish).
  2. ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Plée, Auguste" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. Vol. 5. New York: D. Appleton. p. 40.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Plee", p. 208).
  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (1957). Les Botanistes Française en Amérique du Nord Avant 1850: Paris 11-14 Septembre 1956. Centre national de la recherche scientifique. p. 193. (in French).
  5. International Plant Names Index.  Plée.

Further reading

  • Raymond, Louis-Marcel (1957). Auguste Plée (1787–1825) et la flore américaine. Paris. (in French).
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