Jacques Nicolas Ernest Germain de Saint-Pierre (1 December 1814, Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier – 28 June 1882, Hyères) was a French botanist. The plant genera Diserneston of the family Apiaceae and Ernestella and Saintpierrea of the family Rosaceae were named in his honor.
He was one of fifteen founding members of Société botanique de France (SBF), an institution that was established on 24 May 1854.
The standard author abbreviation Germ. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.Publications
- Atlas de la Flore des Environs de Paris (Atlas of the flora in environs around Paris), with Ernest Cosson (1819-1889), 1845
- Guide du botaniste ou Conseil pratique sur l'étude de la botanique (Botanist's guide or practical counsel on the study of botany), edited by Victor Masson, 1852
- Nouveau Dictionnaire de botanique comprenant la description des familles naturelles, les propriétés médicales et les usages économiques des plants, la morphologie et la biologie des végétaux (New dictionary of botany including the description of natural families, medical properties and economic uses of plants, morphology and biology of plants), 1870.
References
- "This article incorporates information based on a translation of an equivalent article at the French Misplaced Pages".
- ^ Prosopo Sociétés savantes de France
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8.
- International Plant Names Index. Germ.
External links
- IPNI List of plants described and co-described by Germain de Saint-Pierre.
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