> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 255](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120386) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/16284-1) LSID 16284-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34430) QID Q34430 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Boissier, Pierre-Edmond (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author ### Author Boissier, Pierre Edmond (1810-1885), Swiss botanist and traveller. **Abbreviated name**: *Boiss.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Boiss.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection G|G]]. – Duplicates of Boissier's collections are in many herbaria, see IH. *Ref*.: IH 2: 82. - Hochreutiner, Arch. Sci. phys. nat. ser. 5. 20. 1939, Boissiera 3. 1939. - Baehni, Taxon 9: 61-63. 1960. - Clokie, Account herbaria Oxford 135. 1964. - Bocquet et Mermoud, Arch. & Sci., Genève, 18(2): 388-397. 1965; Musées de Genève 52: 2-4. 1965. - Stafleu, Boissiera 11: xix-xxi. 1965. - Stafleu, The great Prodromus 20. 1966. - Hedge and Lamond, Index coll. Edinburgh 61. 1970. #### Bibliography and biography AG 2(1): 535, 6(1): 533, 11(2): 152; Barnhart 1: 211; BL 2: 484; BM 1: 189, 6: 104; Bossert p. 43; Colmeiro 1: clxiv; CSP 1: 461-462, 6: 595, 7: 208, 13: 654; GR p. 638; IF 682; Jackson p. 524 \[index\]; Kew 1: 285; Langman p. 146; LS 320; MW p. 47; NI 189-190; Plesch p. 130, 147; PR 942-949; Saccardo 1: 32, 2: 20. - Candolle, Mémoires et souvenirs 302, 303, 331, 346, 469, 1862. - Cosson, Comp. fl. atl. 1: 22. 1881. - Burnat, Bull. Soc. bot. France 30: cxiii. 1883 \["Le savant auteur du Flora orientalis (1867-1884) cst probablement le botaniste de notre siècle qui a accompli en phytographie l'oeuvre personelle la plus considérable et l'une des plus parfaites"\]. - Candolle, Bibl. Univ., Arch. Sci. phys. nat. ser. 3. 14: 368-385. 1885 (repr. 18 p.) - Anon., Leopoldina 21: 212. 1885. - Bescherelle, Bull. Soc. bot. France 32(1): 325-327. 1885 (bibl.) - Candolle et Vautier, Edmond Boissier, Genève 1885, 31 p. (bibl., portr.), *Copy*: BR. - Kanitz, Mag. Növén. Lap. 9: 93-96. 1885. - Ascherson, Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 4: xiii-xvi. 1886. - Candolle, Verh. Schweiz. naturf. Ges. 68: 128-139. 1886. - Christ, Bull. Soc. vaud. Sci. nat. 22: \[9 p.\]. 1886, repr. 9 p. (B, NY). - Dickson, Trans. bot. Soc. Edinburgh 16: 308-309. 1886. - Drude, Isis, Abh. 5: \[7 p.\]. 1886 (repr. B) - Roumeguère, Revue encycl. 29: 30-43. 1886. - Stein, Gartenflora 34: 3-12. 1886 (portr.) - Wünschmann, Bentham und Boissier, Berlin 1887. (Wiss. Beilage Programm Charlottenschule Berlin, Ostern 1887). - Christ, Notice sur la vie et les travaux d'Edmond Boissier. Genève 1888, 33 p. (copy: B, BR). - Christ in Boissier, Fl. orient., suppl. i-xxxiii. 1888. - Gray, Am. J. Sci. 31: 20-21.1886, Sci. papers 2: 479-481. 1889. - Haynald, Denkrede auf Edmond Boissier, Budapest 1889, 22 p. (copy: NY) (see also Mag. növen. Lap. 13: 5-22. 1889). - Wittrock, Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 149. 1903, 3(3): 159. *pl. 67.* 1905 (portr.) - Yung, Aperçu historique sur l'activité des savants genevois au xixme siècle 67-69. 1914. - Chodat, Bull. Soc. bot. Genève 28: 1-4. 1936 (centenaire voyage Sierra Nevada). - Beauverd et al., Edmond Boissier, botaniste genevois 1810-1885, Genève 1937, 76 p. (portr.), repr. from Bull. Soc. bot. Genève ser. 2. 28. 1937. - Hochreutiner, Boissiera 3: 1939 (herb. Boissier). - Briquet, Bull. Soc. bot. Suisse 50 a: 45-58. 1940 (bibl.) - Cavillier, Boissiera 5: 23. 1941. - Baehni, Musées de Genève no. 2. Feb 1956 (on archives), no. 4 Apr 1958 (on portr.) - Tamamshian, Bot. Zhurn. 117(1). 1962. - Bocquet et Mermoud, Arch. Sci., Genève, 18(2): 388-397. 1965 (portr.), Musée Genève 52: 2-4. 1965 (portr.) - Stafleu, Boissiera 11: xix-xxi. 1965 (portr.) - Stafleu, The great Prodromus 20. 1966. - Burdet, Saussurea 6: 28. 1975 (portr.) - Stafleu, *in* Daniels and Stafleu, Taxon 24(1): 52. 1975 (portr.) #### Composite works Contributed to DC., *Prodr*.: (a) *Euphorbiaceae*, subordo *Euphorbieae*, 15(2): 3-188. Jan (late) 1862; add. et corr. 1261-1269. Aug (late) 1866; (b) *Plumbaginaceae* 12: 617-696. 5 Nov. 1848. #### Eponymy (genera) *Boissiera* Hochstetter ex Steudel (1854); *Edmondia* Cogniaux (1881); (journal): *Boissiera* mémoires du conservatoire de botanique et de l'institut de botanique systématique de l'Université de Genève. (Supplément de *Candollea*). Genève. Vol. 1-x, 1936-x. ### Publications ##### n.604. Elenchus plantarum novarum **Title** *Elenchus plantarum novarum* minusque cognitarum quas in itinere hispanico legit \[auctor\]. Genève (Lador et Ramboz) 1838. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Elench. pl. nov.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1838 (t.p.), p. \[i\]-iv, \[5\]-94. *Coples*: BR, G, MO, NY. – Title on cover: *Elenchus...cognitarum in Hispania australi collectarum. —* An unauthorized reprint (*n.v.*) with different pagination (iv, 66) was published in Erfurt in 1840 (Hinrichs 12-18 Jul 1840), cf. also Schlechtendal (1840) and Flora 23: 765. 28 Dec. 1840. *Ref*.: BM 1: 189; IF p. 682; Jackson p. 116; Kew 1: 285; PR 942, IDC 5039. - Schlechtendal, Linnaea 14 (Lit.): no. 1840. ##### n.605. Voyage botanique dans le midi de l'Espagne **Title** *Voyage botanique dans le midi de l'Espagne* pendant l'année 1837. Paris 1839-1845, 2 vols. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Voy. bot. Espagne*. **Notes** |vol. |fasc. |pages |*plates* |date| |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1 |\[1\]-40 |*1, 4, 10, 11, 12, 25, 33, 41, 65, 95* |17 Jun 1839| | |21 |41-96 | |1 Mai 1844| | |22 |97-248, \[i\]-x, \[i\*-iii\*\] |tableau synoptique hauteurs |1 Nov 1845| | |2 |\[1\]-32 |*5, 6, 8, 13, 14, 18, 37, 44, 45, 49*|5 Sep 1839| | |3 |33-64 |*15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 48, 54, 58*|9 Oct 1839| | |4 |65-96 |*2, 3, 34, 35, 57, 59, 73, 77, 80, 114*|20 Nov 1839| | |5 |97-114 |*6a, 7, 9, 9a, 50, 92, 98, 110, 111, 118*|10 Feb 1840| | |6 |145-192 |*23, 24, 26, 26a, 42, 52, 67, 69, 70, 112*|20 Mar 1840| | |7 |193-224 |*27, 29, 30, 31, 51, 71, 103, 105, 107, 115*|26 Mai 1840| | |8 |225-256 |*28, 32, 38, 39, 43, 66, 93, 108, 109, 113*|20 Jun 1840| | |9 |257-288 |*46, 47, 61, 63, 79, 80a, 92, 98, 101, 102, 104, 117*|18 Sep 1840| | |10 |189-320 |*1a, 14a, 14b, 36, 40, 40a, 76, 81, 82, 106*|23 Sep 1840| | |11 |321-352 |*53, 55, 56, 61, 62, 64, 72, 74, 83*|1 Nov 1840| | |12 |352-384 |*61a, 75, 85, 86, 87, 88, 99, 102a, 144, 148*|1 Jan 1841| | |13 |385-416 |*68, 84, 89, 90, 94, 94a, 98a, 122, 127, 136*|Mar 1841| | |14 |417-448 |*84a, 91, 92a, 96, 97, 100, 108a, 113a, 116, 121*|1 Mar 1841| | |15 |449-480 |*119, 120, 123, 124, 125, 130, 131, 132, 134, 135*|1 Mai 1841| | |16 |481-512 |*115, 118a, 122a, 123a, 126, 128, 129, 132a, 133, 137*|1 Jul 1841| |2 |17 |513-544 |*138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 145, 146, 147, 149*|1 Aug 1841| | |18 |545-576 |*125a, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158*|1 Feb 1842| | |19 |577-608 |*159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169*|1 Feb 1842| | |20 |609-640 |*126a, 170, 171, 172, 1733, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178*|1 Mar 1842| | |21 |641-710 |*179, 180, 181*|1 Mai 1844| | |22 |711-757, \[i-iii\] |*4a, 185a*|1 Nov 1845| *Copies*: BR, L, MO, NY, Teyler, R. Barneby. – This list was appended to the Jerusalem copy of the *Voyage* (see Baum 1968) by Jacques Gay. Even though this is only a single set, and though there are perhaps still minor discrepancies, the authenticity seems sufficiently probable for it to be accepted for practical purposes. The number of copies printed was 120-130. Copies were available until 1964, but not in their original covers. The 208 plates are copper engravings after drawings by Heyland and Riocreux; they are numbered *1-181, 1a, 4a, 6a, 9a, 14a-b, 26a, 40a, 64a, 80a, 84a, 85a, 92a, 94a, 98a, 102a, 108a, 113a, 118a, 122a, 123a, 125a, 126a, 132a*; double: 775. A series of articles commemorating Boissier's trip to Spain was published in Bull. Soc. bot. Genève ser. 2. 28: 1-76. 1937. – A facsimile reprint of the voyage was announced by Akad. Dr. Verlagsges. Graz, Sep 1972 (noy yet published). *Ref*.: BL 2: 484; BM 1: 189; GF p. 51; Jackson 339; LS 3201; NI 190; Plesch p. 147; PR 944; IDC 5181. - Briquet, Bull. Soc. bot. Suisse 50a: 54 (footnote no. 5). 1940. - Baum, Taxon 17: 720-724. 1968. - Sotheby, Cat. Stiftung Botanik 58. 1975 (sold at *£* 1, 300). ##### n.606. Diagnoses plantarum novarum hispanicarum **Title** *Diagnoses plantarum novarum hispanicarum*, praesertim in Castella nova lectarum. Genève (Fernand Ramboz) 1842. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Diagn. pl. nov. hisp.* **Notes** *Co-author*: Georges François Reuter (1805-1872). *Publ*.: Mar 1842 (t.p.) – Separately paged (\[1\]-28) reprint from Bibl. univ. Genève ser. 2. 38: 195-220. Mar 1842. *Coples*: MO, US. *Ref*.: Jackson p. 378; PR 943; IDC 5540. ##### n.607. Diagnoses plantarum orientalium novarum **Title** *Diagnoses plantarum orientalium novarum*. Genève, Leipzig, Paris, Como, 1842-1859, 3 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Diagn. pl. orient.* **Notes** *Publ*.: The title of the "series secunda" is "Diagnoses plantarum novarum praesertim orientalium nonnullis Europaeis boreali-africanisque additis." – The "diagnoses" contain many contributions also by G. F. Reuter. The information on the dates of publication is taken from the correspondence between Boissier and Bentham (letters at K) and from a great number of references in contemporary reviewing journals. – The *Diagnoses* were privately published by the author and later marketed by commercial publishers (see below: imprints). Citation of the volume is unnecessary; it is advisable to cite only "ser. 1" or "ser. 2" followed by the part number because each part has an independent pagination. The second series has an *Index specierum* ad diagnoses plantarum novarum no. i-vi seriem primam. The last word is erroneous and should be "secundam." The word "sisteus" on the early title pages of vols. 1 and 2 should read "sistens". *Copies*: G, MO, NY. |series |vol. |part |pages |dates| |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1 |1 |\[1\]-76 |Jan-Feb 1843| | | |2 |\[1\]-115 |Mar 1843| | | |3 |\[1\]-60 |Nov 1843| | | |4 |\[1\]-86 |Jun 1844| | | |5 |\[1\]-91 |Oct-Nov 1844| | | |6 |\[1\]-136 |Jul 1846 ("1845")| | | |7 |\[1\]-130, \[i\*, iii\*\] |Jul-Oct 1846| | |2 |8 |\[i, iii\], \[1\]-128 |Jan-Feb 1849| | | |9 |\[i, iii\], \[1\]-131 |Jan-Feb 1849| | | |10 |\[i, iii\], \[1\]-122 |Mar-Apr 1849| | | |11 |\[i, iii\], \[1\]-136 |Mar-Apr 1849| | | |12 |\[1\]-120 |1853| | | |13 |\[1\]-114, \[i\]-iii praem., |Mai 1854| | | | |\[i\*t.p. vol.\] |Mai 1854| |2 |3 |1 |\[1\]-120 |Mai-Aug 1854| | | |2 |\[1\]-125 |Nov-Dec 1856| | | |3 |\[1\]-177 |Nov-Dec 1856| | | |4 |\[1\]146 |1859 \[sic\]| | | |5 |\[1\]-118 |Sep-Oct 1856| | | |6 |\[1\]-148, \[i\] |Jul-Dec 1859| *Imprints*: *Vol. 1*, parts 1-3: Genève, 4-7: Leipzig; t.p. vol. 1 Leipzig 1842-1846; later t.p. (reissue): Volumen primum... Leipzig (B. Herrmann) 1842-1854 (even though vol. 1 was publ. 1843-1846, and part 1 was originally dated 1843). *Vol. 2*, parts 8-11: Paris, 12-13: Como ("Neocomi"); t.p. vol. 2, Leipzig 1849-1854, later t.p. (reissue): Leipzig (B. Herrmann) 1842-1854, even though publ. 1849-1854. *Vol. 3*, part 1: Como, parts 2-3: Leipzig, part 4: Leipzig, Paris, part 5: Leipzig, part 6: Leipzig, Paris; t.p. vol. 3 Leipzig, Paris 1854-1859; other issues: parts 2, 3 and 5: Leipzig (B. Herrmann), 4, 6 Leipzig (B. Herrmann), Paris (J.-B. Baillière). *Facsimile ed*.: Amsterdam (A. Asher & Co.) 1969, also Graz (Akademische Druck und Verlagsanstalt), 3 vols., as above but vol. 1 with xxv p. new preface material containing an introduction by K. H. Rechinger, portraits and references. *Copy*: FAS. *Ref*.: BM 1: 189; Jackson p. 378; Kew 1: 285; PR 945, SK p. clxxiii; IDC 5407. - Schlechtendal et al., Bot. Zeitung 1: 236-239. 7 Apr 1843 (part 1), 745-747. 27 Oct 1843(2); 3: 786-788. 21 Nov 1845 (3, 4, 5); 6: 32-34. 14 Jan 1848 (6, 7, '1846'); 8: 30-31. 4 Jan 1850 (8-11, '1849'). - Cosson, Bull. Soc. bot. France 1: 317. 1854 (on part 13). - Seemann, Bonplandia 2: 202. 1 Sep 1854 (12, 13); 3: 75. 15 Mar 1855 (3(1)). - Kuntze, Rev. gen. 1: cxxiv. 1891. - Briquet, Bull. Soc. bot. Suisse 50a: 55. 1940 (states that part 5 of ser. 2 appeared in 1859). - Steenis-Kruseman, Fl. males. Bull. 15: 733. 1960, 16: 821. 1961. - Rechinger, Praefatio nova, *in* facsimile edition 1969, p. i-xxv. - Stafleu, Taxon 19: 803-805. 1969. - Greuter, Candollea 25(1): 172-173. 1970. ##### n.608. Pugillus plantarum novarum Africae borealis Hispaniaeque australis **Title** *Pugillus plantarum novarum Africae borealis Hispaniaeque australis*. Genève (Ferd. Ramboz et Socii) 1852. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Pugill. pl. Afr. bot. Hispan.* **Notes** *Co-author*: Georges François Reuter (1805-1872). *Publ*.: Jan 1852 (p. 2), p. \[1\]-134- *Coples*: BR, U. – Half-title on p. 3: *Pugillus specierum novarum*. The book has a cancelled title-page on p. 2 of which it is stated that publication took place in Jan 1852. – Simultaneously published in Bibl. univers. Genève, Jan 1852. *Ref*.: BM 1: 189; Kew 1: 285; PR 946; IDC 5854. - Reichenbach fil., Bot. Zeit. 10: 565-568, 589-592, 606-610. 1852. ##### n.609. Centuria Euphorbiarum **Title** *Centuria Euphorbiarum*... Aprili 1860. Leipzig (B. Hermann), Paris (J. B. Baillière) 1860. Small Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Cent. Euphorb.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr 1860 (t.p.), p. \[1\]-40. *Coples*: BR, U. *Ref*.: BM 1: 189; Jackson p. 131; Kew 1: 285; Langman p. 146; MW p. 47; IDC 426. ##### n.610. Icones Euphorbiarum **Title** *Icones Euphorbiarum* ou figures de cent vingt-deux espèces du genre Euphorbia dessinées et gravées par Heyland avec des considérations sur la classification et la distribution géographique des plantes de ce genre. Paris (Victor Masson et fils) 1866. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Icon. Euphorb.* **Notes** *Publ*.: early 1866-p. \[1\]-24., *pl. 1-120, 31bis, 40bis* (uncoloured lithographs by Heyland). The first plates were produced by Masson in Paris, but the stock was acquired by Georg in Genève. The book is cited well in advance of publication in the *Prodromus *of de Candolle because Heyland's plates were prepared over a number of years. *Copy*: U. *Ref*.: BM 1: 189; GF p. 51; Kew 1: 285; MW p. 47; NI 189; PR 948; IDC 5440. - Briquet, Bull. Soc. bot. Suisse 50a: 57. 1940. - Candolle, Prodromus 15: 3. 188. ##### n.611. Flora orientalis **Title** *Flora orientalis* sive enumeration plantarum in Oriente a Graecia et Aegypto ad Indiae fines hucusque observatarum. Basel, Genève (H. Georg) 1867-1888, 6 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. orient.* **Notes** *Publ*.: The supplement contains a statement by Christ on the dates of publication (p. xxvi-xxvii). |vol. |part |pages |dates| |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |\[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-xxxiv, |\[1\]-1017 |Apr-Jun 1867| |2 | |\[i-iii\], \[1\]-1159 |Dec 1872 or Jan 1873| |3 | |\[i-iii\], \[1\]-1033 |Sep-Oct 1875| |4 |1 |\[1\]-280 |Sep-Oct 1875| | |2 |\[i-iii\], 281-1276 |Apr-Mai 1879| |5 |1 |\[1\]-428 |Jul 1882| | |2 |\[i-iii\], \[429\]-868 |Apr 1884| |Suppl. | |\[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-xxxiii, \[1\]-466<br/>7 pl. (portr.) |Oct 1888| *Imprints*: vol. 1: Basel, Genève (all: H. Georg); vols 2, 3, 4, 5, suppl.: Genève, Basel, Lyon (all: H. Georg) *Supplement* published by R. Buser (Christ's account of *Rosa* p. 201-230, was publ. Feb. fide Crépln, Bull. Soc. bot. Belg. 27: 97. 1888). *Copies*: BR, U. *Facsimile editions*: 1963/4 Amsterdam (A. Asher & Co.), 1975 Amsterdam (A. Asher & Co.), ISBN 90-6123-203-1. *Copy*: FAS. *Ref*.: BFM 1544; BM 1: 189; Jackson p. 378; Kew 1: 285; PR 949; TR 148; IDC 2250. - Ascherson, Bot. Zeit. 26: 223-231. 1868. - Drude, Isis, Dresden 1886(5): \[7 p.\] - Chodat, Bull. Soc. bot. Genève ser. 2. 28: 24-38. 1937. - Briquet, Bull. Soc. bot. Suisse 50a: 57. 1940. - Davis, Kew Bull. 1949: 426. - Stafleu, Taxon 12: 355. 1963, 24: 526. 1975. ##### n.612. Plantarum orientalium novarum decas prima **Title** *Plantarum orientalium novarum decas prima* \[*secunda*\] ex Florae Orientalis volumine tertio mox edituro excerpta. Genève (H. Georg) 1875. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. orient, nov.* **Notes** *Decas prima*: 8 Feb 1875 (t.p.; coples sent to Kew 9 Feb), p. \[1\]-8. *Coples*: BR, NY, USDA. *Decas secunda*: 20 Feb 1875 (t.p.), p. \[1\]-9. *Coples*: NY, USDA. *Ref*.: Jackson p. 378; Kew 1: 285. - Briquet, Bull. Soc. bot. Suisse 50a: 58. 1940.