> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 279](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265476) of TL-2 Suppl. II > 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|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Boissier, Pierre-Edmond (1810-1885), Swiss botanist and traveller, Geneva born, educated at home with a private teacher (J.L. Vallette), studied at the Académie \[University\] de Genève, student with Auguste-Pyramus de Candolle, studied in Paris 1831-1832 with J. Gay and Ph.-Barker Webb, travelled and botanized in Italy 1833, idem in Spain 1837, in S.E. Europe 1842, in Egypt, Arabia petraea, Palestine and Syria 1846, in Algeria 1849, in Norway 1861, built up a large herbarium, later called Herbier Boissier. **Abbreviated name**: *Boiss.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Boiss.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection G|G]]. − Further material at [[Collection AK|AK]], [[Collection AWH|AWH]], [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BERN|BERN]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BORD|BORD]], [[Collection BP|BP]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CAS|CAS]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection CN|CN]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection GE|GE]], [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection HAL|HAL]], [[Collection JE|JE]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection KIEL|KIEL]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LAU|LAU]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection LY|LY]], [[Collection LZ|LZ]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MA|MA]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection P|P]]-CO, [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection PI|PI]], [[Collection TCD|TCD]], [[Collection TO|TO]], [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection WB|WB]], [[Collection WAG|WAG]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 2(1): 535, 3: 258, 6(1): 533, 12(2): 152; Barnhart 1: 211 (many biogr. refs.); BFM 1545; BL 2: 484; BM 1: 189, 6: 104; Bossert p. 43; Clokie p. 135; Colmeiro 1: clxiv; CSP 1: 461-462, 6: 595, 7: 208, 13: 654; DTS 1: 365; Frank 3(Anh.): 12; GFB p. 51; GR p. 638; Hegi 5(2): 1517, 6(2): 1258; Hortus 3: 1189; IF p. 682; IH 2: 82-83; Jackson p. 524 (index); Kew 1: 285; Langman p. 146; Lasègue p. 562 (index); LS 3201; Morren ed. 2, p. 32, ed. 10, p. 110; MW p. 47; NAF 28 B(2): 321; NI 189-190, suppl. p. 21; NW p. 41; Plesch 130, 147; PR 942-949, see also p. 574, ed. 1: 1059-1062; Rehder 5(index): 96; Saccardo 1: 32, 178, 2: 20, cron. p. xvii; SO 72; TL-1: 41-43; TL-2/1: 255-259 and see indexes; TR 147-148; Tucker 1: 92; Urban-Berl. p. 294, 331, 391; Zander ed. 10, p. 636-637, ed. 11, p. 723-724. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Zeit. 4(10): 176. 6 Mar 1846 (travels to Cairo and Palestine), 8(4): 72. 1850 (B's wife died in Granada on the tour in Spain with her husband), 43: 701. 30 Oct 1885 (d. 25 Sep 1885); Leopoldina 21: 212. 1885; Gard. Chron. ser. 2. 24(615): 455-456. 10 Oct 1885 (obit.); Bot. Centralbl. 24(43): 123. 1885 (d. 25 Sep 1885, Valleyres), 128(3): 80. 1915 (B's daughter, Mme. W. Barbey-Boissier will continue the activity of the Herb. Boissier after the death of Barbey); Proc. Linn. Soc., London 1883-1886: 137-138. Oct 1886 (obit. note); Candollea 40: frontispiece portr. of Boissier. 1985. - Ascherson, P.F.A., Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 4(11): xiii-xvi. 1886. - Baehni, Ch., Musées de Genève no. 2. Feb 1956 (on Archives), no. 4. Apr 1958 (on portr.); Taxon 9(1): 61-63. 1960 (coll. Candolle, Delessert and B. all together at G); Hist Sci. Genève p. 46, \[no date\]. - Barbey, A., A travers les forêts de Pinsapo d'Andalousie, Paris 1931, 110 p. (cont. B's work on Pinsapo, and biogr. notes). - Baum, B.R., Taxon 17(6): 720-724. 1968 (date Voy. bot. Espagne). - Beauverd, G. et al., Edmond Boissier, botaniste genevois 1810-1885, Genève 1937, 76 p. (portr.), (repr. from Bull. Soc. bot. Genève ser. 2. 28. 1937, article Beauverd on p. 39-49). - Bescherelle, E., Bull. Soc. bot. France 32(1): 325-327. 1885 (obit., list publ.). - Bijhouwer, J.T.P., Onze eigen tuin 5(2): 1-2. 1959. - Blatter, E., Rec. Bot. Surv. India 8(5): 465, 469-470. 1933. - Bocquet, G., Proc. R. Soc. Edinburgh 89B: 7-9. 1986. - Bocquet, G. and M. Mermoud, Musées de Genève n.s. 6 (no. 52): 2-4. 1965 ("restauration de l'herbier Boissier"); Arch. Sci. Genève 18(2): 388-397. 1965 (idem). - Boissier, E. \[son petit-fils\], Bull. Soc. bot. Genève ser. 2. 28: 5-12. 1937 ("Edmond Boissier dans sa vie privée,..."). - Bord, B., Aesculape 1938(Mai): 14 (exhibit of B. mss., portr., publ.). - Bornmüller, J., Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2. 8: 931-933. 1908 (notes on B's trip to Lydie 1842). - Bourdeille de Montrésor, Bull. Soc. Imp. Natural. Moscou ser. 2. 6: 338-339, 487. 1893. - Briquet, J., Biogr. bot. Genève 45-58. 1940 (main biogr. and bibl.); Bull. Soc. bot. Suisse 50a: 45-58. 1940 (biogr., bibl., main treatment). - Burdet, H.M., Saussurea 6: 28. 1975 (portr.); Mém. Soc. bot. Genève 1: 139 seq. 1979 (biogr. notes); Edmond Boissier, botaniste genevois, Genève 1985, 49 p. (ser. docum. 17 Cons. Jard. Bot. Genève), (see also Taxon 35: 443. 1986). - Burdet, H.M. et al., Candollea 36(2): 543-584. 1981 (B. types from Spain), 37: 381-395. 1982 (id.), 37: 397-427. 1982 (Index Boissierianus Hispanicus), 37: 429-438. 1982 (Thesaurus Boissieranus Hispanicus, major source for B's collections and work on his Spanish material), 38(1): 401-441. 1983 (B. types from Spain), 38(2): 751-802. 1983 (id.), 39(1): 349-373. 1984 (id.), 39(2): 771-789. 1984 (id.), 42(1): 111-127. 1987 (id.), 43(1): 293-329. 1988 (id.), 43(2): 727-746. 1988 (id.), 44(1): 43-58. 1989 (id.), 45(1): 47-64. 1990 (id.), 45(2): 609-625. 1990 (id.), 46(2): 579-600. 1991 (id.); Mem. Soc. bot. Genève 1: 63-82 (B. types Spain), 140-144 (biogr.). 1979. - Burnat, É., Bull. Soc. bot. France 30 (sess. extraord.): cxiii. 1883 (on B's contrib. to flora of the Alpes maritimes). - Candolle A.P. de, Mémoires et souvenirs 302, 303, 331, 346, 469. 1862. - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 397. 1880; Arch. Sci. phys. nat. ser. 3. 14: 368-385. 1885 (also reprinted "Edmond Boissier" Genève 1885, 31 p.; see also J.M. Coulter, Bot. Gaz. 11: 39-40. Feb 1886); Verh. Schweiz. naturf. Ges. 68: 128-139. 1886. - Candolle, Alph. de and Vautier, Edmond Boissier, Genève 1885, 31 p. (bibl. portr.). *Copy*: BR. - Cavillier, F., Boissiera 5: 23. 1941 (bibl. details). - Charpin, A. and H.M. Burdet, Musées de Genève n.s. 19 (no. 186): 14-19. Jun 1978 (on trip Spain 1878). - Chodat, F., Kew Bull. 1918(2/3): 126 (Barbey legatees presented the Boissier-Barbey herbarium to the Botanical Institute of the University of Genève; the curator \[Beauverd\] will continue in office); Inauguration Herb. Boissier, Genève 1919; Bull. Soc. bot. Genève ser. 2. 28: 24-38. 1936 (centennaire voyage Sierra Nevada). - Christ, H., Bull. Soc. Vaud. sci. nat. ser. 3. 22: 170-178. 1886; Notice sur la vie et les travaux botaniques d'Edmond Boissier, Genève 1888, 33 p. (biogr., bibl., new taxa) = *Fl. Orient.* *suppl*. i-xxxiii. 1888. - Cosson, E., Comp. fl. atl. 1: 22-23. 1881. - Cosson, E. and M.C. Durieu de Maisonneuve, Exp. sci. Alger. bot. 2: xxi-xxii. 1868. - Dickson, A., Trans. bot. Soc. Edinburgh 16: 308-309. 1886. - Drake del Castillo, E., Bull. Soc. bot. France 41: 183-197. 1895 ("visite aux herbiers De Candolle,... Boissier,..."; detailed description of herb. Boissier and herb. Barbey-Boissier). - Drude, C.G.O., Isis, Abh. 5, 1: 33-39. 1886 (on B. and his *Fl. Orient.*). - Duperrex, A., Rev. Hort. Suisse 51(10): 303-307. 1978 (anniv. exp. Picos de Europa). - Frodin, D.G., Guide standard floras world 770-90, 391a. 1984. - Gautier, L., Musées de Genève n.s. 1(4): 10-13. Apr 1960 (on B. and his trip to Palestine). - Gautier, R. et al., Inauguration de l'Herbier Boissier, Genève 1919, 17 p. (reprinted from Dies Academicus Genève, 5 Jun 1919). - Gray, A., Amer. J. Sci. 31: 20-21. 1886; Sci. Papers 2: 479-481. 1889. - Haynald, S.F.L., Denkrede auf Edmond Boissier, Budapest 1889, 22p., Magyar Növen. Lapok 13: 5-22. 1889 (summary by J.A. Knapp); Bot. Centralbl. 41(11): 353-354. 1890 (see also Rev. mycol. 11: 159-160. 1889). - Hedge, I.C. and J.M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinburgh 61. 1970. - Hochreutiner, B.P.G., Bull. Soc. bot. Genève sér. 2. 28: 13-23. 1937 (Boissier systématicien), Arch. Sci. phys. nat. ser. 5. 20: 225-230. 1938 (on B's collections), (see also: Boissiera 3 (1939)). - Husnot, T., Rev. bryol. 12(6): 95. 1885 (brief obit.). - Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 372, 471. 1864. - Kanitz, A., Magyar Növen. Lapok 9: 93-96. 1885. - Kukkonen, I., Herb. Christian Steven 31. 1971 (300 specimens of B. in H). - Lack, H.W. and O.v. Sydow, Willdenowia 13: 414. 1983 (letter B. to Hohenacker and Keck at UPS-UB). - Lloyd, C.G., Mycol. notes 23: 290. 1906. - Lucante, A., Rev. bot. Bull. mens. Soc. Franç. Bot. 4: 331-332. 1885/6 (obit.). - Malinvaud, E. and Ed. Bornet, Bull. Soc. bot. France 32(Bibl.): 191-192. 1885 (obit.). - Mermoud, M., Candollea 35: 71-85. 1980 (travels of B. in the Orient 1842, 1846). - Miège, J. and Wuest, Saussurea 6: 132. 1975. - Preda, A., Bull. Soc. bot. Ital. 1898(4): 91-96 (on the B. herb.). - Príhoda, M., ÖBZ 36: 102. 1886 (see also Alph. de Candolle 1885). - Roumeguère, C., Revue encycl. 29: 30-43. 1886. - Salvo, A.E. et al., Acta bot. Malacitana 12: 3-26. 1987 (several papers on B's botanical work on Spain). - Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 1(14): 236-240. 1843 (enumeration of the 161 diagnoses of Diagn. pl. orient., see TL-2/607). - Simonkay, L., Természetrajzi füzetek 1887/88: see p. 156 and 212 (on *Fl. Orient.*, *Suppl*. and Hungarian flora). - Stafleu, F.A., Boissiera 11: xix-xxi. 1965; The great Prodromus 20. 1966; Taxon 19(5): 803-807. 1970 (B's diagnoses), 24(1): 52. 1975 (portr., caption). - Stein, B., Gartenflora 34: 3-12. 1886 (portr.; based on Alph. de Candolle 1885). - Sydow, P. and C. Mylius, Botaniker-Kalender 1887: 99-100 (obit.). - Tamamshian, S.G., Bot. Zhurn. 47: 144-154. 1962. - Wagenitz, G., Index coll. princ. herb. Gotting. 26. 1982 (pl. GOET, bibliogr. info). - Willkomm, M., Grundz. Pfl.-Verbr. Iber. Halbinsel (Veg. Erde 1): 11-12. 1896. - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 149. 1903, 3(3): 159, *pl. 67.* 1905 (portr.). - Wunschmann, E., Bentham and Boissier, Berlin 1887 (see TL-2/18.383; rev. by J.F. Freyn, Bot. Centralbl.32(45): 161-162. 7-11 Nov 1887). - Yung, E., Aperçu historique sur l'activité des savants genevois au XIX-me siècle 67-69. 1914. #### Composite works - (1) Various descriptions of new *Compositae in* A.P. de Candolle, *Prodr*. 7, 1838. - (2) Id. *Labiatae*, *in* id. 12, 1848. - (3) Id. *Plumbaginaceae*, *in* id. 12: 617-696. 1848, see Composite works in TL-2/1: 256. - (4) Various descriptions of new species in P. de Tchikatcheff, *Asie min., Bot. in* vols. 1 and 2, see TL-2/13.852. - (5) *Euphorbiaceae*, *in* A.P. de Candolle, Prodr., see Composite works in TL-2/1: 256. - (6) With W. Barbey, *Lydie, Lycie et Carie*, 1842, 1883, 1887, *Études botaniques*. Lausanne 1890. Qu. 82 p., *5 pl*. 1890 − See Barbey in TL-2/suppl. 1/20.181. - (7) With F. Buhse (q.v., in suppl. TL-2), *Aufzaehlung der auf einer Reise durch Transkaukasien und Persien gesammelten Pflanzen in Gemeinschaft* 1860, Boissier mainly collector. #### Correction TL-2/605, *Voy. bot. Espagne* - (1): Vol. 2 starts with fascicle 2 (not with fasc. 17). - (2): fasc. 22 of vol. 2 has plates 4a and 85a (not 185a). - (3): Vol. 1 carries the title *Première partie*, vol. 2: *Seconde partie* (see Baum, Taxon 17: 720-724). #### Eponymy (journal) *Boissiera*, Mémoires du Conservatoire de Botanique et de l'Institut de Botanique systématique de l'Université de Genève (Supplément de Candollea), Fascicle 1-x, 1936-x. − See e.g. M.L. Green, Kew Bull. 1937(2): 123-124. 10 Apr 1937. #### Manuscripts G. − Further material: a) letters to Hohenacker and Keck at UPS-UB, b) 2 letters (to J.G. Baker and an unknown recipient) at Hunt Library (Huntia 4(1): 55. 1981 (contents)). ### Publications ##### n.21.872. Plantae Aucherianae **Title** *Plantae Aucherianae*. Adjunctis nonnullis e regionibus Mediterraneis et Orientalibus aliis cum novarum specierum descriptione... Extrait des Annales des Sciences naturelles... 1844. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Feb, Mar and Jul 1844 (in journal), p. \[121\]-151, 298-349, 46-96. *Copy*: B. − Reprinted (text sometimes slightly moved, hence pagination in journal somewhat different) and to be cited from Ann. Sci. nat. Bot. ser. 3. 1: 120-151. Feb, 297-349. Mar 1844, ser. 3. 2: 46-96. Jul 1844. ##### n.21.873. Description **Title** *Description* de deux nouvelles espèces de *Crucifères des Alpes du Piémont*... \[Mém. Soc. phys. hist. nat. Genève... 1848\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1848, p. \[1\]-8, *pl. 1-2* (uncol. liths.) \[sic, 3 pl. in journal issue\]. *Copy*: G. − Reprinted and to be cited from Mém. Soc. phys. hist. nat. Genève 11: 451-456, *pl. 1-2.* 1848. ##### n.21.874. Description du genre Thurya **Title** *Description du genre Thurya*... Extrait des Annales des Sciences naturelles... \[1857\]. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Benedict Balansa (1825-1891), see TL-2/1: 107-109 and suppl. 1: 286-287. *Publ*.: Mai 1857 (in journal), p. \[1\]-5, *pl. 13* (uncol. lith. Thury). *Copies*: B, G. − Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. sci. nat. Bot. ser. 4. 7(15): 302-306, *pl. 13.* 1857.