> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 304](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265501) of TL-2 Suppl. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/942-1) LSID 942-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1107072) QID Q1107072 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Bonafous, Matthieu (1793-1852), French agronomist and botanist, active on various agricultural establishments in France, sometime director of the Agronomic Institute in Torino, ultimately again France, dealt especially with the improvement of varieties of mulberry and maize (Indian corn). **Abbreviated name**: *Bonaf.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Bonaf.*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 215 (b. 7 Mar 1793, Lyon, d. 23 Mar 1842 \[1852\], Paris); BM 1: 193-194; CSP 1: 470-471; GF p. 51; Hortus 3: 1189; Kew 1: 292; Lasègue p. 344, 541; NI 198; Plesch no. 77, 148; PR 965-966, ed. 1: 1081-1087; Rehder 5(index): 98; Saccardo 1: 33, 2: 20; Tucker 1: 94. #### Biofile - Candolle, Alph. de, Bibl. Univ. Genève, 21 p., Aug 1836 (on *Hist. nat. Maïs*, reprint in L). - Candolle, A.P. de, Mém. souvenirs 413. 1862. - Cap, P.A., Matthieu Bonafous. Lyon 1854 (n.v.). - Duport, Ann. Sci. phys. nat. Lyon ser. 2. 4: xxvi, xlvii. 1852 (obit.). - Fournier, E., *in* H.E. Baillon, Dict. bot. 1: 448. 1877. - MacPhail, I. *in* G.H.M. Lawrence, ed., Cat. Redout. 38, 62-63 (no. 23). 1963. - Magnin, A., Bull. Soc. bot. Lyon 31: 71. 1906, 35: 32, 65, 71, 124. 1907. #### Eponymy *Bonafousia* Alph. de Candolle 1844 (ING 1: 218). ### Publications ##### n.21.967. De la culture des Mûriers **Title** *De la culture des Mûriers*,... à Lyon (de l'Imprimerie de J.M. Barvet) 1822. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cult. Mûriers*. **Notes** *Publ*.: *Ed. 1*: 1822, p. \[1\]-55, \[56\]. *Copy*: G. *Ed. 2*: 1824, \[iv\], 53 p., *pl*. (n.v.). *Ed. 3*: 1827, 62 p., *pl*. (n.v.). *Ed. 4*: 1840, included in his *Traité de l'éducation des Vers à Soie et de la culture du Mûrier*, viii, 547 p. \[ed. 4 on p. 169-271), *5 pl*. (col.). (n.v.). ##### n.21.968. Histoire naturelle **Title** *Histoire naturelle*, agricole et économique *du Maïs*,... Paris (Madame Huzard,...) Turin (Bocca,...) 1836. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Hist. nat. Maïs*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1836 (p. 7 signed 25 Nov 1835), p. \[i\], \[1\]-181, *pl. 1-5, 5bis, 6-19* (*1-12*, *5bis* col. copp. engr., *13-17* uncol. engravings agricultural equipment, *18-19* color printed engr., *pl. 5bis *is after a painting by P.J. Redouté). For further details see MacPhail no. 23. *Copies*: L, U. *Extrait*: Sep 1836, by A. Raffenau-Delile, p. \[1\]-16. *Copy*: U. − Reprinted from Bull. Soc. Agric. Hérault Sep. 1836 (n.v.). *Ref*.: MacPhail, I., *in* G.H.M. Lawrence, ed., *A catalogue of Redoutéana*, Hunt Library 1963, no. 23 on p. 62-63.