> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 352](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120483) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/16574-1) LSID 16574-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73990) QID Q73990 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Brongniart, Adolphe Théodore (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author ### Author Brongniart, Adolphe Théodore (1801-1876), French botanist and palaeobiologist; leading French taxonomist of the 19th century; son of Alexandre Brongniart. **Abbreviated name**: *Brongn.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Brongn.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PC|PC]]. *Ref*.: IH 2: 99; Koster, Taxon 18: 550. 1969. #### Bibliography and biography AG 6(2): 706; Andrews ed. 2, p. 242; Barnhart 1: 256; BM 1: 254-255, 6: 143; Bossert p. 54; CSP 1: 645-648, 6: 607, 7: 272-273, 9: 364, 12: 124, 13: 833; Dawson p. 154; DBF 7: 418-419; Frank p. 15; IF p. 184; HR; Jackson p. 527 \[index\]; Kew 1: 383; KR p. 104; Langman p. 163; Lasègue p. 565 \[index\]; Moebius p. 448 \[index\]; MW p. 54; PR 1166-1176, 1026, 1214; PR ed. 1, 1313-1325; Quenstedt p. 60; Saccardo 1: 39. - Candolle, Mémoires et souvenirs 334, 347, 367, 397. 1862. - Cornu, Rev. scientifique 10: 564-574. 1876. - Crépin, Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 15: 157-159. 1876. - Duchartre et al., Discours... 21 févr. 1876... Adolphe Brongniart. Paris 1876 (bibl.), also Bull. Soc. bot. France 23(1): 60-82. 1876 (orations at funeral). - Kobell, Sb. bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 6: 120-121. 1876. - Saporta, Bull. Soc. géol. France 4: 373-407. 1876 (bibl.) - Trimen, J. Bot. 14: 94-96. 1876. - Dumas, Mém. Acad. Sci. Paris 39: xxxvii-cxx. 1879 (bibl.) - Ward, Annual Rep. U.S. geol. Survey 5: 372-373, 405-408, 421-422, 428-431. 1885. - Wittrock, Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 110. 1903, 3(5): 98. 1905 (portr.) - Reynolds Green, Hist. Bot. 510. 1909. - Maiden, J. Roy. Soc. New South Wales 44: 141, 143. 1910. - Sarton, Isis 14: 417-419 (no. 49). 1930 (portr., medal). - Launay, Une grande famille de savants: Les Brongniarts 155-167, 200-208. 1940. - Merrill, Contr. U.S. nat. Herb. 30(1): 73-76. 1947 (bibl.) - Chesters, *in* Turrill, Vistas in botany 4: 299 \[index\]. 1964. - Leroy, DSB 2: 491-493. 1970 (bibl.) - Mägdefrau, Gesch. Bot. 309 \[index\]. 1973. #### Composite works (I) *Annales des Sciences naturelles*, edited for botany by Brongniart \[et al.\] ser. 1-sel. 6, vol. 3, Paris 1824-1876. - (2) Cuvier et A. T. Brongniart, *Description géologique des environs de Paris*, 1822, Description des végétaux fossiles by Ad. Br.; further editions 1822, 1825, 1835. - (3) Bory de Saint-Vincent, *Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle*, Paris 1823-1831, Brongniart collaborator. - (4) Orbigny, *Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle*, Paris 1839-1845, 16 vols., Brongniart collaborator. (ed. 2, 1849, reissue 1861). - (5) Cuvier et al., *Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles*, Paris 1804-1830, 61 vols., Brongniart collaborator. #### Eponymy *Adolphia* C. F. Meisner (1837); *Brongniartella* Bory de Saint-Vincent (1822); *Brongniartia* Blume (1825); *Brongniartia* Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth (1824); *Brongniartikentia* Beccari (1920); *Brongniartites* Unger (1845). ### Publications ##### n.796. Sur la classification et la distribution des végétaux fossiles **Title** *Sur la classification et la distribution des végétaux fossiles*. Paris (A. Belin) 1822. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Classific. vég. foss.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1822, p. \[1\]-91, *pl- 1-6. Copy*: G. – Reprinted from Mém. Mus. Hist. nat. 8: 203-240. 1822, *pl. 1-4*, 297-348, *pl. 5-6* \[= *16-17* of vol.\]. ##### n.797. Observations sur les Fucoides **Title** *Observations sur les Fucoides*, et sur quelques autres plantes marines fossiles. \[Paris 1823\]. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Observ. Fucoides*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1823 or 1-10 Jan 1824, p. \[1\]-20, *pl-19-21. Copy*: G. – Preprinted from Mém. Soc. Hist. nat. Paris 1(2): \[301\]-320, *pl. 19-21.* Apr 1824 ("1823"). The journal issue came out on 10 Apr 1824 (MD p. 180) but Brongniart sent a copy of the paper to Silliman on 10 Jan 1824 \[letter Silliman to Brongniart 11 Jan 1824\]; another copy of the preprint was presented to the Société d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, on 31 Jan 1824. *Ref*.: CSP 1: 645. ##### n.798. Essai d'une classification naturelle des champignons **Title** *Essai d'une classification naturelle des champignons*, ou tableau méthodique des genres rapportés jusqu'à présent à cette famille. Paris (F. G. Levrault), Strasbourg (id). 1825. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Essai classific. nat. champ.* **Notes** *Publ*.: on or shortly before 30 Apr 1825 (BF), p. \[1\]-99, *pl. 1-8* (by Turpin). *Copies*: G, L. – Reprinted from Dict. Sci. nat. 33: (3)-(99) (Dec 1824) (see also article "Mycologie (Bot.), " p. 492-588). *Ref*.: BM 1: 254; Jackson 162; Kew 1: 383; PR 1167. ##### n.799. Prodrome d'une histoire des végétaux fossiles **Title** *Prodrome d'une histoire des végétaux fossiles*. Paris (F. G. Levrault), Strasbourg (id.) 1828. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Prodr. hist, vég. foss.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1828 (BF 10 Jan 1829, Acad. 5 Jan 1829, Geol. Soc. London 3 Feb 1829, preface 10 Sep 1828), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-223. *Copies*: BR, G, NY, US. – Published as an independent book and (with the use of the greater part of the same type but in a different make-up) at the same time as the entry for *Végétaux fossiles* in \[Cuvier et al.\] *Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles* 57: 16-212. Dec 1828. The *Prodrome* has its own pagination (1-223) and a title page, a preface and indexes (i-viii) not occurring in the *Dictionnaire*. The contents of the pages do not agree and it is therefore impossible to deduce the page in the *Prodrome* from that in the *Dictionnaire* and vice versa. Citation should preferably be from the *Prodrome* in accordance with the most common custom. It is not possible to say which of the two versions has priority: both came out in December 1828. – "The finest work on plant fossils we have at present" (Wikström, Årsb. Vetensk. Framsteg Vetensk. Acad. \[9\]: 169-196. 1830). *Ref*.: BM 1: 254; Jackson p. 176; Kew 1: 383; PR 1171. - Eschweiler, Bot. Lit.-Blätt. 2(2): 229-230. 1829. - Guillemin, Bull. Sci. nat. 17(6): 406-418. Jun 1829. - Stafleu, Taxon 15: 320-324. 1966. - Stafleu, Rev. Palaeobot. Palyn. 3(1-4): 15-26. 1967. ##### n.800. Histoire des végétaux fossiles **Title** *Histoire des végétaux fossiles*, ou recherches botaniques et géologiques sur les végétaux renfermés dans les diverses couches du globe. Paris, Amsterdam (vol. 1: G. Dufour et Ed. D'Ocagne; vol. 2: Paris, Crochard et Comp.) 1828-1837, 2 vols. Qu. †. **Abbreviated title**: *Hist. vég. foss.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Brongniart originally planned to publish two volumes with 160 plates each in 24 fascicles. Publication was discontinued after the 15th fascicle (fasc. 3 of vol. 2) which ends in the middle of a sentence. Volume 1 consists of 12 and 488 pages and 171 plates (*1-166, 9bis, 37bis, 61bis, 82A, 82B*). Volume 2 has 72 pages and 28 plates (*1-26, 28, 30*). A prospectus of 11 pages is sometimes bound with the volumes. – The facsimile editions published by Junk (Berlin 1915) and by Asher (Amsterdam 1965) have the texts combined in one volume and the plates in another. The *Histoire* and the *Prodrome* of 1828 are the works with which Brongniart founded scientific palaeobotany. |vol./livraison |pages |*plates* |dates| |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1/1 |\[i\]-xii, \[1\]-80 |1-9, 11, 13, 14, 16-18 |17-22 Mar 1828| |2 |81-136 |9bis, 10, 12, 15, 19-27 |2-4 Aug 1828| |3 |137-168 |28, 30-36, 38-41, 44, 45 |23 Nov 1829| |4 |169-208 |29, 42, 43, 46-49, 51, 52, 54-56, 6, 66 |1 Feb 1830| |5 |209-248 |50, 53, 37, 58, 61 bis, 62, 64, 65, 67, 68, 70, 71, 73, 76 |6 Jun 1831| |6 |249-264 |59, 60, 63, 69, 72, 74, 75, 77, 78-82 |28 Nov 1831| |7 |265-288 |83-97 |11 Feb 1833| |8 |289-312 |82A, 98-109 |6 Jan 1834| |9 |313-336 |110-114, 117, 118, 124, 127, 128, 130 |17 Feb 1834| |10 |337-368 |115-116, 119-123, 126, 129, 131-134 |28 Mar 1836| |11 |369-416 |135-146 |4 Mar 1837| |12 |417-488 |37, 37bis, 82B, 147-160 |4 Mar 1837| |2/13 |\[i-iii\], \[1\]-24 |161-166 of \[vol. 1\], 1, 2, 14, 15, 18 |Apr-Dec 1837| |14 |25-26 |3-7, 22, 23, 26, 28, 30 |3 Mar 1838| |15 |57-72 |8-13, 16, 17, 19-21, 24, 25 |Apr-Dec 1838| |Prospectus |1-11 | |15 Mar 1828| The 199 illustrations are lithographs after drawings by Brongniart himself, Courtin, Decaisne, Houdart \[Oudart?\], Jouy, Malapeau, Mathis, Meunier, Oudard \[sic, probably P. L. Oudart\] Riocreux, et al. A prospectus on the forthcoming book (BF 1827: 716), 4 PP-5 Qu- (n.v.) was distributed in 1827. Two volumes were to be published, each of 6-7 livr. of 48-64 p. and about 15 pl. This announcement (1 Oct 1827) has sometimes been wrongly interpreted as livraison 1 which actually came out only in Mar 1828. *Facsimile ed*. (1): Berlin (Junk) 1915, 2 vols, (*n.v.*); (2): Amsterdam (A. Asher & Co.) 1915, 2 vols. (1: text, 2: plates). *Copy*: FAS. *Ref*.: BM 1: 254; Jackson 176; Kew 1: 383; NI 242; PR 1172; IDC 561. - Eschweiler, Literaturblätt. reine angewandte Bot. 1: 149-150, 293-329. 1828. - Tessier, J. Sav. Paris 1828(8): 496-501. 1828. - Beudant, Ann. Sci. nat. 24: 435-444. Dec 1831. - Junk, Rara 80, 109, 1900-1913. - Stafleu, Taxon 15: 320-324. 1966. - Stafleu, Rev. Palaeobot. Palyn. 3(1-4): 15-26. 1967. ##### n.801. Énumération des genres de plantes cultivés au Muséum d **Title** *Énumération des genres de plantes cultivés au Muséum d*'*histoire naturelle de Paris* suivant l'ordre établi dans l'école de botanique en 1843. Paris (Fortin, Masson et Cie.), Leipzig (id.) 1843. Duod. **Abbreviated title**: *Énum. pl. Mus. Paris*. **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 12 Aug 1843 (BF), \[i\]-xxxii, \[1\]-136. *Copies*: B, L, NY, USDA (has orig. cover). *Ed. 2*: "revue et augmentée." Paris (J. B. Baillière), London, Madrid, New York. 1850, *publ*.: 27 Jul 1850 (BF), p. \[1\]-237. *Copy*: US. *Ref*.: BM 1: 255; Kew 1: 383; PR 1173. - Schlechtendal, Bot. Zeit. 2: 389-394. 1844, 9: 398-403. 1851. ##### n.802. Tableau des genres de végétaux fossiles **Title** *Tableau des genres de végétaux fossiles* considérés sous le point de vue de leur classification botanique et de leur distribution géologique... (Extrait du Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle). Paris (L. Martinet) 1849. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Tabl. vég. foss.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul-Dec 1849 (reprinted from Orbigny, Dict. univ. Hist. nat. vol. 13: 52-176, *publ*.: Jul-Dec 1849), p. \[1\]-127. *Copies reprint*: NY, US (Geol. Surv.) *Ref*.: Andrews p. 242; Jackson p. 177. ##### n.803. Recherches sur les graines fossiles silicifiées **Title** *Recherches sur les graines fossiles silicifiées*, par Adolphe Brongniart... précédés d'une notice sur ses travaux, par J. B. Dumas. Paris (Imprimerie nationale) 1881. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Rech. graines foss. silic.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Dec 1880 (fide BF 11 Dec 1880), p. \[i\]-xiv, \[1\]-93, *pl. 1-21, A-C.* Posthumous publication edited by Renault and Grand'Eury with 24 lithographed plates (by Brongniart and Cuisin) and an excellent frontispiece portrait of Brongniart towards the end of his life. *Copy*: WAG. *Ref*.: Andrews ed. 2, p. 243; BM 1: 255; Jackson p. 498; NI 243.