> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 607](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120738) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2063-1) LSID 2063-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q966069) QID Q966069 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Decaisne, Joseph (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author ### Author Decaisne, Joseph (1807-1882), Belgian botanist attached to the Paris Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. **Abbreviated name**: *Decne.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Decne.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BR|BR]] (private herb., mss.), many types at [[Collection P|P]] and [[Collection PC|PC]], but also some at [[Collection G|G]]. For his library see Vesque 1883. Letters to Torrey at [[Collection NY|NY]]. *Ref*.: IH 2: 155. - Vesque, Cat. bibl. Decaisne, Paris 1883, xxi, 485 p. - Stafleu, The great Prodromus 26. 1966. - Koster, Taxon 18: 551. 1969. - Lenley et al., Cat. manuscr. coll. New York Bot. Gard. (Torrey corr.) 452. 1973. #### Bibliography and biography AG 2(1): 723; Barnhart 1: 432; BM 1: 432, 6: 257; Bossert p. 97; Bretschneider p. 929-931; CSP 2: 189-190, 7: 502, 9: 657, 12: 188; Frank 3 (Anh.): 22; GR p. 315, 693-694; HR; IF p. 692; Jackson p. 537-538; Langman p. 237; LS 6710-6714; MW p. 92-93, suppl. p. 54; NI p. 44, nos. 456-457; Plesch p. 193; PR 2086-2095. A.S., Nouv. Biogr. gén. 13: 302. 1855. - Van Houtte, Flore des Serres 19: 29-30. 1873 (portr.) - Baillon, Errorum decaisneanorum graviorum vel minus cognitorum, cent. 1-7, Paris 1875 (important, though somewhat negative, general commentary). - Planchon, Flore des Serres 23: 336-340. 1880 (portr.) - Anon., Proc. Linn. Soc. 1880/82: 62-63, 1882. - Bertrand, Notice biographique sur J. D., Lille 1882, 23 p. (bibl.) (*copy* B). - Fremy, Bull. Soc. bot. France 29: 54-72. 1882 (bibl.) - Olivier, Bull. Soc. Linn. Nord de la France 6: 21-25. 1882/83. - Rodigas, Rev. hort. belge étrang. 8: 61-62. 1882. - Bornet *in* Vesque, Catal. Bibl. Decaisne v-xvii. 1883, also repr., 19 p. (*copy* NY). - Bornet, Notice biographique sur M. J. D., Paris 1883, p. i-xix (*copy* B). - Gray, Sci. papers 2: 437-438. 1889. - Berthelot, Notice historique, Paris 1894 (*copies* AA, BR). - Urban, Symb. ant. 1: 35. 1898. - Wittrock, Acta Horti Bergiani 3(2): 87, 111. 1903, 3(3): 99, *t. 138.* 1905 (portr.) - Milner, Cat. portr. Kew 35. 1906. - Maiden, J. Roy. Soc. New South Wales 44: 147, 149. 1910. - Backer, Verkl. woordenb. 163. 1936. - Moebius, Gesch. Bot. 449 \[index\]. 1937. - Evens, Gesch. algologie Belgie 158. 1944. - Steenis-Kruseman, Fl. males. ser. I. vol. 4(2): lxxxviii. 1949. - Stafleu, The great Prodromus 26. 1966. - Stafleu, Regn. Veg. 71: 305-307, 338. 1971. #### Composite works - (1) Editor of Annales des Sciences naturelles, Botanique, ser. 2, vol. 18 – ser. 6, vol. 12, 1842-1881. - (2) *Description des plantes* \[Phanérogames\] *in* Hombron et Jacquinot, *Botanique* 2, *in* Dumont d'Urville, *Voyage au Pôle sud*, 1845, 1853. - (3) DC., *Prodr*.: *Asclepiadeae* 8: 490-665. med. Mar 1844; *Plantaginaceae* 13(1): 693-738. 10 Mai 1852. #### Eponymy *Decaisnea* A. T. Brongniart (1833-1834, *nom. rej.*); *Decaisnea* J. D. Hooker & T. Thomson (1855, *nom. cons.*); *Decaisnella* J. H. Fabre (1879); *Decaisnella* O. Kuntze (1891); *Decaisnina* Van Tieghem (1895). #### Handwriting Fl. males. ser. I. 1: cxlix. 1950. ### Publications ##### n.1335. Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. nat. **Title** Description d'un herbier de l'ile de Timor, faisant partie des collections botaniques du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, *Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. nat.* \[Paris\] ser. 3. 3: 333-501. *t. 16-21.* 1834. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1834 *in* Nouvelles Annales; reprint issued with independent pagination as *Herbarii timorensis descriptio* cum tabulis 6 aeneis, Paris (Roret) 1835. Qu. (rd. by Acad. 11 Mai 1835), \[1\]-173 *pl. xvi-xxi*,\[4, ind.\]; p. 5-173 correspond with p. 333-501 of the original publication. The plates are plain liths. of drawings by Decaisne. Reprint *copies*: G, HH. *Ref*.: BM 1: 432; PR 2087; IDC 5886. ##### n.1336. Essais sur une classification des algues et des polypiers calcifères **Title** *Essais sur une classification des algues et des polypiers calcifères*. Mémoire sur les Corallines. Thèses présentées et soutenues à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris le 19 décembre 1842. Paris (Paul Renouard) 1842. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Ess. classif. alg. calcif.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 19 Dec 1842, p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-120, *pl. 14-17. Copy*: UC. – Repaged reissue of two papers in the *Ann. Sci. nat. Bot.* ser. 2. 17: 297-380 (Essais...) and ser. 2. 18: 96-128 (Mémoire...), published respectively in the May (p. 297-368), June (369-380) and August (96-128) issues of the *Annales* for 1842. The thèse can be assumed to have been published on 19 Dec 1842. The plates (*14-17*) accompanying the first article carry (erroneously) the volume number 16. *Ref*.: Vesque, Cat. Bibl. Decaisne 147. 1883. - Lawson and Price, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 62(3): 340. 1969. ##### n.1337. Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Venus pendant les années 1836-1839 **Title** *Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Venus pendant les années 1836-1839*. Paris 1840-1843 \[par Abel Aubert Du Petit-Thouars, 1793-1864\], – *Botanique* \[= vol. 5, part 2\] par M. J. Decaisne. Paris (Théodore Morgand) 1864. Oct., *Atlas* Paris (Gide et Cie) 1846. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Voy. Venus, Bot.* \[*Atl*.\] **Notes** *Publ*.: Text (p. \[1\]-34, \[2 ind.\]) 3 Sep 1864 (13 p.), *plates* (Atlas, p. \[*i-v*\], *pl. 1-28*) 1855, possibly 1846. The plates are by Alfred Riocreux (1820-1912) and (one) by Borromée; the originals are at the Paris Muséum d'Histoire naturelle. *Copy*: G. For a description of the full work see e.g. BM 2: 606. *Ref*.: NI 561; PR 2520; BM 1: 493. - Sherborn and Woodward, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. ser. 7. 8: 492. 1901. ##### n.1338. Le jardin fruitier **Title** *Le jardin fruitier* du Muséum ou iconographie de toutes les espèces et variétés d'arbres fruitiers cultivés dans cet établissement, avec leur description, leur histoire, leur synonymie. Publié sous les auspices de S.E. le Ministre de l'agriculture et du commerce. Paris (Firmin Didot) 9 vols., \[1858-\] 1862-1875. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Jard. fruit.* **Notes** |vol. |prel. t.p. |final issue | |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1858 |1871-1872 | |2 |1859 |1871-1872 | |3 |1860 |1871-1872 | |4 |1861 |1871-1872 | |6 |1864 |1871-1872| |7 |1866 |1872-1875| |8 |1868 |1862-1875| |9 |1862-1875 |1862-1875| 508 colour-printed or lithogr. plates by A. Riocreux, originals in part at P and Bibl. nationale, Paris. Published in fascicles, the contents of which are not known. The binding in the nine volumes is by subject and does not reflect the chronology of publication. As soon as a volume was completed a title page was issued. For the final issue a whole new series of t.p.'s appeared citing the main contents. *Copies*: BR, G, MO. *Ref*.: GFB p. 54; NI 456; PR 2094. ##### n.1339. Manuel de l'amateur des jardins **Title** *Manuel de l'amateur des jardins*. Traité général d'horticulture. Paris s.d. \[1862-1872\]. Paris (Firmin-Didot et Cie.) 4 vols. Duod. **Abbreviated title**: *Manuel amat. jard.* **Notes** *Co-author*: Charles Victor Naudin (1815-1899). *Publ*.: The volumes were published in parts and completed by the dates mentioned below. The format "octo-decimo" is duodecimo with signatures of 24 and 12 p. alternating. The engravings (text ills.) by F. Leblanc are from drawings by Alfred Riocreux (1820-1912). *Copies*: BR, G, MO, NY. 1: \[i\]-\[iii\], \[1\]-742. 5 Jul 1862. 2: \[i\*\] front., \[iii\*\], \[i\]-viii, map, \[1\]-824. 14 Jul 1866. 3: \[i\], \[iii\], \[1\]-865 ("765"). 31 Oct 1868. 4: \[i\], \[iii\], \[1\]-657. 13 Jan 1872. *Ref*.: BM 1: 432; NI 458; PR 2095. - Steam, J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 3: 13-14. 1954; Fl. males. Bull. 15: 734. 1960. ##### n.1340. Sur les caractères et les affinités des Oliniées **Title** *Sur les caractères et les affinités des Oliniées*. Paris (Émile Martinet) 1877. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Car. affin. Oliniées*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov-Dec 1877 (see p. 15; J. Bot. Jan 1878), p. \[1\]-*15*, *1 pl. Copies*: G, US. *Ref*.: Baillon, Sur les Oliniées 1878 (controversy). - W. P. H., J. Bot. 16: 184-185. 1878.