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### Author
Deflers, Albert (1841-1921), French officer and forester, some time with the École forestière until 1880, explorer and traveller in Egypt, Arabia and Yemen (1887-1889), long time living in Cairo, ultimately in Nancy, France, member of the Société botanique de France from 1883.
**Abbreviated name**: *Deflers* \[standard form in IPNI: *Deflers*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection P|P]], further material at [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection MPU|MPU]], [[Collection NH|NH]] (180), [[Collection NY|NY]]. – Several sets named *Flora arabica exsiccata*, *Flora orientalis exsiccata*, *Iter arabicum secundum*.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 433; BM 1: 434; Hortus 3: 1191; IH 1 (ed. 8): 182-183, 2: 156; Kew 2: 42; LS 6739; Rehder 5(index): 216; Tucker 1: 193; Zander ed. 10, p. 650, ed. 11, p. 740.
#### Biofile
- Anon., ÖBZ 40: 354. 1 Sep 1890 (went to "Arabia", Yemen, and Hadramaut, returned to Paris); Bull. Soc. bot. France 68(7-9): 369. 1 Feb 1922 (died at Nancy).
- Blatter, E., Rec. bot. Survey India 7(1) (Flora of Aden): 18-19. 1914, 8(5): 486, 489. 1933.
- Granel de Solignac, L. and L. Bertrand, Naturalia Monspeliensia, sér. Bot. 18: 282. 1967.
- Miller, A.G. at al., Notes R. bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40: 47. 1982 (list of several texts).
- White, A. and B.L. Sloane, The Stapelieae ed. 1: 31, 53, 54, 152, ed. 2: 17 (index). 1937 (note on explorer).
### Publications
##### n.29.461. Voyage au Yemen
**Title**
*Voyage au Yemen*, Journal d'une excursion botanique faite en 1887 dans les montagnes de l'Arabie heureuse, suivi du catalogue des plantes recueillies, d'une liste des principales espèces cultivées avec leurs noms arabes et de nombreuses déterminations barométriques d'altitude... Paris (P. Klincksieck) 1889. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Voyage Yemen*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1889 (J. Bot. Dec 1889, Nat. Nov. Dec (1) 1889, Bull. Soc. bot. France rd. 13 Dec 1889, ÖBZ 1 Feb 1890, Bot. Zeit. 27 Dec 1889), p. \[1\]-246, \[247-250\], *pl. 1-6* (uncol. liths.). *Copies*: BM, BR, HH, L, MO, WAG. – See also Tucker 1: 193, Rehder 1: 481.
*Note*: The botanical part p. \[107\]-246, \[247-250\], *pl. 1-6* was also separately available.
*Copies*: G, NY.
*Ref*.: Freyn, J.F., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 2(2): 132-134. 1892.
- Roth, E., Bot. Jahrb. 11(Lit.): 113-114. 25 Apr 1890.
- Franchet, A., Bull. Soc. bot. France 37(Bibl.): 26-30. 1 Mai 1890.
##### n.29.462. Kalanchoe
**Title**
Note sur un *Kalanchoe* remarquable *de l'Arabie tropicale*... Extrait du Bulletin de la Société botanique de France... \[1894\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 28 Feb 1894 (fide Leussink, Taxon 35(2): 260. 1986), p. \[298\]-301, *pl. 3-5. Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Soc. bot. France 40(CRS 4-6): 298-301, *pl. 3-5.* 1894. – See Rehder 2: 237.
##### n.29.463. végétation
**Title**
Esquisses de géographie botanique... La *végétation* de l'*Arabie tropicale* au dela du Yémen... Extrait de la "Revue d'Égypte"... 1894. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1894, cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-54, 1 uncol. phot., 1 draw., 1 map. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rev. Égypte. 1894 (n.v.).
*Ref*.: Diels, L., Bot. Jahrb. 20(Lit.): 16-19. 1895 (rev.).
- Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 42(Bibl.): 687. 1895.
##### n.29.464. Descriptions
**Title**
*Descriptions* de *quelques plantes* nouvelles de l'*Arabie méridionale*... Extrait du Bulletin de la Société botanique de France... 1895-1896. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Aug (sero) 1895 (read 26 Apr 1895), Mai (sero) -Jun (prim.) 1896 (read 27 Mar 1896), Jan (sero) – Jul 1896 (read 24 Apr 1896) (fide Leussink Taxon 37(1): 43-44. 1988), p. \[1\]-49, *pl. 2-7* (uncol. liths.). *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Soc. bot. France 42(4-5): 297-306, *pl. 2* (uncol. lith.) 1895, 43(3): 104-123, 1896, and 43(4): 218-236, *pl. 3-7* (uncol. liths.). 1896.
##### n.29.465. Asclépiadées
**Title**
Les *Asclépiadées* de l'*Arabie tropicale*... Le Caire 1896. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Asclep. Arabie trop.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1896 (Nat. Nov. Sep (2) 1896, Bull. Soc. bot. France 18 Dec 1896, Bot. Zeit. 56(Abt. 2) 16 Apr 1898), cover-t.p., p. \[i, iii\], \[253\]-283, *pl. 1-6* (chromolith.). *Copies*: B, HH, NY(2). – Reprinted and to be cited from Mém. Inst. Égypt 3(2): 253-283, *pl. 1-6.* 1896.
##### n.29.466. herbier Gaillardot
**Title**
Notice sur l'*herbier Gaillardot*... Le Caire (Imprimerie Hindié,...) 1898 (1 gathering). Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Herb. Gaillardot*.
**Notes**
*Collectors*: J.A.C. Gaillardot and Charles Gaillardot (1814-1883), see IH 2: 214, greatly enlarged by exchange, and acquisition.
*Publ*.: 1898 (p. 2 "Janvier 1898"), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-8, \[9\]. *Copies*: B, BM.