> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 627](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120758) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/17958-1) LSID 17958-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q545953) QID Q545953 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Desfontaines, René Louiche (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author ### Author Desfontaines, René Louiche (1750-1833), French botanist, professor at the Jardin des plantes (Muséum d'Histoire nat.) in Paris. **Abbreviated name**: *Desf.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Desf.*\] #### Herbarium and types The *Flora atlantica* herbarium (1480 specimens) was left to [[Collection P|P]] and is now kept separately as an *herbier historique*. The labels of this type herbarium are the original manuscript slips for the *Flora atlantica*. The general herbarium of Desfontaines was acquired by Webb and is now at [[Collection FI|FI]]. A second series of 600 *Flora atlantica* plants was given by Desfontaines to Lemonnier and was acquired by Delessert with the Lemonnier herbarium (now at [[Collection G|G]]). – The *Choix de plantes du corollaire des instituts de Tournefort* was based on specimens in the Tournefort herbarium ([[Collection P|P]]-TO) as well as on the Vaillant herbarium ([[Collection P|P]]) and that of Jussieu ([[Collection P|P]]-JU). – Other material stemming from Desfontaines is at [[Collection B|B]] (herb. Willdenow), [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection LIV|LIV]], [[Collection MPU|MPU]], [[Collection PC|PC]] (some types of algae), [[Collection P|P]]-JU and [[Collection P|P]]-LA. – The Paris *Flora atlantica* is available on microfiche (IDC 6210). *Ref*.: IH 2: 159. - Candolle, Ann. Sci. nat. Bot. ser. 2. 1: 129-150. 1834. - Candolle, Phytographie 407. 1889. - Koster, Taxon 18: 551. 1969. - Stafleu, Le Naturaliste canadien 98: 558. 1971. #### Bibliography and biography AG 1: 258, 3: 145, 4: 464, 5(1): 448, 6(2): 82; Barnhart 1: 446; BM 1: 444; Bossert p. 100; CSP 2: 250-251; Dawson p. 261-262; DBF 10: 1342; Frank 3(Anh.): 23; GR p. 274; HR; IF p. 692; Jackson p. 421; Langman p. 239-240; Lasègue p. 566; MW p. 94; NI 474-475; Plesch p. 197-198; PR 2175-2180. - Anon., Flora 16: 766. 28 Dec 1833. - Mirbel, *in* Guillemin, Arch, de Bot. 2: 568. 1833. - Candolle, Ann. Sci. nat. ser. 2. 1: 129-150. 1834 (bibl.). - Candolle, Notice historique sur la vie et les travaux de M. Desfontaines, Genève 1834 (*copy*: B), Biblioth. univ. Feb 1834 (bibl.) - Flourens, Mem. Acad. Sci. 16 (Hist.). 1837, repr. 19 p. and in Éloges historiques 2: 177-206. 1857 (bibl.) - Candolle, Mémoires et souvenirs 1862 (see Table alph. p. 6). - Ratzeburg, Forstwiss. Schriftsteller-Lexikon 146-147. 1874. - Cosson, Comp. florae atl. 1: 8. 1881. - Bonnet, J. de Bot. 4: 234-235. 1890. - Hamy, Les derniers jours du Jardin du Roi 3-185. 1893. - Wittrock, Acta Horti Bergiani 3(2): 111. 1903, 3(3): 100. 1905. - Milner, Cat. portr. Kew 36. 1906. - Maiden, J. Roy. Soc. New South Wales 44: 135. 1910. - Backer, Verkl. woordenb. 168. 1936. - Chevalier, Inauguration du buste de René-Louiche Desfontaines. Paris 1937, 36 p. - Chevalier, La vie et 1'oeuvre de René Desfontaines, Paris 1939 (many earlier references) (portr., bibl.) - Pottier-Alapetite, Bull. Soc. Sci. nat. Tunisie 8: 89-94. 1955. - Stafleu *in* l'Héritier, Sertum anglicum, facsimile ed. xxiv, xxv, xxxii. 1963. - Laissus, C. R. Congr. nat. Soc. sav. Rennes 1966, Hist. Sci. 1: 137-152, 153-169 1967 (letters to Le Monnier). - Hahn, The anatomy of a scientific institution 343, 423. 1971. - Stafleu, Linnaeus and the Linnaeans 280, 324. 1971. #### Eponymy *Desfontaena* \[sic\] Vellozo (1825); *Desfontainesia* Hoffmannsegg (1824, *orth. var.* of *Fontanesia* Labillardiére); *Desfontainia* Ruiz & Pavon (1794); *Fontainesia* Post & O. Kuntze (1903, *orth. var.* of *Fontanesia* Labillardière); *Fontanesia* \[sic\] Labillardière (1791); *Louichea* L'Héritier de Brutelle (1791). #### Handwriting Monogr. Biol. Canar. 4: 30. *fig. 3.* 1973; Candollea 24: 237-238. 1974. ### Publications ##### n.1392. Flora atlantica **Title** *Flora atlantica* sive historia plantarum, quae in Atlante, agro Tunetano et Algeriensi crescunt. Paris (L. G. Desgranges) An vi \[1798-1799\], 2 vols. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. atlant.* **Notes** |vol. |part |pages |*plates* |dates| |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1 |\[i\]-xx, \[1\]-120 |1-30 |29 Apr 1798| |2 |2 |121- |31-60 |Jun 1798| | |3 |- |61-90 |28 Jul 1798| | |4 |-444, \[i\*-v\*\] |91-120 |Sep 1798| | |5 |\[1\]-80 |121-150 |Oct 1798| | |6 |81-160 |151-180 |Nov 1798| | |7 |161- |181-210 |Feb 1799| | |8 |- |211-240 |Mai 1799| | |9 |-458, \[i-iii\] |241-261 |Jul 1799| *First issue*: Paris (L. G. Desgranges)... "anno sexto reipublicae gallicae, " as above. *Copies*: G, MO, U. – Plates incl. *76bis* and \[*225bis*.\] *Second issue*: Paris (Blanchon)... "anno viii, " issued late 1799 or 1800. *Copy*: BR. 1: \[i\*-v\*\], \[i\]-xx, \[1\]-444. 2: \[i-iii\], \[1\]-458, \[1, emendanda t. 1 et t. 2. 1: "de plantis": \[i-iii\], *pl. 1-120, 76bis.* 2: "deplantis": \[i-iii\], *pl. 121-261*, \[*225bis*\]. *Third issue*: Paris (Blanchon), typis C. Panckoucke mdccc., issued 1800. *Copies*: HU, NY. 1: \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-xx, \[1\]-444, \[1, emendanda t. 1 et t. 2\] 2: \[i\*-iii\*\], \[1\]-458. 1: "de plantis": \[i-iii\], *pl. 1-120, 76bis.* 2: "de plantis": \[i-iii\], *pl. 121-261*, \[*225bis*\]. *Emendanda* t. 1 et t. 2, \[1\] p., 1799 or 1800, with second issue. *Emendado altera ad floram atlanticum*, \[3\] p., probably issued 1804. *Copy*: NY loose; also bound in other copies. Two different editions were announced of the first issue (see TL-1), both in quarto, one on laid paper (400 copies) and another (100 copies) on "papier velin" (wove). The folio copies mentioned by Steam (1938) are not announced. Out of a total of 263 (1-261, 76bis, \[225bis\]) uncoloured line engravings of plants, 92 are of paintings by P. J. Redouté and 61 of paintings by H.-J. Redouté. *Ref*.: BM 1: 444; DU 92; Jackson p. 347; LS 6907; NI 475; Plesch p. 197; PR 2176; RS p. 80; SK p. clxxvii; IDC 5043. - Ventenat, Mag. Encycl. 1798(4): 145-164, 563. - Cosson, Comp. fl. atl. 8-10. 1881 (itin.). - Bonnet, C. R. Ass. Franç. Avanc. Sci. \[Congr. Toulouse\] 1893: 507; 1896: 365-374, 434-439; 1910: 126. 1911. - Stearn, J. Soc, Bibl. nat. Hist. 1: 147-148. 1938. - Pottier-Alapetite, Bull. Soc. Sci. nat. Tunisie 8: 89-94. 1955 (Tunis itinerary). - MacPhail, Cat. redouteana 40. 1963. ##### n.1393. Description du genre Tithonia **Title** *Description du genre Tithonia*, Ann. Mus. nat. Hist. nat. 1: 49-51. 1802. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1802. – This memoir was read at the Académie des Sciences in 1780. It was scheduled to appear in the 12th volume of the Recueil des Savants étrangers which, however, was never published. A. L. de Jussieu cited "Tithonia Font." from the manuscript as "Caracter ex. D. Desfontaines Act. Paris extr. Vol. xii." *Ref*.: Stafleu, Intr. to Jussieu's Genera Plantarum xxxvi. 1964. ##### n.1394. Tableau de l'école de botanique **Title** *Tableau de l'école de botanique* du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. Paris (J. A. Brosson) 1804. Oct. (in fours) **Abbreviated title**: *Tabl. école bot.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1804 (title as above), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-238. *Copies*: B, G, U. *Ed. 2*: Dec 1815 (BF 2 Dec 1815, JGLF Jan 1816), p. \[i-x\], \[1\]-274. *Copy*: M. – Title: "Tableau... botanique du Jardin du Roi." Paris (J. A. Brosson) 1815. Oct. *Ed.3*: 15-21 Mar 1829 (Acad. 23 Mar 1829, BF 21 Mar 1829), p. \[i\]-xvii, \[1\]-416, Additamentum \[18321\] 417-484. *Copy*: B(compl.), Ewan (lacks add.). Title: "*Catalogus plantarum horti regii parisiensis* cum annotationibus de plantis novis aut minus cognitis..." Paris (J. S. Chaudé) 1829. Oct. – Species marked with an asterisk are described on p. 385-414. An earlier anonymous *Tableau de l' École de botanique du Jardin des Plantes de Paris*, publ. Jul 1800 was perhaps also by Desfontaines. Other edition: Mai-Jun 1801 (not mentioned as such by Chevalier). *Ref*.: BM 1: 444; Plesch p. 197; PR 2177; IDC 5894, 5291. ##### n.1395. Choix de plantes du Corollaire des instituts de Tournefort **Title** *Choix de plantes du Corollaire des instituts de Tournefort*, publiées d'après son herbier, et gravées sur les dessins originaux d'Aubriet. Paris (Levrault) 1808. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Choix pl. Coroll.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1808 (Acad. 21 Nov 1809), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\], 92, \[1, *table*\], *pl. 1* (double), *2-70, *coloured or uncoloured copper engravings of drawings by Aubriet in the *Collection des vélins* of the *Muséum* (now in the *Bibliothèque centrale*). Aubriet accompanied Tournefort on his trip to the Levant. *Copies*: BR, G, HU(2), MO (extra p. \[v\], dedic.), NY. The text appeared originally in eleven articles in the Ann. Mus. nat. Hist. nat. (10: 218, 294, 427; 11: 51, 136, 160, 273, 376, 438; 12: 52, 111) with 70 uncoloured plates. Coloured plates are reported only from the reprint, although I have seen none. *Ref*.: BM 1: 444; DU 93; GF p. 55; Jackson p. 114; NI 474; Plesch p. 198; PR 2178; IDC 4681. ##### n.1396. Histoire des arbres et arbrisseaux qui peuvent être cultivés en pleine terre sur le sol de la France **Title** *Histoire des arbres et arbrisseaux qui peuvent être cultivés en pleine terre sur le sol de la France*. Paris (J. A. Brosson) 1809, 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Hist. arbr. France*. **Notes** *Tome premier*: Mar 1809 (Acad. 13 Mar 1809, JGLF Mar 1809), p. \[i\]-xxx, \[1\]-493. *Copies*: HH, Ewan. *Tome second*: Mar 1809 (idem), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-635, \[636, err.\]. *Copies*: HH, Ewan. *Ref*.: BM 1: 444; PR 2179.