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> [!example] See also [[Gay, Jacques Étienne (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author
### Author
Gay, Jacques Étienne (1786-1864), French botanist of Swiss birth (Nyon), secretary of the Chambre des Pairs (senate) at Paris until 1848.
**Abbreviated name**: *J. Gay* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.Gay*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection K|K]]. – Dupl. [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection NA|NA]].
*Ref*.: IH 1 (ed. 6): 359, 2: 219.
- Huxley, Life letters Hooker 2: 48. 1918.
- Meyer and Elsasser, Taxon 22: 389. 1937.
- Hedge and Lamond, Index coll. Edinburgh 83. 1970.
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 2(1): 226, 5(1): 501, 673; Barnhart 2: 34; BL 2: 490; BM 2: 646; Bossert p. 141; Colmeiro 1: clxxvi; CSP 2: 797-799, 6: 666, 7: 748, 12: 264; Jackson p. 549 \[index\]; Langman p. 311; MW p. 135; PR 3248-3252, ed. 1: 3542-3549; Zander (ed. 10) p. 603.
- Candolle, A. P. de, Mémoires et souvenirs 411. 1862.
- Ramond, Bull. Soc. bot. France 11: 341-357. 1864 (bibl.)
- Seemann, J. Bot. 2: 64. 1864.
- Anon., Flora 47: 124-125. 1864.
- Planchon, Lettres inédites de Jacques Gay et de Victor Jacquemont. Paris 1884 (Bull. Soc. bot. France 31, 1883, 19 p.)
- Gray, Letters 2: 832 \[index\]. 1893.
- Babington, Memorials 472. 1897.
- Bonnet, Webbia 1:7. 1905.
- Wittrock, Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 103, 162. *pl. 139.* 1905.
- Ewan, Southw. Louisiana J. 7: 22. 1967.
#### Eponymy
*Gaya* Gaudin (1826); *Gaya* Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth (1822); *Gaya* K. P.J. Sprengel (1821).
*Note*: *Gayophytum* A. H. L. Jussieu (1832) is dedicated to Claude Gay (1800-1873), q.v.
### Publications
##### n.1977. Monographie des cinq genres de plantes
**Title**
*Monographie des cinq genres de plantes* que comprend la tribu *des Lasiopétalées* dans la famille des Büttnériacées. Paris (A. Belin) 1821. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Monogr. Lasiopétal.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1821, p. \[i\], \[1\]-38, *pl. 1-8. Copy*: G (plates absent).
*Ref*.: PR 3248.
##### n.1978. Erysimorum quorundam novorum diagnoses
**Title**
*Erysimorum quorundam novorum diagnoses* simulque Erysimi muralis descriptionem praemittit, monographiam generis editurus J. Gay. Anno 1842, die Januarii 20a. Paris (Béthune et Plou) 1842. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Erysim. nov.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 20 Jan 1842 (t.p.), p. \[1\]-16. *Copies*: G, MO.
*Ref*.: BM 2: 646; PR 3251; IDC 5550.
- Mérat, Revue de la Flora Parisienne 1843-1846, p. 357-363.
##### n.1979. Eryngiorum novorum vel minus cognitorum heptas
**Title**
*Eryngiorum novorum vel minus cognitorum heptas*, praemissis observationibus cum ad Eryngiorum characterem naturalem turn ad genera affinia spectantibus. Paris (L. Martinet) 1848. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Eryng. nov.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 19 Aug 1848 (BF), p. \[1\]-39, *pl. xi. Copies*: G, MO, NY. – Reprinted from Ann. Sci. nat. Bot. ser. 3. 9: 148-184, *pl. 11*. Mar 1848 (journal publ. has priority).
*Ref*.: BM 2: 646; Langman p. 311; PR 3252.