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### Author
Bravais, Louis François (1800-1843), French physician and botanist at Annonay (Ardèche).
**Abbreviated name**: *L. Bravais*
#### Herbarium and types
Some material at [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection P|P]] (Cosson).
#### Note
Auguste Bravais, physician and astronomer, brother of L.F. Bravais published sometime with L.F.B. (b. 28 Aug 1811, Annonay, d. 30 Mai 1863, Paris).
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 244 (d. 21 Apr 1843, Annonay, Ardèche); CSP 1: 586-589; IH 2: 94; Kew 1: 347; Lasègue p. 96, 104, 296, 503, 556 (L.F. and A. Bravais); PR 1113-1114, ed. 1: 1241-1242; Rehder 5(index): 117.
#### Biofile
- Fournier, E., *in* H.E. Baillon, Dict. bot. 1: 490. 1878.
- G.P., Bot. Zeit. 4: 702-703. 2 Oct 1846 (biogr. details).
- Magnin, A., Bull. Soc. bot. Lyon 32: 19. 1907, 35: 24-25, 36-37. 1910.
- Schmid, G., Goethe u. d. Naturwiss. 270 (no. 1769). 1980 (on B. and Goethe).
### Publications
##### n.22.682. Essai sur la disposition générale des feuilles rectisériées
**Title**
*Essai sur la disposition générale des feuilles rectisériées*... Congrès scientifique de France,... \[1838\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Auguste Bravais (1811-1863), brother of L. Bravais.
*Publ*.: 1838 (date of reading at the Congrès), p. \[1\]-53, *pl. 1-2* (uncol. liths.). *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Sess. Congr. Sci. France 1838: 278-328. – See also Ann. Sci. nat., Bot., ser. 2. 12: 5-41, 65-77. 1839.
*German translation* (by G. Walpers): 1840 in Linnaea 14(Litt.): 11-79. 1840. – "Ueber die geometrische Anordnung der Blätter und der Blütenstände", see note PR ed. 1 sub no. 1242.
##### n.22.683. Analyse d'un brin d'herbe
**Title**
*Analyse d'un brin d'herbe*, ou examen de l'inflorescence des graminées. Mémoire au Congrès scientifique du Mans, (12 Septembre 1839). Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Oct-Dec 1839 or 1840 (read 12 Sep 1839), cover, p. \[1\]-32, *1 pl*. (uncol. lith.). *Copies*: G, L. – Not identified, probably not an independent paper.
*Abstract*: Oct-Dec 1839, *in* Sess. Congr. Sci. France 1: 95-98. 1839 (fide CSP 1: 589).
##### n.22.684. Examen organigraphique des Nectaires
**Title**
*Examen organigraphique des Nectaires*... Extrait des Annales des Sciences naturelles ... 1842. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Sep 1842 (in journal), p. \[1\]-33. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Sci. nat., Bot., ser. 2. 18: 152-184. 1842.