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### Author
Lacroix, Louis-Sosthène Veyron de (1818-1864), French clergyman and botanist at Montmorillon, Saint-Romain-sur-Vienne, ultimately "Aumônier des Petites Soeurs des Pauvres" at Poitiers.
**Abbreviated name**: *Lacr.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Lacroix*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Lacroix left a herbarium of the Poitou region upon his death; the present location is unknown but Sayre (mss) mentions that his bryophytes are at [[Collection BM|BM]] (Schimper herb.). Some further material is at [[Collection MW|MW]].
#### Bibliography and biography
BM 3: 1043; GR p. – 332; IH 2: 402; NAF 7(15): 1074; PR 4974; Rehder 5: 482; SBC p. 125 ("Lacr."); Stevenson p. 1248.
- Anon., Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 25: 652. 1864; Bull. Soc. bot. Deux-Sèvres 18: *pl. 3.* 1907; Bull. Soc. bot. France 12: vii. 1865; Österr. bot. Z. 15: 90. 1865; Bot. Zeit. 23: 12. 6 Jan 1865; Flora 48: 60. 17 Feb 1865.
- Chaboisseau, Bull. Soc. bot. France 12: 5-6. 1865.
### Publications
##### n.4088. Nouveaux faits constatés relativement à l'histoire de la botanique
**Title**
*Nouveaux faits constatés relativement à l'histoire de la botanique* et à la distribution géographique des plantes de la Vienne... Caen (Typ. de A. Hardel,...) 1857. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Nouv. faits*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1857, p. \[i\], \[1\]-32. *Copies*: G, NY. – Reprinted from Mém. Inst. des Provinces (journal publ. n.v.). Intended to supplement Delastre, *Flore de la Vienne*.
*Ref*.: Anon., Bul. Soc. bot. France 5: 184. Jul-Dec 1858.