> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 779](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33069021) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/5379-1) LSID 5379-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36555386) QID Q36555386 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Lebreton, F. (*fl*. 1787), French botanist. **Abbreviated name**: *Lebreton* \[standard form in IPNI: *Lebreton*\] #### Herbarium and types Some material in [[Collection P|P]]-JU. #### Bibliography and biography BM 3: 1073; Dawson p. 525, 942; Dryander 2: 518, 3: 24, 564, 590, 5: 319; HU 684; IH 2: 421; Kew 3: 390; Plesch p. 301; PR 5115 (ed. 1: 5616-5617); Rehder 5: 495; SO 720; Tucker 1: 417. #### Eponymy *Lebretonia* F. von Paula von Schrank (1822) is dedicated to Rev. C. Breton (or le Breton) (*fl*. 1732-1733), French missionary, who studied the flora of tropical South America. ### Publications ##### n.4268. Manuel de botanique **Title** *Manuel de botanique*, à l'usage des amateurs et des voyageurs; contenant les principes de botanique, 1' explication du systême de Linné, un catalogue des diflérens végétaux étrangers, les moyens de transporter les arbres & les semences, la manière de former un herbier, &c. Avec huit planches... À Paris (Chez Prault,...) 1787. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Man. bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun-Dec 1787 (approbation 15 Jun 1787), p. \[i\]-xxiv, \[1\]-388, \[1-2, approb.\], \[1, err.\], *pl. 1-8.* *Copy*: MO. – Tucker mentions a re-issue "Paris \[1796\]" (n.v.).