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### Author
Legendre, Charles Valentin Alexandre (1841-1935), French botanist; founder (1889) of Société botanique du Limousin; founder and editor of *Le règne végétal* (1890-1892) ctd. as *Revue scientifique du Limousin* (1893-1909).
**Abbreviated name**: *Legendre* \[standard form in IPNI: *Legendre*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Legendre owned a large private herbarium of Limousin plants; present location unknown. A herbarium given by "M. Legendre" was deposited at the office of the Linn. Soc. of Bordeaux on 20 Nov 1895.
#### Bibliography and biography
BL 2: 143, 159, 170, 680; CSP 16: 678; LS 15109-15111; 35913-35914; Plesch p. 304; Rehder 5: 499.
- Anon., Bull. Acad. int. Géogr. bot. 18: 139. 1909 (bibl.).
- Guillaumin, A., Bull. Soc. bot. France 82: 137. 1935.
### Publications
##### n.4304. Flore du Limousin
**Title**
*Flore du Limousin* s.l.n.d. \[Limoges (imp. Ve. H. Ducourtieux)\] 1893-1895. Oct. (in fours).
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Limousin*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Published in 8 parts which were issued as supplements to *La Revue scientifique du Limousin* 1(11)-2(31) as follows (*Copies*: G, MO.):
*1*:15 Nov 1893, *Rev. sci. Limousin* 1(11): \[1\]-12.
*2*: 15 Jan 1894, ib. 2(13): \[13\]-20.
*3*: 15 Feb 1894, ib. 2(14): \[21\]-28.
*4*: 15 Apr 1894, ib. 2(16): 29-36.
*5*: 15 Mai 1894, ib. 2(17): 37-44.
*6*: 15 Jul 1894, ib. 2(19): 45-52.
*7*: 15 Apr 1895, ib. 3(28): 53-60.
*8*: 15 Jul 1895, ib. 2(31): 61-68.
##### n.4305. Catalogue des plantes du Limousin
**Title**
*Catalogue des plantes du Limousin*... Limoges (1: Imprimerie-librairie Ducourtieux & Gout,...; 2: Imprimerie A. Bontemps...) 1914-1922, 2 vols. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Cat. pl. Limousin*.
**Notes**
*1*: 1914, p. \[i\],\[1\]-312 (G: 288).
*2*: 1922, p. \[i\], \[1\]-410.
*Copies*: G, MICH.-Published as a supplement to *La Revue scientifique du Limousin*, 1913-1922.
*Supplément*: Limoges (Imprimerie de A. Bontemps...) \[1925-\] 1926, p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-96. *Copy*: MO. – Originally published in *La Revue Scientifique du Limousin* nos. 328-334, 1925-1926.