> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 16](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355111) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/22342-1) LSID 22342-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3587717) QID Q3587717 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Lignier, Elie Antoine Octave (1855-1916), French palaeobotanist; Dr. Sci. Paris 1887; "préparateur" at Lille with C. E. Bertrand 1880-1887; lecturer (1887) and professor of botany (1889), as well as director of the botanical garden (1896) at the University of Caen. **Abbreviated name**: *Lign.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Lign.*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Andrews p. 296; Barnhart 2: 381 (correct name and dates; b. 25 Feb 1855, d. 19 Mar 1916); BJI 2: 105; CSP 16: 781-782; DSB 8: 354; Kew 3: 441-442; Langman p. 445; LS 35000; Moebius p. 124, 144, 145; Morren ed. 10, p. 64; Quenstedt p. 263; Rehder 5: 511. - Anon., Bot. Not. 1916: 196; Nat. Nov. 38: 192. 1916 (d.); Österr. bot. Z. 66: 140. 1916 (d.). - Chevalier, A., Mém. Soc. Linn. Normandie 26: 1-19. 1924 (note biogr.). - Dollfus, C. R., Soc. géol. France ser. 4. 16(C.R.): 41. 1916. - Emberger, L., Les plantes fossiles 157-158, 382, 651. 1968. - Gager, C. S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 27(3): 197. 1938. - Jeffrey, E. C, Bot. Gaz. 62: 507-508. 1916 (portr.). - Kneucker, A., Allg. bot. Z. 22: 96. 1916 (death). - Lignier, O., Titres et travaux scientifiques... Laval 1914 (n.v.). - Schuster, R. M., Hep. Anthoc. N. Amer. 1:71. 1966. - Scott, D. H., Stud. foss. bot. 1: 334, 337, 413. 1920, 2: (passim). 1923. - Seward, A. C., Fossil plants, eds. 2, 1910, 3, 1917, 4, 1919. - Taton, R., ed., Science in the 19th century 330, 377, 384. 1965. #### Eponymy *Ligniera* Maire & Tison (1911). ### Publications ##### n.4523. Recherches sur l'anatomie comparée des Calycanthées **Title** *Recherches sur l'anatomie comparée des Calycanthées*, des Mélastomacées, et des Myrtacées ... Paris (Octave Doin,...) 1887. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Rech. anat. Calycanth.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1887 (original cover of journal), p. \[1\]-459, *pl. 1-18.* Copy: FI. – Arch. bot. Nord France 4 (38-41), 1886, publ. Jun 1887. ##### n.4524. Végétaux fossiles de Normandie **Title** *Végétaux fossiles de Normandie*. Structure et affinités du Bennettites morierei Sap. & Mar. (sp.)... Caen (Imprimerie E. Lanier,...) 1894. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Vég. foss. Normandie*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan-Apr 1894 (Bot. Centralbl. 22 Mai 1894), p. \[3\]-78, *pl. 1-5* (uncol. liths) with text. *Copies*: FI, MO. – Published as Mém. Soc. Linn. Normandie 18(1). 1894; rev. by M. Möbius, Bot. Centralbl. 59: 209-211. 7 Aug 1844. *Continuation: no. 2*: Contr. fl. liass. Ste.-Honorine-la-Guillaume, Mém. Soc. Linn. Normandie 18(2): 124-151, *pl. 7.* 1895. *no. 3*: Étude anat. *Cycadeoidea micromela*, ib. 20: 329-371, *pl. 12.* 1901. *no. 4*: Bois divers, ib. 22: 237-332, *pl. 17-23.* 1907. *no. 7*: Contr. fl. jurass., ib., 24: 67-105, *pl. 9.* 1913.