> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 243](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355330) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/5982-1) LSID 5982-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q522664) QID Q522664 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Magnol, Pierre (1638-1715), French physician and botanist at Montpellier. **Abbreviated name**: *Magnol* \[standard form in IPNI: *Magnol*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection LINN|LINN]]; further material [[Collection BM|BM]]-SL, [[Collection OXF|OXF]]. See also Loret (1866). #### Bibliography and biography AG2(1): 346, 6(1): 748; Ainsworth p. 244, 310; Backer p. 348; Barnhart 2: 436; BM 3: 1221; Bossert p. 249; Clokie p. 206; Dryander 3: 28, 109, 143; DSB9: 17-18; GR p. 336; Herder p. 140, 153, 174; HU 374, 397, 451; IH 2: 490; Jackson p. 31, 287, 420; Kew 3: 558; Lasègue p. 321, 356; LS 16339-16341; Moebius p. 48, 261; NI 1256n, 1257; Plesch p. 320-323; PR 5738-5742 (ed. 1: 6413-6416); Render 5: 537; Sotheby no. 493; TL-2/1: see Bouchet, D.; Tucker 1: 453. - Berkeley, E. and D. S., John Clayton 45, 217. 1963. - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 431. 1880. - Candolle, A. P. de, Mém. souv. 213. 1862. - Desgenettes, R., Die. Sci. méd., Biogr. méd. 6: 154-155. 1824 (Desgenettes published also an "éloge" of M. in his Éloge des Académiciens de Montpellier, p. 8, n.v.). - Ewan, J. & N., John Banister 18, 101, 208. 1970. - Granel de Solignac, L. & L. Bertrand, Naturalia monsp. 18: 280-281. 1967 (herb. Chirac, not Magnol). - Jackson, B. D., Proc. Linn. Soc 134 (suppl.): 18. 1922 (herb. LINN). - Jessen, K. F. W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 268, 322, 460. 1884. - Lacroix, A., Figures de savants 4: 109, 129. 1938. - Lapeyrouse, P., Hist. abr.pl. Pyren, xxiv. 1813. - Loret, H., Bull. Soc. bot. France 13: 101-106. 1866 (on the so-called "herbier Magnol" at MPU which was not P. Magnol's herbarium but possibly a collection owned by his son Antoine Magnol). - Magnin, A., Bull. Soc. bot. Lyon 31: 24. 1906. - Martins, Ch., Le jardin des Plantes de Montpellier 27-34, 39-40, 51, 61, 76. 1854. - Nicolas, J. P., *in* G. H. M. Lawrence, ed., Adanson 1: 153, 164, 179. 1963. - Planchon, J. E., La botanique à Montpellier, notes et documents réunis et publiés par J. E. Planchon. Une vie inédite de Pierre Magnol, par son fils Antoine Magnol. Montpellier 1884, 34 p. (extrait du Montpellier médical, février et avril 1884). - Sachs, J. v., Hist. de bot. 7, 485. 1892. - Stafleu, F. A., Linnaeus and the Linnaeans 377 \[index\]. 1971. - Stearn, W. T., *in* Cat. Books Hunt 2(1): xli-cxl. 1961 (= HU vol. 2(1)); Magnol's Botanicum monspeliense and Linnaeus's Flora monspeliensis, *in* Festschrift für Claus Nissen 612-650. 1973. (important modern study of Magnol and his nomenclature, portr.; Magnol b. 8 Jun 1638). #### Eponymy *Magnolia* Linnaeus (1753). *Note*: There are at least ten different generic names with the stem *Magnoli*-, all of them based on fossil material. ### Publications ##### n.5230. Botanicum monspeliense **Title** *Botanicum monspeliense*, sive plantarum circa Monspelium nascentium protognomon. In quo plantarum nomina meliora seliguntur: loca, in quibus plantae spontè adolescent, turn à prioribus botanieis, turn ab authore observata indieantur: & praeeipuae faeultates edocentur. Adduntur variarum plantarum nondum descriptarum deseriptiones, & icones, turn & figurae quarundam quas solum deseripsit Casp. Bauhinus in Prodromo... Lugduni \[Lyon\] (ex offieina Francisci Carteron. Impensis Francisci Bourly, bibliopolae monspeliensis) 1676. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. monsp.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1676, p. \[i-xvi\], 1-287, *3* *pl*. outside text, many in text. *Copies*: G, NY(2) (has orig. t.p. but bound in p. 289-309 and app. alt. \[1-2\]). *Reissue*: 1676, p. \[i-xvi\], 1-287, \[1, err.\], pl. as in ed. princ. *Copies*: MO, USDA. – "Botanicum... nascentium index. In quo..." *Ed. 2*: 1686, p. \[i-xvi\], 1-309, *19* plates in text, *4* on separate Ivs.; appendix on p. 289-309, appendix altera \[1-2\] in copy MO. *Copies*: FI, G, MO, NY, USDA; IDC 194. – *Botanicum* ... nascentium index. In quo... cum appendice quae plantas de novo repertas eontinet, & errata emandat... Monspelii (Ex officina Danielis Peeh. Impensis Pauli Marret bibliopolae monspeliensis) 1686. Oct.; p. \[i-xvi\] and 1-287 are a reissue of the 1676 ed. prineeps. *Re-issue*: 1688. *Copy*: LINN, see.Stearn (1973, p. 617) and Dryander 3: 143. *General commentary*: (and link with Linnaeus's *Fl. monsp.*) see Stearn (1973); see also Guédès, M., J. Soe. Bibl. nat. Hist. 9(1): 42,43. 1978 (on *Appendix altera*). ##### n.5231. Prodromus historiae generalis plantarum **Title** Petri Magnol... *Prodromus historiae generalis plantarum* in quo familiae plantarum per tabulas disponuntur... Monspelii \[Montpellier\] (Ex Typographiâ Gabrielis & Honorati Peeh Fratrum,...) 1689. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Prodr. hist. pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1689 (privilège 9 Aug 1689), p. \[i-xxx\], 1-79, \[1-14, index\], \[1, priv.\]. *Copies*: G, NY(2), USDA. – The second NY copy has an *Appendix altera* \[1-2\] which belongs to ed. 2 of *Botanicum monsp*. ##### n.5232. Hortus regius monspeliensis **Title** *Hortus regius monspeliensis*, sive catalogus plantarum quae in Horto regio monspeliensi demonstrantur... Accesserunt novae plurimarum plantarum cum suis iconibus, descriptiones. Virtutes etiam juxta Neotericorum principia breviter explicantur. Monspelii \[Montpellier\] (Apud Honoratum Pech,...) 1697. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Hort. reg. monsp.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1697, p. \[i-xv\], 1-209, 21 uncol. unnumbered copper engr. *Copies*: FI, G, L, MO, NY; IDC 5586. ##### n.5233. Novus caracter plantarum **Title** Petri Magnol... *Novus caracter plantarum*, in duos tractatus divisus, primus, de herbis & subfruticibus, in trs libros divisus... Opus posthumum summi laboris ab authoris filio in eâdem Medicorum Academiâ professore regio in lucem editum... Monspelii \[Montpellier\] (apud Viduam Honorati Pech,...) 1720. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Nov. caract. pl.* **Notes** *Editor*: Antoine Magnol, son of P. Magnol. *Publ*.: 1720, p. \[i-vi\], 1-340, \[1,err.\]. *Copies*: FI, G, HU, MO, U. – See HU 451 for collation and details.