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### Author
Mathieu, Charles Marie Joseph (1791-1873), Belgian pharmacist and botanist at Namur, later at Bruxelles (1857), and at Leur, Netherlands (1863).
**Abbreviated name**: *Mathieu* \[standard form in IPNI: *Mathieu*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Mathieu gave his herbarium to A. M. A. de Limminghe (1834-1861); it is now mainly at [[Collection BR|BR]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 460; BL 2: 33, 689; BM 3: 1266; Biogr. nat., Bruxelles 14: 46; GR p. 691, cat. p. 67; IH 2: 443, 514; Jackson p. 271; Kew 3: 621; PR 5975; Rehder 5: 555; SBC p. 126 ("Math."); Tucker 1: 470.
- Brandt, R., Gartenflora 53: 251-253. 1904 (portr.).
- Crépin, F., Manuel fl. Belg. lxvii, lxix. 1860.
- Evens, F. M. J. C., Gesch. algol. Belgie 182. 1944.
- Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 513. 1977.
#### Eponymy
*Mathieua* Klotzsch (1853) is dedicated to Louis Mathieu (1793-1867), German gardener who introduced several foreign plants to Europe.
### Publications
##### n.5669. Flore générale de Belgique
**Title**
*Flore générale de Belgique*, contenant la description de toutes les plantes qui croissent dans ce pays... Bruxelles, Leipzig, Gand (C. Muquardt) 1853-1855, 2 vols, and suppl. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. gén. Belgique*.
**Notes**
*Vol. 1* (Phanérogamie): 1853 or 1854 (t.p.: 1853, cover: 1854; BSbF post 23 Jul 1854), p. \[1\]-655, \[656, err.\].
*Vol. 2* (Cryptogamie sic): 1853 or 1854 (id.), p. \[1\]-561, \[1-2, err.\].
*Supplément*: 1855 (BSbF post 6 Mar 1856), p. \[i\*, iii\*\], \[i\]-ii, 7-43.
*Copies*: G, MO, NY, US, USDA.