> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 72](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333211) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8960-1) LSID 8960-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116058) QID Q116058 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Saussure, Nicolas Théodore de (1767-1845), Swiss (Genève) botanist and chemist, son of Horace Bénédict de Saussure; scientist of independent means dedicating himself entirely to his research. **Abbreviated name**: *N.T. Saussure* \[standard form in IPNI: *N.T.Sauss.*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography BM 4: 1812; CSP 5: 414-415; DSB 13: 123-124; Frank 3 (Anh.): 88; Hegi 6(2): 835; Herder p. 475; LS 23721-23722; PR 8051-8052; Ratzeburg p. 451. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. J. Sci. ser. 2. 2: 145. 1846 (d.); Encycl. brit. ed. 11. 24: 238-239. 1911; Grande diz. enc. Utet 16: 732. 1971 ; Great Soviet Encycl. 24: 199. 1980; Index biogr. Acad. Sci., Paris 458. 1954; Schweiz. Lex. 6: 847. 1948. - Briquet, J., Bull. Soc. bot. Suisse 50a: 425-428. 1940 (biogr., bibl., sources). - Candolle, A.P. de, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 5: 47-48. 1830 (bibl.); Mém. souvenirs 287, 343, 362, 477, 517. 1862. - Hart, H., Pl. Physiol. 5: 425-429. 1930. - Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 397-398. 1884. - Mägdefrau, K., Gesch. Bot. 86, 208, 264. Abb. 42. 1973. - Michaud, Biogr. univ. 38: 77-79. 1969 (repr. of 1854 ed.). - Nordenskiöld, E., Hist. biol. 266, 267, 575. 1949. - Sachs, J., Gesch. Bot. 398, 537-543, 547, 573. 1875; Hist. de bot. 133, 382, 462, 507, 513, 521, 546. 1892. - Wolf, R., Biogr. Kulturgesch. Schweiz. 4: 251-252. 1862. - Zischka, G.A., Allg. Gelehrt.-Lex. 568. 1961. #### Eponymy (genera): *Saussurea* A.P. de Candolle (1810, *nom. cons.*, also honors H. Saussure., *q.v.*); *Saussurea* sect. *Theodorea* A.P. de Candolle (1837); (journal): *Saussurea*, travaux de la Société botanique de Genève, Vol. 1-x, 1970-x (also honors H.B. Saussure, *q.v.*).