> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 728](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355815) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/24019-1) LSID 24019-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123200) QID Q123200 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Nestler, Chrétien Géofroy \[Christian Géofroy\] (1778-1832), Alsatian botanist of German origin; studied with L. C. Richard at Paris; army pharmacist 1806-1810; from 1813 assistant to Villars; professor of botany and pharmacy at Strasbourg 1817-1832. **Abbreviated name**: *Nestl.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Nestl.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection MPU|MPU]] (crypt.; through Roumeguère); further material at [[Collection BP|BP]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection E|E]]-GL, [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection G|G]]-DC, [[Collection KIEL|KIEL]], [[Collection PC|PC]]. – See Mougeot for the *Stirpes cryplogamae vogeso-rhenanae* (15 fasc., index, Bruyères 1810-1860). #### Name Margadant (MD p. 191) checked the christian names (Chrétien Géofroy, sic) in the Archives of the Département du Bas-Rhin at Strasbourg. The names are usually given in German (Christian Gottfried). #### Bibliography and biography AG 6(1): 780, 12(1): 212; Barnhart 2: 545; BM 3: 1412; CSP 4: 590; DTS 1: 212; Frank 3(Anh.): 71; GR p. 291, cat. p. 68; Hawksworth p. 184; Hegi 4(2): 865, 5(2): 1348, 6(2): 1222; Herder p. 156, 342; Hortus 3: 1200 ("Nestl."); IH 2: (in press); Jackson p. 141; Kew 4: 129; Langman p. 539; Lasègue p. 289; MD p. 191; Moebius p. 282; Nordstedt p. 35; PR 6674-6676 (ed. 1: 7434-7436); Rehder 1: 45, 5: 613; RS p. 121; SBC p. 128; Stevenson p. 1252; TL-1/922; TL-2/see J. E. Duby; Tucker 1: 514; Urban-Berl. p. 262, 309; Zander ed. 10, p. 697; ed. 11, p. 795. - Anon., Ann. Chém. Phys. Paris 52: 221. 1833; Flora 15: 671. 1832 (d. 2 Oct 1832). - Candolle, A. P. de, Mém. souvenirs 139. 1862. - Dilg, P. & W. Ilg, Deut. Apoth.-Zeit. 118: 251. 1978 (member Regensb. bot. Ges.). - Fée, A., Discours sur la tombe de Nestler. Strasbourg 1832 (n.v.). - Hedge, I. C. & J. M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 114. 1970 (pl. E and E-GL). - Kirschleger, F., Fl. Alsace 2: lxv-lxviii. 1857. - Roumequère, C., Rev. mycol. 11: 17-34. 1889 (corr. with J. B. Mougeot). - Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 514. 1977. - Steinberg, C. H., Webbia 32(1): 32. 1977 (material at FI). #### Eponymy *Nestlera* K. P. J. Sprengel (1818). ### Publications ##### n.6745. Monographia de Potentilla **Title** *Monographia de Potentilla* praemissis nonnullis observationibus circa familiam rosacearum, auctore C. G. Nestler,... Parisiis et Argentorati \[Paris, Strasbourg\] (apud Treuttel et Wurtz, typis Didot Jun...) 1816. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Monogr. Potentilla*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1816, p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-iv, \[5\]-80, chart, *pl. 1, I bis, 2-11* (uncol.; L. G. Richard, Poiteau, de Straus). *Copies*: BR, FI, G, H, L, MICH, MO, USDA; IDC 5482. *Thesis issue*: Jun 1816, p. \[i\]-iv, \[5\]-91, *pl. 1, I bis, 2-8. Copies*: HU, P (Bibl. Centr.). – "*Commentatio botanico-medica de Potentilla*, necnon de plantis huicce generi affinibus et in usum medicum tractis, quam pro gradu doctoris medicinae rite obtinendo inclytae Faculta tis medicae Parisiensis examini submittit et die sexto mensis junii tueri conabitur, C. G. Nestler..." Parisiis (ex typis Didot junioris,...) 1816. Qu. – We have no information indicating that the regular issue (*Monogr. Potentilla*) was either earlier or later than the thesis issue (defended on 6 Jun 1816; published on that day or possibly earlier?). ##### n.6746. Index plantarum quae in horto academ. argentinensi **Title** *Index plantarum quae in horto academ. argentinensi* anno 1817 viguerunt. Argentorati \[Strasbourg\] (typis F. G. Levrault,...) 1818. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Index hort. argent.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1818 (p. \[iv\]: 1 Jan 1818), p. \[i-iv\], \[1-23. *Copy*: G. *Supplementum*: 1819, 8 p. (see Flora 2: 70. 7 Feb 1819).