> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 15](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189500) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7271-1) LSID 7271-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q458941) QID Q458941 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph (1752-1820), French traveller and botanist; from 1786-1787 in Oware and Bénin; 1788-1791 on Haiti; 1791-1798 in the United States (briefly in Haiti again 1793); back in Paris as teacher at the Athenée des Étrangers; member Institut de France 1806; councillor Université de Paris 1815. **Abbreviated name**: *P. Beauv.* \[standard form in IPNI: *P.Beauv.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection G|G]]. – Delessert acquired the original herbarium, including the types of the *Flore d'Oware et de Bénin*, in 1820. An important set of duplicates is in the Jussieu herbarium at Paris ([[Collection P|P]]-JU). For other duplicates see Index herbariorum (under Beauvois). For notes on the collections in the Delessert herbarium, see Hochreutiner (1898), Niles (1925) and Stafleu (1971). United States collections (1791-1798) partly destroyed, some material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection DS|DS]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection PC|PC]], [[Collection P|P]]-JU. – Some of the material at [[Collection G|G]] have labels "Reliquiae Palisotianae" with a note indicating that these are plants from Oware and Bénin, meant to be described in vol. 3 of the *Flore*, identified by Berlin and intercalated in the Delessert herbarium in 1897. – Some *letters* at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Ainsworth p. 312, 345; Backer p. 418-419; Barnhart 3: 43; BM 4: 1504; CSP 4: 743, 12: 555; Dryander 3: 443-444; DU 220; Frank 3 (Anh.): 73-74; GR p. 70; Herder p. 469; IH 2: 63; Jackson p. 132, 351; Kew 4: 215; Langman p. 562; Lasègue p. 70-72, 578; LS 19719-19722; MD p. 196-198; ME 3: 634 \[index\]; MW p. 73; NAF ser. 2. 9: 125; NI 1480-1481, suppl. p. 53; PR 6896-6901 (ed. 1: 7705-7711); Rehder 5: 645; RS p. 132; SBC p. 128 (P. Beauv.); SK 4: ccv; Stevenson p. 1253; SY p. 19, 25, 28, 31, 58; TL-1/673, 939-942; TL-2/1293, 1409-1410, 1414, 2988, 4430, 5775, J. Clarion; Tucker 1: 535; Urban-Berl. p. 309; Zander ed. 10, p. 700, ed. 11, p. 798. #### Subject index to biofile *Agrostology*: Niles (1925), Stafleu (1971), Stieber (1979). *Bibliography*: Merrill (1936), Niles (1925), Percheron (1837), Pritzel (1843), Stafleu (1964), Steenis-Krusemann (1962), Urban (1902); see Biogr. & Bibl. section above. *Biographical accounts*: Depping (1822, 1865), Fisquet (1862), Jussieu (1805), L.Hn. (1884), O. (1824), Poiret (1808), Rose (1850). *Bryology*: Crum (1952), Sayre (1977), Schuster (1966), Steere (1977). *Collections*: Candolle (1880), Exell (1944), Hochreutiner (1898), Mears (1978), Merrill (1936), Sayre (1977), Stafleu (1963, 1971), Steinberg (1977); Lasègue, Urban (Berlin). *Correspondence*: Amoureux (1822), Darlington (1843; with Baldwin). *Death notices*: Anon. (1820), Cuvier (1824). *Entomology*: Papavero (1971), Percheron (1837). *Grasses*: see *Agrostology*. *Mycology*: Lütjeharms (1936), Medikus (1790); Ainsworth, L.S. *Nomenclature*: Kuntze (1898). *North American stay*: Camus (1967), Ewan (1967), Leroy (1967). *Obituaries*: Cuvier (1824), Silvestre (1820), Thiébaut (1821). *Portraits*: Milner (1906), Wittrock (1905). #### Biofile - Amoureux, Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 79-720. 1822 (letters from Santo Domingo and Philadelphia). - Anon., Flora 3: 622. 1820 (d.). - Barnhart, J.H., Proc. Amer. philos. Soc. 76: 920. 1930 (dates Flore d'Oware). - Beer, G. de, The sciences were never at war 179, 186. 1960. - Camus, A. *in* J.F. Leroy, ed., Les botanistes français en Amérique du Nord avant 1880, Paris 1967, p. 109-111. - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 438. 1880 (coll. in herb. Delessert). - Crum, H., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 79: 407-409. 1952 (on *Prodrome*). - Cuvier, G., Mém. Inst. de France 4: cccviii-cccxlvi. 1824 (obit., b. 28 Oct 1755, d. 21 Jan 1820; date of birth probably not correct). - Darlington, W., Reliq. baldw. 160. 1843. - Depping, G.B., *in* Michaud, biogr. univ. 32: 412-417. 1822, ed. 2: 32: 14-17. ca. 1865. - Exell, A.W., Cat. vasc. pl. S. Tome 7. 1944. - Ewan, J., *in* J.F. Leroy, ed., Les botanistes français en Amérique du Nord avant 1850, Paris 1947, p. 23, 37. - Ewan J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 38, 90. 1969. - Fisquet, H., *in* Didot, Nouv. biogr. gén. 39: 86-88. 1862. - Gilbert, P., Comp. biogr. lit. deceased entom. 286. 1977. - Hochreutiner, B.E.G., Ann. Cons. Jard. bot. Genève 2: 79-101. 1898 (Reliquiae palisotianae). - Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 376, 404, 469, 471. 1864. - Jussieu, A.L. de, Décade philos. 10 nivôse, an xii, p. 1-8. 1804, reprinted in *Fl. Oware* 1: viii-xi. 1805. - Kuntze, O., Rev. gen. pl. 3(2): 154. 1898. - Lacepède et al., P.V. Séanc. Acad.-Sci., Paris 1: 532-534. 1910. - Lacroix, A., Figures de savants 4: 278-296. (n.v.). - Leclair, E., Arch. du Nord ser. 2: 278-296. (n.v.). - Leroy, J.F. et al., Les botanistes français en Amérique du Nord avant 1850, Paris 1947, p. 354 \[index, many refs.\]. 1957. - Letouzey, R. & C. Ntepe, Taxon 30: 794-499. 1981 (on *Culcasia scandens* P. Beauv.). - L.Hn., Dict. sci. méd. 72: 7-8. 1884. - Lütjeharms, W.J., Gesch. Mykol. 120, 175, 247, 259. 1936. - Mears, J.A., Proc. Amer. philos. Soc. 122: 170. 1978 (no P. Beauv. specimens located in Muhlenberg herb. at PH). - Medikus, F.K., Lettre à Méthérie 1790, 16 p. (see TL-2/5775, dispute on origin of fungi). - Merrill, E.D., Proc. Amer. philos. Soc. 76: 899-914. 1936 (bibl., collections), Chron. bot. 10: 280-286. 1946. - Milner, J.D., Cat. portr. Kew 89. 1906. - Niles, C.D., Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 24: 135-214. 1925 (see also Jennings, O.E., Bryologist 29: 76-77. 1926) (bibl. study *Agrost*.; intr. by A. Chase). - Nissen, C., Zool. Buchill. 307. 1969. - O., Dict. Sci. méd., Biogr. méd. 6: 350-352. 1824. - Papavero, N., Essays hist. neotrop. dipterol. 1: 19-20, 190. 1971. - Percheron, A., Bibl. entom. 1: 305. 1837. - Poiret, J.L.M., *in* Lamarck, Encycl. méth. 8: 744-746. 1808. - Pritzel, G.A., Linnaea 19: 459. 1843. - Rose, H.J., New gen. biogr. dict. 10: 451-452. 1850. - Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 515. 1977 (bryoph. coll.). - Schuster, R.M., Hep. Anthoc. N. Amer. 1: 85. 1966 (*Carpolepidium* to replace *Plagiochila*). - Silvestre, Mém. Agr. Soc. r. centr. Agr. 51: 58-84. 1820 (obit.). - Stafleu, F.A., *in* CL. Héritier, Sertum angl. fasc. ed. 1963, p. xxxi; *in* Jussieu, A.L., Gen. pl. facsimile ed. 1964, p. xlii (on Jussieu's ref. to Palisot's *Dissert. mss.*); *in* Labillardière, J.J.H. de, Nov. Holl. pl. spec., facs. ed. xxxvi. 1966; Naturaliste canad. 98: 553-560. 1971 (*herb. Agrost.*). - Steenis-Kruseman, M.L. van, Fl. males. Bull. 19: 1143-1144. 1964. - Steere, W.C., Bot. Rev. 43: 293, 340. 1977 (contr. to N. Amer. muscology). - Steinberg, C.H., Webbia 32: 33. 1977 (material from Oware also in FI). - Stieber, M.T., Huntia 3(2): 124. 1979 (Chase manuscript notes on P.), 4(1): 84. 1981. - Taton, R., ed., Science 19-th cent. 386. 1965. - Thiébaut-de Berneaud, A., Éloge historique de A.M.F.J. Palisot de Beauvois, Paris 1821, 81 p. (biogr., portr., b. 27 Jul 1752) (see also Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 26-27. 1822). - Urban, I., Symb. ant. 3: 96-98. 1902. - Vallot, J., Bull. Soc. bot. France 29: 185. 1882. - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 109. 1905 (on portr.). #### Name The *Dictionnaire de biographie française* uses the orthography *Pallisat de Beauvois*. We follow the usual orthography, also used by Palisot de Beauvois on the title pages of his own publications. #### Composite works Contributed many articles to the *Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles*, vols. 1-6, 1804-1817 and the Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, 36 vols., 1816-1819. #### Handwriting Webbia 32: 34. 1977, Candollea 32: 201-202. 1977. #### Eponymy *Belvisia* Desvaux (1814); *Palisota* H.G.L. Reichenbach ex Endlicher (1836, *nom. cons.*). ### Publications ##### n.7210. A scientific and descriptive catalogue of Peale's Museum **Title** *A scientific and descriptive catalogue of Peale's Museum*, by C.W Peale,... and A.H.F.J. Beauvois,... Philadelphia (printed by Samuel H. Smith,...) 1797. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. Peale's Mus.* **Notes** *Senior author*: Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827). *Publ*.: 1797, p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-44. *Copy*: PH. – For Peale's Museum see e.g. ME 2: 57-58. – Mainly dealing with Quadrupeds. ##### n.7211. Napoléone impériale **Title** *Napoléone impériale*. Napoleonaea imperialis. Premier genre d'un nouvel ordre des plantes. Les Napoléonées. \[Paris (De l'imprimerie de Fournier fils) 1804\]. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Napoléone*. **Notes** *Publ*.: between 8 Oct and 24 Dec 1804, 1 p., *1 pl*. – Copies in Bibliothèque nationale (Paris, Département des Estampes) and at the Bibliothèque centrale du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle (Paris; no. 63.736). For an exhaustive study see Heine (1967). *Ref*.: Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J., Décade philosophique 44: 198-205. 1805 (full version of paper delivered at Acad.). - Anon., Allg. teut. Gart.-Mag. 2: 223-225. 1805 (German translation). - Fischer, F.E., Mém. Soc. Natur. Moscou 1: 92-93. 1806, ed. 2: 65-66. 1811. - Heine, H., Adansonia ser. 2. 7(2): 115-140. 1967. ##### n.7212. Flore d'Oware **Title** *Flore d'Oware* et de Bénin, en Afrique, par A.M.F.J. Palisot-Beauvois,... à Paris (De l'imprimerie de Fain \[vol. 1 only: jeune\] et Compagnie) 1804-1807 \[1803-1820\]. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Oware*. **Notes** *Publ*.: The folio edition, with the above title, was published in 20 parts between Jan 1805 and Oct 1820. However, the first part was published twice: once in quarto (2 Oct 1803) and once in folio. The quarto edition was not continued. *Quarto ed*.: 2 Oct 1803, p. \[i\*-v\*\], \[i\]-v, \[1\]-10, *pl. 1-6. Copies*: Bibliothèque nationale, Paris; Bibl. centr. Muséum d'hist. nat. (P). See Heine (1967) for full details. The text corresponds with p. 1-8 of the folio edition; Heine discusses nomenclatural consequences of his discovery of this forerunner of the *Flore*. – Title-page: "Flore d'Oware et de Bénin, première livraison, composée de six planches, savoir:..." à Paris (chez Bleuet, libraire, place de l'École, no. 45) Vendémiaire an xii." *Folio ed*.: 2 vols., title and imprint as in heading. – *Copies*: B, BR, G, MICH, MO, NY, Teyler, US, USDA; IDC 5277. For details on dates see TL-1/940. Some copies (e.g. B) have only *pl. 1-30* col., the rest uncol. *1*: \[*iii*\]-*xii*, \[*1*\]-*100*, *pl. 1-60* (colour-printed stipple-engr. finished by hand; artists: B. Mirbel (*1-18*), Sophie de Luigné, Jean Gabriel Prêtre). *2*: \[1\]-95, *pl. 61-120* (id.; by J.G. Prêtre). *Facsimile ed*.: announced, but not yet published by J. Cramer (1974). |vol. |part |pages |plates |dates| |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1 |\[i\*-v\*\], \[i\]-v, 1-80 |1-6 |2 Oct 1803 quarto| | | |\[iii\]-xii, \[1\]-8 | |late Jan 1805 folio| | |2 |9-16 |7-12 |late Jan 1805| | |3 |17-32 |13-18 |20 Mai 1805| | |4 |33-40 |19-24 |Jun 1805| | |5 |41-48 |25-30 |late Oct 1805| | |6 |49-60 |31-36 |Mai 1806| | |7 |61-72 |37-42 |late Sep 1806| | |8 |73-80 |43-48 |late Oct 1806| | |9 |81-88 |49-54 |10 Nov 1806| | |10 |89-100 |55-60 |23 Feb 1807| |2 |11 |\[1\]-12 |61-66 |18 Apr 1808| | |12 |13-24 |67-72 |6 Aug 1810| | |13 |25-32 |73-78 |1810 or 1811, before 26 Aug| | |14 |33-44 |79-84 |26 Aug 1816| | |15 |45-52 |85-90 |26 Aug 1816| | |16 |53- |91-96 |21 Feb 1818| | |17 |-72 |97-102 |20 Apr 1818| | |18 |73- |103-108 |24 Mai 1819| | |19 |-84 |109-114 |19 Jul 1819| | |20 |85-95 |115-120 |16 Oct 1820| The genus described as *Napoleona* (vol. 2, p. 29, *t. 78*) was previously published in a separate publication by Palisot de Beauvois (between 6 Oct and 24 Dec 1804) as *Napoleonaea*. The first five parts (*pl. 1-30*) seem to have been published with coloured plates only; the publisher's announcements mentioned issues with col. and uncol. plates. The folio edition was printed in 200 copies on vellum paper. – Palisot de Beauvois' original herbarium at Geneva contains the types of the *Flore d'Oware et de Bénin*. – Ten unpublished plates illustrating algae at P (Ms 202). *Ref*.: Anon. \[announcement of publication with many details in\] Journal typographique \[for\] 25 pluviose 13 (14 Feb 1805). - Barnhart, J.H., \[in Merrill, E.D.\], Proc. Amer. philos. Soc. 76: 914-920. 1936. - Heine, H., Adansonia ser. 2. 7: 115-140. 1967. - Jussieu, A.L. de, Décade philosophique 43(10): 1-8. 1804 \[review of quarto edition of part 1\]. - Marshall, H.S., Kew Bull. 6: 43-49. 1951. - Merrill, E.D., Proc. Amer. philos. Soc. 76: 914-920. 1936. - Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J., Napoléone impériale. Napoleonaea imperialis. Paris \[1804\]; full text: Décade philosophique 44: 198-205. 1805. - Steenis-Kruseman, M.J. van, Fl. males. Bull. 19: 1143-1144. 1964 (dates presentation parts to Académie Sci.). - Steenis-Kruseman, M. J. van and W.T. Stearn, Flora malesiana ser. I. 4(5): ccv. 1954. ##### n.7213. Prodrome des cinquième et sixième familles de l'Aethéogamie **Title** *Prodrome des cinquième et sixième familles de l'Aethéogamie*. Les mousses. Les lycopodes. Par A.M.F.J. Palisot-Beauvois,... Paris (de l'imprimerie de Fournier fils) 1805. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Prodr. aethéogam.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 10 Jan 1805 (SY p. 19, 25), p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-ii, \[1\]-114. *Copies*: BR, FH(3), G, H, MO-Steere, PH, USDA; IDC 5003. One of the FH copies is on much heavier paper than the other copies: obviously there was a special issue on velin type paper. Part of the text was originally published in *Mag. Encycl.* 9e Année, 5(19): 289-330 \[= 1-40 reprint\], 21 Feb 1804 (sic), a further part in 5: 471-483, early Mar 1804. The completed work was presented to the Académie des Sciences on 1 Sep 1806; Sayre's dates are based on the Journal typographique and a review in Mag. Encycl. 9e Année, 5(22). Crum (1952) supplies a list of generic names and binary combinations which must be dated from 1804. *Engl. transl.*: Konig and Sims, Ann. Bot. 2: 218-251. 1806. *Note*: "Aetheogamie" stands for "Cryptogams", Palisot was of the opinion that there was nothing "cryptic" about the reproduction of these groups; it was at most "unusual" (*aethes, insolitae*). ##### n.7214. Nouvelles observations sur la fructification des mousses et des lycopodes **Title** *Nouvelles observations sur la fructification des mousses et des lycopodes*. Lues à la Classe des Sciences physiques et mathématiques, le 22 avril 1811, par M. Palisot de Beauvois,... \[Paris (Imprimerie de Mme Veuve Courcier) 1811\]. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Nouv. observ. mousses*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Aug-Sep 1811 (Acad. 9 Sep 1811), p. \[1\]-32, *1 pl*. (uncol.). *Copies*: BR, G, MO, NY(2). – Reprinted from J. Phys. 73: 89-109, *pl. I.* August 1811. ##### n.7215. Essai d'une nouvelle agrostographie **Title** *Essai d'une nouvelle agrostographie*; ou nouveaux genres des Graminées; avec figures représentant les caractères de tous les genres... Imprimerie de Fain. Paris (chez l'auteur,...) 1812. Oct. and Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Ess. Agrostogr.* **Notes** *Octavo issue*: Dec 1812 (see Stafleu 1971), p. \[i\*-xii\*\], \[i\]-lxxiv, chart, \[1\]-182, \[183-184, err.\]. *Copies*: BR, MICH, NY, PH, U, US, USDA; IDC 7. – 500 copies issued. *Quarto issue*: Dec 1812, pagination as above. *Copies*: FI, K (inf. C.E. Hubbard), MO. – 100 copies issued. *Atlas*: Dec 1812, p. \[1\]-16, *pl. 1-25* (uncol. copp.). *Copies*: BR, PH, US, USDA; IDC 7. – The plates are by Jean Gabriel Prêtre, engraved by Canu. *Errata*: some copies of the octavo edition have two extra items of errata, referring to p. 176 and 179. In addition some copies (e.g. at K and MO) carry a *supplément à l'errata* which must be of later date (see Niles p. 207; text reprinted in Stafleu (1971)). *Notes*: part of the manuscript is at P (MS 241); Palisot's own copy, with notes, is at USDA. For a contemporary review see Desvaux, J. Bot. Agr. \[Desvaux\] 1: 63-77. 1813. – The facsimile edition "Zug 1967" mentioned in TL-1, was never published. The introduction was published by Stafleu (1971), who lists the herbaria used by Palisot for the *Essai*. – For a continuation of the *Agrostographie* see Lestiboudois, *Essai Cypér*., TL-2/4430, in part based on a Beauvois manuscript. ##### n.7216. Lettre de M. Palisot **Title** *Lettre de M. Palisot*, Bon de Beauvois, à M. Delamétherie. Paris \[Imprimerie de Mme Ve Courrier)\] 1814. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul-31 Dec 1814 (letter dated 15 Jul 1814; journal issue for Jul 1814), p. \[1\]-11. *Copies*: FH, H, PH. – Reprinted from J. Phys. 76: 5-15. Jul 1814. To be cited from journal. – Preliminary publication on the subject treated in 1822 in his *Muscologie* (see below). ##### n.7217. Mémoire sur les Lemna **Title** *Mémoire sur les Lemna*, ou lentilles d'eau, sur leur fructification et sur la germination de leurs graines... \[Paris (Veuve Courcier impr.) 1816\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: Feb 1816 (in journal), p. \[1\]-15, *pl. 1* (uncol. copp. by Jean Gabriel Prêtre). *Copies*: FI, G. – Reprinted from J. Phys. 82: 101-115, *pl. I.* Feb 1816. To be cited from journal. ##### n.7218. Muscologie ou traité sur les mousses **Title** *Muscologie ou traité sur les mousses*,... Paris (de l'imprimerie d'Hautel) 1822 \[1823\], text Oct., plates Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Muscol.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 7-31 Dec 1822 or 1823 (MD), p. \[1\]-88, *pl. 1-11* (with text, uncol. copp., Jean Gabriel Prêtre). *Copies*: FI, H, MO-Steere, NY.; IDC 5064. – A separate with independent pagination reprinted from the Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Paris 1: 388-472, *pl. 1-11.* 1822 \[or 1823\]. The separate and the original publication in the Mémoires must be assumed to have been issued at the same time, probably even as late as Dec 1823 \[fide W.D. Margadant\].