> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 357](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189828) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/25021-1) LSID 25021-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21339810) QID Q21339810 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Potier de la Varde, Robert André Léopold (1878-1961), French bryologist and soldier; educated at École militaire de Saint-Cyr; in army until 1918; from then on managing his property Lez Eaux (Dept. de la Manche) and dedicating himself to agriculture, social work and bryology. **Abbreviated name**: *P. de la Varde* \[standard form in IPNI: *P.de la Varde*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection PC|PC]]; duplicates e.g. at [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection MPU|MPU]]. – Letters at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 103; BL 2: 178, 704; IH 1 (ed. 1): 74, (ed. 7): 340; 2: 362; LS suppl. 22140; MW p. 392, suppl. p. 286; Roon p. 89; SBC p. 129; TL-2/see G. Foreau. #### Biofile - Allorge, V., Rev. bryol. lichenol. 30: 141-144. 1961 (portr., b. 4 Mar 1878, d. 19 Mar 1961); Bull. Soc. bot. France 109: 38-41. 1962 (obit., portr., b. 4 Mar 1878, d. 19 Mar 1961; P's herbarium and the major part of his library were left to PC). - Anon., Rev. bryol. 32: 297. 1963. - Bullock, A.A., Bibl. S. Afr. bot. 91. 1978. - Demaret, F., Rev. bryol. lichénol. 30: 145-153. 1961 (bibl.). - Merrill, E.D., B.P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 144: 152. 1937; Contr. US natl. Herb. 30: 244. 1947. - Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 515. 1977. - Verdoorn, F., ed., et al., Chron. bot. 2: 131. 1936, 4: 445. 1938. ### Publications ##### n.8204. Contribution à la flore bryologique de l'Annam **Title** *Contribution à la flore bryologique de l'Annam* \[Extrait de la Revue générale de botanique\] 1917. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1917, p. \[1\]-16, *pl. 22-25. Copies*: G, H. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rev. gén. Bot. 29: 289-304, *pl. 22-25.* 1917. Inf. P. Isoviita. ##### n.8205. Sur trois mousses inédites de la Chine orientale **Title** *Sur trois mousses inédites de la Chine orientale* \[Extrait de la Revue générale de Botanique...\] 1918. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1918, p. \[1\]-9. *Copy*: H. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rev. gén. Bot. 30: 346-354. 1918. Inf. P. Isoviita. ##### n.8206. Rhachitheciopsis **Title** *Rhachitheciopsis* P. de la V., genre nouveau d'Orthotrichacées de l'Afrique tropicale \[Bull. Soc. Bot. France 1926\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 3 Mai 1926, p. \[1-3\], *1 pl. Copy*: FI. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Soc. bot. France 73: 74-76. 3 Mai 1926. ##### n.8207. Mousses de l'Oubangui **Title** *Mousses de l'Oubangui*... Extrait des Archives de Botanique... 1928. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Mouss. Oubangui*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 10 Sep 1928, p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-152, *pl. 1-4. Copies*: B, H, MO(2). – Pages 23-32 appeared separately on 19 Mai 1928. Preprinted from Arch, de Bot. 1, mém. 3, 1927 (publ. 1928). ##### n.8208. Mousses du Gabon **Title** *Mousses du Gabon*... Saint-Lo (Imprimerie R. Jacqeline...) 1936. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Mouss. Gabon*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1936, p. \[i\], \[1\]-270, \[1, err.\]. *Copies*: B, BR, MO, NY. – Issued as Mém. Soc. Sci. nat. Cherbourg, 1936. ##### n.8209. Le genre Fissidens dans la Manche **Title** *Le genre Fissidens dans la Manche*... Saint-Lo (Imprimerie René Jacqueline) 1938. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fissidens Manche*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1938, p. \[1\]-30. *Copy*: W.R. Buck (NY).