> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 258](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189729) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7689-1) LSID 7689-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2593213) QID Q2593213 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Pierre, Jean Baptiste Louis (1833-1905), French botanist, born on Réunion; studied in Paris 1851, in 1855 at Strasbourg; from 1861-1865 at the Calcutta botanical garden; from 1865-1877 director at the Saigon botanical garden, exploring Cambodja, Cochinchina and S. Siam; back to France 1877, living near or in Paris. **Abbreviated name**: *Pierre* \[standard form in IPNI: *Pierre*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PC|PC]]; further material from Indochina at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BO|BO]], [[Collection BPI|BPI]], [[Collection CAIH|CAIH]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection HK|HK]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection MPU|MPU]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection U|U]], [[Collection US|US]]. – Paris received many plants from Pierre during his life-time (e.g. 9000 in 1878); his private herbarium and mss. notes were officially acquired in 1906. – Letters at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 444; Barnhart 3: 85; BJI 1: 45; BM 4: 1575; Bossert p. 310 (b. 23 Oct 1833, d. 30 Oct 1905); CSP 17: 886-887; Frank 3(Anh.): 77; GF p. 70; Hortus 3: 1201 (Pierre); IH 1 (ed. 6): 362, (ed. 7): 339, 2: (in press); Jackson p. 510; Kew 4: 307; Langman p. 583; Morren ed. 2, p. 39, ed. 10, p. 61, 146; MW p. 386; NI 1527, see also 1: 150; Rehder 5: 672-673; SK 8: lxxv; TL-1/978; Tucker 1: 557; Urban-Berl. p. 383; Zander ed. 10, p. 701, ed. 11, p. 800. #### Biofile - Anon., Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 23: (90). 1905 (d.); Bot. Centralbl. 1-2: 415. 1880 (gold medal); Bot. Not. 1906: 45 (d. 30 Oct 1905); Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1906: 121-122 (obit., cites autobiogr. notes; "incomplete studies"; left for India 1861 from Réunion); Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 42(2): 212. 1905 (d.); Bull. Soc. bot. France 52: 489. 1905 (d.); Nat. Nov. 28: 83. 1906 (d.). - Chevalier, A., J.-B.-Louis Pierre 1833-1905. Paris 1906, 15 p. (portr., bibl.), reprinted from L'agriculture pratique des pays chauds. - Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 27(3): 265. 1938 (dir. bot. gard. Saigon). - Gagnepain, F., Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris sér. 4. 8: xix-xxxi. 1906 (portr., bibl.); Bull. Soc. bot. France 53: 54-59. *pl. I.* 1906 (biogr., bibl., b. 23 Oct 1883, d. 30 Oct 1905, portr.); *in* Lecomte, H., Fl. gén. Indochine, tome prél. 45-46. 1944. - Hedge, I.C. & J.M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 119. 1970. - Jackson, B.D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 52 (pl. K). - Leandri, J., Adansonia 3: 207-220. 1963 (biogr., portr., b. 23 Oct 1833, d. 30 Oct 1905). - Merrill, E.D., Enum. Philipp. pl. 4: 216. 1926. - Moldenke, H.N., Plant Life 2: 76. 1946 (1948) (eponomy). - Steenis-Kruseman, M. J. van, Blumea 25: 43. 1979 (coll.). #### Composite works *Sapotaceae*, with I. Urban, *in Symb. antill.* 5(1): 95-176. 20 Mai 1904. #### Eponymy *Pierranthus* Bonati (1912); *Pierrea* Hance (1877, *nom. rej.*); *Pierrea* F. Hance (1891, *nom. cons.*); *Pierreodendron* Engler (1907); *Pierreodendron* A. Chevalier (1917); *Pierrina* Engler (1909). ### Publications ##### n.7923. Flore forestière de la Cochinchine **Title** *Flore forestière de la Cochinchine*... Paris (Octave Doin, éditeur...) \[1880-1907\], 4 volumes in 26 parts. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. forest. Cochinch.* **Notes** *1*: \[i\], *pl. 1-100* (uncol. liths. by L. Pierre and E. Delpy), with text; *2*: *pl. 101-200*; *3*: *pl. 201-300*; *4*: *pl. 301-400.* – Copies may be bound in different ways; the book came in fascicles and we have seen no volume titles. *Publ*.: in 26 parts, the dates of publication of parts 4-25 are given in the work itself (vol. 1, vol. 5). The announcements in *Nat. nov., J. Bot., Bot. Zeit., Bot. Jahrb.* and *Bot. Centralbl.* confirm these dates. The 400 lithographs are of drawings by E. Delpy. |fasc. |*plates* |dates | |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1-16 |\[Nov. 1880\] |2 |17-32 |\[Feb 1881\] |3 |33-48 |\[Jul 1881\] |4 |49-64 |15 Mai 1882 |5 |65-83 |15 Feb 1883 |6 |84-96 |1 Nov 1883 |7 |97-112 |1 Jul 1885 |8 |113-128 |25 Jan 1887 |9 |129-144 |1 Jan 1888 |10 |145-160 |1 Feb 1888 |11 |161-176 |1 Mai 1888 |12 |177-194 |1 Dec 1888 |13 |195-208 |1 Feb 1889 |14 |209-224 |1 Aug 1889| |15 |225-240 |1 Mar 1890| |16 |241-256 |1 Oct 1891| |17 |257-272 |1 Jun 1892| |18 |273-288 |1 Dec 1893| |19 |289-304 |1 Jul 1894| |20 |305-320 |1 Jul 1895| |21 |321-336 |1 Jul 1897| |22 |337-352 |1 Jul 1897| |23 |353-368 |1 Jul 1897| |24 |369-384 |1 Sep 1898| |25 |385-400 |15 Apr 1899| |26 |Preface, indexes |15 Mar 1907| *Copies*: BR, G, HH, L, MICH, MO, NY; IDC 5638. A few copies were printed on "papier de Chine" and sold at 40 fr./fasc. (regular price 25 fr./fasc) (see BF 1892, no. 2202). The copies at G and NY have a typewritten list on which it is stated that fasc. I was published on 15 Apr 1879, 2 on 15 Feb 1880, and 3 on 1 Mar 1881. A facsimile reprint was announced, but not published, by Asher (1974). *Ref*.: De Bary, A., Bot. Zeit. 42: 573-574. 1884 (fasc. 1-6). ##### n.7923a. Notes botaniques **Title** *Notes botaniques*. Sapotacées... Paris (Librairie des sciences Paul Klincksieck,...) \[1890-1891\], 2 fasc. Oct. †. **Abbreviated title**: *Not. bot.* **Notes** *1*: 30 Dec 1890, p. \[1\]-36. *2*: 5 Jan 1891, p. \[37\]-68, text ends abruptly; not continued. *Copies*: BR, G, L, MO, NY, U, US. – Proofs of p.69-83 are at P. Pierre left an album with 147 unpublished plates of Sapotaceae drawn by E. Delpy, now at P. The planned monograph of this family never appeared. See also his *Genres nouveaux de Sapotacées*, Bull. Soc. bot. France 38: 50-51. 1891 (nomina nuda).