> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 272](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189743) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/24886-1) LSID 24886-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6686606) QID Q6686606 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Piré, Louis Alexandre Henri Joseph (1827-1887), Belgian botanist; high school teacher at the Bruxelles Athenaeum 1854-1883; in retirement at Spa (1884-1887). **Abbreviated name**: *Piré* \[standard form in IPNI: *Piré*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BR|BR]]; other material at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection PC|PC]]. *Exsiccatae*: *Les mousses de la Belgique*, fasc. 1-2, 1870-1871, sets at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LG|LG]]. Sayre found no evidence of the existence of fasc. 2 (see Delogne, Fl. crypt. Belg. 1: 308. 1883). – Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 7: 401. 1868 mentions the receipt of a *Bryotheca belgica*. – *Letters at [[Collection G|G]]*. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 659; Barnhart 3: 89; BL 2: 36, 703; BM 4: 1578; Bossert p. 311 (b. 4 Mar 1827, d. 6 Jul 1887); CSP 4: 918, 8: 628, 11: 25, 12: 578, 17: 905; Herder p. 433; Jackson p. 193, 272; Kew 4: 314; Morren ed. 10, p. 44; PR 7154; Rehder 5: 674; SBC p. 129; SO 2746b; TL-2/6541; Tucker 1: 558; Urban-Berl. p. 310. #### Biofile - Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 34 (bibl.): 143. 1887 (d. 16 Jul 1887); Nat. Nov. 9: 216. 1887; Rev. bryol. 14: 80, 95. 1887. - Crépin, F., Ann. Bot. 1: 410-411, 1887 (bibl.); Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 29: 7-16. 1890 (biogr., bibl.); Guide bot. Belg. 475-476. 1878; Biogr. natl. Belgique 17: 556-558. 1903 (b. 3 Mar 1827, d. 16 Jul 1887). - Evens, F.M. J.C., Gesch. algol. België 186. 1944. - Jackson, B.D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 53 (exs.). - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(2): 238. 1971 (exs.); Bryologist 80: 515. 1977. - Seyn, E. de, Dict. biogr. sci. lettr. arts Belgique 2: 823. 1936. #### Composite works Bulletin de la Société Royale Linnéenne de Bruxelles 1872-1887. #### Eponymy *Pirea* J. Cardot (1894); *Pireella* J. Cardot (1913). *Note*: The source of *Pirea* T. Durand (1888) was not given. ### Publications ##### n.7956. Flore analytique du centre de la Belgique **Title** *Flore analytique du centre de la Belgique*... Bruxelles (Comptoir universel d'imprimerie et de librairie, Victor Devaux et Cie.,...) 1866. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. centr. Belgique*. **Notes** *Co-author*: \[Pierre\] Félix Muller (1818-1896). *Publ*.: Jul-Dec 1866, (p. viii: 11 Jun 1866), p. \[i\]-x, \[1-2, err.\], \[1\]-299, \[300\]. *Copies*: BR, G, NY. – Also treated as TL-2/6541. ##### n.7957. Les sphaignes de la flore de Belgique **Title** *Les sphaignes de la flore de Belgique*... Bruxelles (Gustave Mayolez,...) 1868. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan-Jun 1868 (séance 1 Dec 1867; BSbF 7(1) publ. Aug 1868), p. \[1\]-21, *1 pl. Copy*: H (inf. P. Isoviita). Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Soc. Belg. 6(3): 323-339. 1868. ##### n.7958. Recherches bryologiques **Title** *Recherches bryologiques*. \[1, 2:\] Revue de quelques genres de mousses pleurocarpes... Gand \[Gent\] (Imprimerie C. Annoot-Braeckman,...) 1868-1871, 5 fasc. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: a series of five papers published in the Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. (BSBB) 1868-1871, to be cited from journal. *1*: Aug 1868 (Cogniaux rd. his copy on 29 Nov 1868; BR), p. \[1\]-18, BSBB 7(1): 70-83. 1868. *2*: Nov 1868 (Cogniaux id. 29 Nov 1868), p. \[1\]-27, BSBB 7(1): 181-203. 1868. *3*(*1*): Aug 1869, p. \[1\]-31, BSBB 8: 109-135. 1869. – Subtitle: *Revue des mousses acrocarpes de la flore belge*. *3*(*2*): 15 Mar 1870, p. \[33\]-76, BSBB 8: 406-449. 1870. – Subtitle: as 3(1). *4*: Nov 1871, p. \[1\]-25, *pl. 1-2* (col. liths. A. Piré), BSBB 10: 86-106. 1871. – *Nouvelles recherches bryologiques*. *Copies*: BR, G, H(1, 2). *Ref*.: Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 18 (Bibl.): 164. Nov 1871. - Geheeb, A., Hedwigia 11: 76-77. Mai 1872, Flora 55: 253-254. 1 Jun 1872; Bot. Zeit. 30: 333-335. 10 Mai 1872 (fasc. 4.). ##### n.7959. Tableau des familles végétales **Title** *Tableau des familles végétales* avec l'énumération des plantes les plus utiles... première partie. Monopétales calyciflores... Bruxelles (Imprimerie Félix Callewaert Père ...) 1876. Oct. †. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1876 (t.p. reprint), p. \[i\], \[1\]-60. *Copy*: G. – Originally published and to be cited from Bull. Soc. roy. linn. Bruxelles; 4(3/4): 46-75, (8): 179-189, (10): 203-221, 247-252. 1875 (all fascicle covers dated 1875). ##### n.7960. Analyse des familles et des genres de la flore Bruxelloise **Title** *Analyse des familles et des genres de la flore Bruxelloise*... Bruxelles (Imprimerie Félix Callewaert père,...) 1879. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Anal. fl. Bruxell.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1879 (t.p. reprint; Bot. Zeit. 13 Aug 1880; Nat. Nov. Jun(2) 1880), p. \[1\]-39, *1 pl. Copy*: BR. – Reprinted or preprinted from Bull. Soc. Linn. Bruxelles 8: 27-65. 1879. *Ed. 2*: Apr-Jun 1883 (p. 6: 1 Mar 1883; Bot. Zeit. 31 Aug 1883; Bot. Centralbl. 23-27 Jul 1883; Nat. Nov. Jul(1) 1883), p. \[1\]-62, \[63\]. *Copy*: BR. – 2e édition. Bruxelles (Office de publicité A.-N. Lebègue & Cie,...) s.d. ##### n.7961. Les muscinées des environs de Spa **Title** *Les muscinées des environs de Spa*... \[Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 24(1) 1885\]. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Jules Cardot (1860-1934), Piré's son-in-law. *Publ*.: Dec 1885, p. \[1\]-29, \[30\]. *Copies*: BR, G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 24(1): 326-350. 1885 (p. 350 dated 13 Dec 1885). ##### n.7962. Les végétaux inférieurs **Title** *Les végétaux inférieurs*... Bruxelles (Librairie classique de A.-N. Lebègue et Cie,...) \[1882\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Vég. inf.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun-Nov 1882 (p. viii: i Mai 1882; Nat. Nov. Dec(1) 1882), p. \[1\]-viii, \[9\]-114. *Copy*: BR. – "Collection nationale". ##### n.7963. Spicilège de la flore bryologique des environs de Montreux-Clarens **Title** *Spicilège de la flore bryologique des environs de Montreux-Clarens*... Bruxelles (Jardin botanique de l'État) 1882. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1882, p. \[1\]-14. *Copies*: BR, G. – Reprinted from Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 21(2): \[1\]-14. 1882.