> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 301](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189772) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7765-1) LSID 7765-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q468460) QID Q468460 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Plumier, Charles (1646-1704), French missionary, explorer and botanist; travelled in the West Indies 1689, 1693 and 1695. **Abbreviated name**: *Plum.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Plum.*\] #### Herbarium P (local, of little importance). The types of Plumier's American plants are his original drawings. Further elucidation is provided, in part, by Sudan's herbarium (see sub Surian); in several cases the Surian plants may be the actual types of Plumier species. #### Manuscripts and drawings The Plumier manuscripts and drawings often referred to by Adanson and Jussieu are the ca. 6000 original drawings made by Plumier which are now kept at the Muséum d'Histoire naturelle. This Plumier collection of drawings was originally at the Bibliothèque nationale which incorporates the holdings of the old Cabinet des Estampes du Roi. Since 22 Oct 1834 they have been at the *Bibliothèque centrale* of the Paris Muséum and constitute ms. 1-37, 1335. – The Groningen (University library) set of 508 copies was made by Claude Aubriet for Boerhaave in 1733, and used by Burman for the preparation of the *Plantarum americanarum fasciculus* (1-10) (262 plates published). The set was seen by Linnaeus during his stay in Holland. – Another set of copies (312) was acquired by Lord Bute and is now at BM (through Banks, Banksian ms. 1-5). An uncoloured set of copies of Plumier's drawings together with transcripts of descriptions is at K; a further set is at OXF. Clokie (1964) states that Vaillant "employed a draughtsman to copy Plumier's drawings after his death, and sold them to his friends". The correspondence between Vaillant and Sherard at OXF reveals that Sherard also bought such copies. #### Bibliography and biography AG 1: 100; Backer p. 452-453; Barnhart 3: 93; Blunt p. 128, 263; BM 4: 1587; Bossert p. 313 (b. 20 Apr 1646, d. 20 Nov 1704); Clokie p. 225-226; Dryander 3: 34, 186, 220; DSB 11: 47-48 (by P. Jovet and J.C. Mallet); Frank 3(Anh.): 77-78; GF p. 70; GR p. 345; Hegi 6(2): 1098; Herder p. 225, 271; HU 407, 554, see also 2(1): clxx; IH 1(ed. 6): 363, 2: (in press); Jackson p. 354, 359; Kew 4: 325; Langman p. 587; Lasègue p. 21, 37, 313, 315, 487, 505; LS 21001; Moebius p. 129; NI 1544-1548, see also 1: 100, 185, 3: 55; Plesch p. 365; PR 7213-7217 (ed. 1: 8087-8091); Rehder 5: 679; SO 635g; Sotheby 607, 608; TL-1/983, see J.D. Surian; TL-2/see Burman J.; Tucker 1: 561. #### Biofile - Andreas, C.H., In en om een botanische tuin. Hortus groningianus 1626-1966, p. 67. 1976 (copies Plumier drawings at GRO). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 429 \[index\]. 1980 (mss.). - Candolle, A. de, Phytographie 440. 1880 (drawings P.). - Coats, A.M., The plant hunters 331, 332, 359. 1969. - Crowley, W.R., Jr., Morton Arbor. Quart. 12(2): 25. 1976 (epon.). - Ewan, J., Regn. veg. 71: 21, 22, 32, 50. 1970 (links with American botany). - Fournier, P., Voy. déc. Sci. mission. natural. franç. 1: 53-59, 62, 63, 94. 1932 (West Indian work, portr., bibl., list of manuscripts at P). - Fries, Th.M., Bref Skrifv. Linné 1(2): 74, 200. 1908; 1(5): 74, 207. 1911, 1(6): 135. 1912, 1(8): 99. 1922. - Garidel, Hist. pl. Aix xxxii-xxxiv. 1715 (early inf. on life and publ.). - Gillis, W.T. & W.T. Stearn, Taxon 23: 185-191. 1974 (citation letters Burman to L. on *Pl. amer.*). - Guillaumin, A., Les fleurs des Jardins xxxv, *pl. 11.* 1929 (portr.). - Haegeman, J., Tuberous Begonias 7-17, 208, 209 (on Plumier's Begonias with ills of original drawings and manuscripts, b. 20 Apr 1646, d. 20 Nov 1704, portr.). - Hulth, J.M. & A.H. Uggia, Bref Skrifv. Linné 2(1): 5, 323, 324. 1916, 2(2): 36-145. 1943. J.D., *in* Swainson, Taxidermy 293-295. 1840. - Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 270, 281. 1864. - Keefe, R., Biologist 48(3-4): 49-50. 1966. - Lacroix, A., Figures de savants 3: 15, 53, 4: 104, 159, 163, 223. 1938. - Mägdefrau, K., Gesch. Bot. 48. 1973. - Magnin, A., Bull. Soc. bot. Lyon 31: 24. 1906, 32: 107. 1907 (P. at Lyon). - Marquis, Dict. Sci. méd., Biogr. méd. 6: 455-456. 1824 (bibl.). - Maurer, M., Begonian 45: 228-231. 1978 (portr.). - Michaud, Biogr. univ. éd. 2. 33: 536-539. - Nicolas, J.P., *in* G.H.M. Lawrence, ed., Adanson 1: 83-84, Stafleu, F.A., ib. p. 165-175, Margadant, W.D., ib. p. 364. 1963. - Percheron, A., Bibl. entom. 319-320. 1837. - Planchon, J.E. & J. Triana, Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4. 13: 335-336. 1860 (on L's use of Plumier drawings; Plumier's *Clusia*). - Poiret, J.L.M., Encycl. méth., Bot. 8: 748-749. 1808. - Polhill, R.M. & Stearn, W.T., Taxon 25: 323-325. 1976 (Linnaeus' notes on Plumier drawings). - Questel, A., Fl. Guadeloupe 56. 1951. - Schumann, K., Monatschr. Kakt. 14: 77-79, 94-96. 1904 (on P's cacti; brief general info.). - Stafleu, F.A. et al., *in* L'Héritier, Sert. angl. facs. ed. 1963, p. lxxxvi, xcvi, 28. - Stafleu, F.A. *in* N.J. Jacquin, Obs. pl. amer. 1763, facsimile ed. 1971, p. F22-23. - Stahl, A., Est. Fl. Puerto Rico ed. 2. 1: 35-38, 49. 1936. - Steele, A.R., Flowers for the King 15, 18, 59, 146, 268n. 1964. - Urban, I., Symb. ant. 1: 123-130. 1898 (annotated bibl.), 3: 101-103. 1902 (itin., biogr. refs.; Surian plants are his originals). - Wagner, R., Repert. sp. nov., Beih. 111: 46-48. 1939 (on 1713 reissue of *Descr. pl. Amér.*). - Whitmore, P. J.S., Modern Lang. Rev. 54: 400-401. 1959. (Plumier as craftsman and botanist). - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 116. 1903, 3(3): 111. 1905. - Woodward, B.B., *in* Murray, G., Hist. coll. BM(NH) 1: 28, 45. 1904 (312 orig. drawings). - Wright, J., Garden, London, 105(2): 76-77. 1979 (portr.). #### General commentary and key to Plumier's taxa Urban, I., Rep. Spec. nov. Beih. 5: 1-196. 1920 (Plumiers Leben und Schriften nebst einem Schlüssel zu seinen Blütenpflanzen). Urban based his work on his studies of 1657 of the original drawings, mentioned above, namely those in the mss *Botanicon americanum* (8 vols., 1219 pl.), *Botanographia americana* (3 vols., 248 pl.) and *Antillarum insularum natur. icones* (1 vol., 190 pl.). – See also Fournier, Voyages et découvertes des missionaires naturalistes français 1: 58-59. 1932. PR 7213-7217. #### Handwriting Haegeman, J., Tuberous Begonias 1979, p. 10-15 (figs. 2-7); reproductions from the *Botanicon americanum* (1697) at P. #### Eponymy *Plumeria* Linnaeus (1753) and the derived *Plumeriopsis* Rusby et Woodson (1937); *Plumiera* Adanson (1763); *Plumieria* Scopoli (1777); see ING 3: 1375. ### Publications ##### n.8066. Description des plantes de l'Amérique **Title** *Description des plantes de l'Amérique*. Avec leurs figures... à Paris (L'imprimerie royale) 1693. Fol. (*Descr. pl. Amér.*). *Orig. ed.*: 1693, p. \[i-viii\], \[1\]-94, \[95-103, index, coloph.\], *pl. 1-108* (uncol. copp.). *Copies*: BR, NY, U, US, USDA; IDC 938. – Plates *1-50*, dealing with ferns, occur also in the *Traité des fougères*; *pl. 51-108* occur as *165-222* in *Filic. amér.* *Re-issue* (of first edition with t.p. dated:) 1713, p. \[i-viii\], \[1\]-94, \[95-103\], *pl. 1-108. Copies*: HU, MO, W. – Substitute (or misprinted original?) t.p. only: Paris (id.). 1713. See Wagner (1939). Stevenson (HU 389) considers the "mdccxiii" as a misprint which was corrected later. See HU for further bibliographical details. NI and Wagner consider the 1713 issue a "Neudruck". *Ref*.: W. & W., Cat. 137, no. 74 (800). ##### n.8067. Nova plantarum americanarum genera **Title** *Nova plantarum americanarum genera*,... Parisiis (apud Joannem Boudot,...) 1703. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Nov. pl. amer.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1703 (p. \[iv\]: 27 Apr 1703), p. \[i-viii\], 1-52, \[1-3, index\], *Catalogus plantarum* *americanarum*: 1-21, \[22, err.\], *pl. 1-40* (uncol. copp.). *Copies*: HU, NY, US; IDC 1116. – For details see HU 407 (e.g. a3 as cancel). ##### n.8068. Traité des fougères de l'Amérique **Title** *Traité des fougères de l'Amérique*... À Paris (de l'imprimerie royale) 1705. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Traité foug. Amér.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1705, p. \[i\*, iii\*\], \[i\]-xxxvi, \[1\]-146, \[1-5, table\], \[1-4, index\], \[1, coloph.\], *pl. 1-170, A, B* (uncol. copp.). *Copies*: BR, E (Univ. Libr.), NY, U; IDC 7245. – Contains *50 pl.* from *Descr. pl. Amér.* (see above no. 8066); *164* plates occur also as *1-164* in *Filic. amer.* *Ref*.: Fée, A.L.A., Hist. foug. Antill. 1866 (Mém. foug. 11; TL-2/1757), q.v. for a review of Plumier's ferns). - Jenman, G.S., Plumier's American ferns, iv, 7 p., Georgetown, Demerara 1889 (see BM 2: 931). ##### n.8069. Plantarum americanarum fasciculus primus **Title** *Plantarum americanarum fasciculus primus* \[-*decimus*\], continens plantas, quas olim Carolus Plumierius, botanicorum princeps detexit, eruitque, atque in insulis Antillis ipse depinxit. Has primum in lucem edidit, concinnis descriptionibus, & observationibus, aeneisque tabulis illustravit Joannes Burmannus,... sumptibus auctoris, prostant Amstelaedami in Horto medico, atque apud viduam & filium S. Schouten, & Lugd. Batav. \[Leiden\] apud Gerard. Potvliet & Theodor. Haak. mdcclv \[1775\]. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. amer.* **Notes** *Editor and author of descriptions*: Johannes Burman (1707-1779). *Publ*.: in 10 parts, 1755-1760, the dates of which can be established (except that of no. 10) from the correspondence between Burman and Linnaeus. *Copies*: HU (with portr. Burman), MO, NY, U, US, USDA(2); IDC 1002. |Fasc. |pages |*plates* |published| |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |\[i-viii\], 1-16 |1-25, 25\* |27 Dec 1755| |2 |\[i\], 17-37 |26-50 |8 Feb 1756| |3 |\[i\], \[39\]-64 |51-75 |4 Jun 1756| |4 |\[65\]-87 |76-100 |26 Oct 1756| |5 |\[i\], \[89\]-116, \[116 bis\] |101-125 |8 Feb 1757| |6 |\[i\], \[117\]-142 |126-150 |22 Aug 1757| |7 |\[i\], \[143\]-168 |151-175 |28 Mar 1758| |8 |\[i\], \[169\]-194 |176-201 |20 Jun 1758| |9 |\[I\], \[195\]-220 |202-226 |20 Mar 1759| |10 |\[i\], \[221\]-262, \[1-4\] |227-262 |post 15 Feb 1760| All drawings are by Plumier, see above for details. See Stevenson for a complete collation and bibliographical details (HU 554), and Urban (1920) for an extensive discussion and for modern nomenclature. *Facsimile ed*.: announced, but not yet published, by Asher (1974). *Ref*.: HE p. 47, HU 554, NI 1547, SA 2: 594-595, TL-1/983. - Urban, I., Symb. ant. 1: 128-130. 1898; Rep. Spec. nov. Beih. 5: 26-100. 1920.