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### Author
Poisson, Henri \[-Louis\] (1877-1963), French botanist; in Madagascar 1916-1954 as veterinary surgeon and inspector (1921-1934) and amateur botanist; Dr. sci. nat. Paris 1912.
**Abbreviated name**: *Poiss.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Poiss.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PC|PC]], [[Collection TAN|TAN]]. – Letters to Malinvaud at [[Collection P|P]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 95; BL 1: 98, 313; Hortus 3: 1201 (Poiss.); IH 2: (in press); Kew 4: 330; Langman p. 589; MW p. 390; NI 3: 7; Tucker 1: 562.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Bull. Acad. malgache ser. 2. 41: 69-72. 1963 (obit., portr., b. 24 Aug 1877, d. 8 Mai 1963).
- Aymonin, G.G., C.R. Congr. Soc. Sav. 102 (Limoges) (3): 57. 1977 (letters to Malinvaud).
- Boiteau, P., Mém. Acad. malgache 43: 17-73. 1960 (extensive bibl.).
- Bouriquet, P., Mém. Acad. malgache 43: 135-137. 1969 (mycol.).
- Decary, R., Mém. Acad. malgache 43: 9-16. 1969 (biogr., b. 24 Aug 1877, d. 8 Mai 1963).
- Humbert, H., C.R. AETFAT 4: 139. 1962.
- Soucadaux, A., Mém. Acad. malgache 43: 131-133. 1969.
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 36. 1935, 2: 219, 393. 1936.
#### Commemorative volume
Mém. Acad. malgache 43, 1969.
### Publications
##### n.8117. Recherches sur la flore méridionale de Madagascar
**Title**
*Recherches sur la flore méridionale de Madagascar*... Paris (Augustin Challamel,...) 1912. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Rech. fl. mérid. Madagascar*.
**Notes**
*Commercial issue*: Jun 1912 (Nat. Nov. Jul(2) 1912; ÖbZ Jun-Jul 1912), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-230, *pl. 1-6, 6bis, 7-16* (photos). *Copies*: G, MO, MICH, USDA.
*Thesis issue*: 5 Jun 1912, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-230, \[1, deuxième thèse\], *pl. 1-6, 6bis, 7-16. Copies*: B, BR. – "Thèses présentées à la faculté des sciences de Paris pour obtenir le grade de docteur es sciences naturelles,... 1re thèse. – *Recherches*... soutenues le \[in ink: 5 juin\] 1912,... Paris (Gauthier-Villars,...) 1912. Oct." This thesis issue was possibly issued more or less at the same time as the commercial one.
*Ref*.: Lutz, L., Bull. Soc. bot. France 59: 797-798. 1912 (rev.).