> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 323](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189794) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/24948-1) LSID 24948-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1968431) QID Q1968431 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Poiteau, Pierre Antoine (1766-1854), French botanist and botanical artist; gardener at the Jardin des Plantes, Paris 1790; from 1796-1801 at Haiti; subsequently at the botanical garden of the École de médecine and (1855) Chef des Pépinières (Versailles); from 1819-1822 in French Guiana; 1820 professor at an agricultural college in Fromont; ultimately active as editor for the Société d'Horticulture. **Abbreviated name**: *Poit.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Poit.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PC|PC]]; important set also at [[Collection G|G]]; further material at: [[Collection B|B]] (Willd.), [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NA|NA]], [[Collection NEU|NEU]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection W|W]]. – For mss. *Florule de Saint-Domingue* see Bureau (1897), p. 26. – Portrait at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 659; Barnhart 3: 95; Blunt p. 180, 181, 219; BM 4: 1591-1592; CSP 4: 969-970, 12: 581, 17: 946; DU 228; Frank 3 (Anh.): 78; GF p. 71; Herder p. 471; Hortus 3: 1201; IH 2: (in press); Jackson p. 128, 421; Kew 4: 321; Langman 589; Lasègue p. 222-223, 266-268, 579 \[index\]; LS 21042-21043; MW p. 390; NI 1553-1554, see also index 2: 204 and 3: 80; PR 2467, 7236-7238, 7641 (ed. 1: 8118-8123); Rehder 5: 680-681; RS p. 134; Stevenson p. 1254; TL-1/523 \[index\]; TL-2/990, 1349, 1548, 1752, 3141-3142, 4069, 4071, 4952, 4959, 6745, 7065; Tucker 1: 562; Urban-Berl. p. 310, 384, 415; Zander ed. 10, p. 702-703, ed. 11, p. 801 (b. 23 Mar 1766, d. 27 Feb 1854). Poiteau, P.A. 2454 #### Biofile - Anon., Gartenflora 3(9): 307-308. 1854 (d.). - Baer, W. & H.W. Lack, Pflanzen auf Porzellan 62. 1979. - Bureau, É., Nouv. Arch. Mus. ser. 3. 9: 1-94. 1897 (portr., bibl., main biography). - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 440. 1880 (coll.). - Candolle, A.P. de, Mém. souvenirs 512. 1862. - Decaisne, J., Gartenflora 3: 307-308. 1854 (obit., from Flora des serres); Revue hort. ser. 4. 3: 115-120. 1854 (obit.). - Ewan, J., *in* J.F. Leroy, ed., Bot. franç. Amér, nord 38. 1957. - Guillaumin, A., Les fleurs des Jardins xxxviii, *pl. 13.* 1929 (portr.). - Hedge, I.C. & J.M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 119. 1970 (material at E). - Herder, F. v., Bot. Centralbl. 55: 292. 1893 (material at LE). - Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 262, 404, 467. 1864. - Kukkonen, I., Herb. Christ. Steven 80. 1971. - Lacroix, A., Figures de Savants 3: 132, 157. - Liron d'Airoles, J. de, Revue hort. 39: 456-458. 1867 (biogr. notice). - Meyer, F.G. & S. Elsasser, Taxon 22: 386. 1973 (material at NA). - Poiret, J.L.M., Encycl. méth., Bot. 8: 750-753. 1808 (itin.). - Robinet, M., Mém. Soc. imp. centr. Agr. 1856: 142-173. (q.v. for Poiteau's association with the Almanach du Bon Jardinier). - Sagot, P., Ann. Sci. nat. Bot. ser. 6. 10: 368, 374. 1880. - Sargent, CS., Silva 2: 75. 1891 (Alexandre Poiteau 1766-1850), almost certainly incorrect; not a different person). - Steinberg, C.H., Webbia 32: 35. 1977 (material at FI). - Stieber, M.T., Huntia 3(2): 124. 1979 (mss. notes Agnes Chase). - Urban, I., Symb. ant. 1: 93. 1898, 3: 10, 103-106. 1902 (b. 23 Mar 1766, d. 27 Feb 1854, itin. Haiti, biogr. refs., coll.). #### Composite works - (1) Duhamel du Monceau, H.L., *Traité arbr. fruit.* éd. 2, 1806-1835, 6 vols, see TL-2/1548. - (2) Editor, *Revue horticole* sér. 1-4, 1832-1856. - (3) With A. Risso, (q.v.): *Hist. nat. Orangers* 1818-1820, ed. 2. 1872. - (4) Illustrated J.L.A. Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, *Fl.-gén. France* 1828 \[1829\], see TL-2/4959. ### Publications ##### n.8121. Monographie du genre Hyptis **Title** *Monographie du genre Hyptis* de la famille des Labiées et qui a des rapports d'une part avec le Basilic, le Plectranthus et de l'autre avec la Cataire \[Paris 1806\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1806, p. \[1\]-19, *5 pl. Copy*: FL –Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Mus. Hist. nat. 7: 459-477, *pl. 27-31.* 1806. ##### n.8122. Flora parisiensis **Title** *Flora parisiensis* secundum systema sexuale disposita, et plantarum circa Lutetiam sponte nascentium descriptiones, icoes, characteres tum genericos, tum specificos, synonymiam, selectam, nomina vernacula, et usum cum locis natalibus exhibens; auctoribus A. Poiteau et P. Turpin. Tomus primus. Lutetiae Parisiorum (sumptibus F. Schoell,...) 1808 \[1813\]. 8 parts. Fol. †. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. paris.* **Notes** *Co-author*. Pierre Jean François Turpin (1775-1840). *Publ*.: in 8 parts, 1808-1813, each containing 6 plates, p. \[i-viii\], \[1\]-36, *pl. 1-5, 7-10, 12-15, 17-20, 22-26, 28-32, 34-35, 37-41, 45-53, 59, 61, 68, 74-75* (col. copp. auct.). *Copies*: G (2 copies, first as above, dated 1808, col. pl.; second dated 1813, with uncol. pl.), NY (col.), PH (uncol.), USDA (1813, uncol.); IDC 5644. – The original covers carried the title in french: "*Flore parisienne*, contenant la description des plantes qui croissent naturellement aux environs de Paris;..." Paris (from fasc. 2: Chez F. Schoell,... et chez les auteurs...). 1808-1809 (fasc. 7; cover fasc. 8 n.v.). – PR ed. 1 mentions issues with uncoloured plates, with coloured plates and 12 copies with coloured plates on "grand colombier vélin". – The copy at PH has p. "45-48" instead of 33-36, on smaller size paper. |livraison |*plates* |dates| |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1, 2, 5, 8, 22, 23 |18 Jan 1808| |2 |4, 10, 13, 30, 48, 51 |Jan 1808| |3 |3, 9, 14, 31, 39, 45 |Feb 1808| |4 |19, 24, 29, 46, 49, 75 |Mai 1808| |5 |15, 26, 34, 41, 50, 74 |Jul 1808| |6 |18, 35, 47, 52, 59, 68 |Jun 1809 \[v. Dec? 1808\]| |7 |7, 17, 28, 32, 38, 53 |30 Oct 1809| |8 |12, 20, 25, 37, 40, 61 |Feb 1813| Another 100 drawings at the Paris Muséum (ms. 113-114) were intended for this book. ##### n.8123. Jardin botanique de l'École de médecine de Paris **Title** *Jardin botanique de l'École de médecine de Paris*, description abrégée des plantes qui y sont cultivées;... Paris (Chez Méguignon-Marvis, Libraire,...) 1816. Duod. **Abbreviated title**: *Jard. bot. École méd.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1816, p. \[i\]-xiii, (xv-xvi\], \[1\]-278, chart. *Copy*: NY.