> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 423](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189894) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8010-1) LSID 8010-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3288287) QID Q3288287 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Puerari, Marc Nicolas (1766-1845), Swiss botanist; pupil of Vahl in Copenhagen, teacher in Denmark. **Abbreviated name**: *Puerari* \[standard form in IPNI: *Puerari*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection G|G]] (presented by him to A.P. de Candolle in 1827). Puerari's library (incl. letters and portrait) is also at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 6(2): 1074; Backer 473-474; Barnhart 3: 114; Hegi 6(2): 1331; Lasègue p. 345; PR (alph.) 10198. #### Biofile - Baehni, C., Hist. Sci. Genève 44. s.d. (portr.). - Briquet, J., Bull. Soc. bot. Suisse 50a: 389-390. 1940 (b. 19 Nov 1766 based on official records at Genève, d. 11 Jun 1845). - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 441. 1880 (herb. G). - Candolle, A.P., Hist. bot. genev. 48. 1830 (b. 1768, err.) (Mém. Soc. phys. Genève 5: 48. 1830). - Hornemann, J., Nat. Tidskr. 1: 591. 1837. #### Handwriting Candollea 32: 399-400. 1977. #### Eponymy *Pueraria* A.P. de Candolle (1825).