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### 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).