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### Author
Ramond, Louis François Élisabeth de Carbonnières, baron (1753-1829), French botanist; mineralogist, politician and administrator; from 1792-1800 in the Pyrenées; from 1796-1800 teacher at Tarbes; member of the "Corps législatif" 1800-1806; préfet of Puy-de-Dôme 1806-1814; financial administrator from 1815, "phytosociologue avant la lettre".
**Abbreviated name**: *Ramond* \[standard form in IPNI: *Ramond*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Plants from the Pyrenées in [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection G|G]], and [[Collection P|P]].
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 2(2): 17, 5(1): 470, 754; Barnhart 3: 126 (b. 4 Jan 1753, d. 14 Mai 1827); BL 2: 162, 706; BM 4: 1642; Bossert p. 323; Colmeiro 1: cxcv; CSP 5: 88-89; Dryander 5: 69, 88; DSB 11: 272-273; Frank 3 (Anh.): 81; GR p. 295, cat. p. 70; Hawksworth p. 185; Herder p. 57; Hortus 3: 1202; IH 2: (in press); Jackson p. 278; Kew 4: 399; Lasègue p. 102, 296; LS 21707; MD p. 203-204; Moebius p. 371; PR 7409-7410; Quenstedt p. 31; Rehder 5: 702; SBC p. 129; Tucker 1: 581; Zander ed. 10, p. 705, ed. 11, p. 804.
#### Biofile
- Amoureux, Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 707-708. 1822.
- Anon., Grand Larousse encycl. 9: 7. 1964.
- Burkhardt, R.W., The spirit of system 37. 1977.
- Candolle, A.P. de, Mém. souvenirs 91, 139. 1862.
- Cuvier, F., Dict. Sci. nat., portr. 1845; Mém. Acad. r. Sci. Inst. France 9: clxix-cxcv. 1830 (obit., "éloge historique").
- Ernst, F., Corona 3(3): 389-405. 1933.
- Gerber, C., Bull. Soc. bot. France 75: 653-658. 1928 (biogr.).
- Hoefer, L., ed., Nouv. biogr. gén. 41-42: 555-557. 1862 (1968).
- Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 335. 1884.
- Lacroix, A., Figures de savants 4: 149. 1938.
- Lapeyrouse, P., Hist. abr. pl. Pyren. xxx-xxxi. 1813.
- Nelson, E.C., Glasra 4: 60. 1980 (plants coll. by "Ramond, Spain" in DBN).
- Pée-Laby, E., Bull. soc. Ramond 27: 233-243. 1892 (biogr., Ramond-botaniste).
- Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-Lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 565. 1863 (bibl.).
- Roumeguère, C., Correspondences autographes inédites des anciens botanistes méridionaux, Perpignan 1873, 52 p.
- Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 516. 1977 (musci at PC?).
- Schmid, G., Goethe u.d. Naturwiss. 562. 1900.
- Steinberg, C.H., Webbia 32(1): 35. 1977 (pl. in Herb. Desfontaines).
- Voigt, A., Bot. Inst. Hamburg 15. 1897.
- Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 117. 1903.
- Zittel, K.A. von, Gesch. Geol. Paläont. 146. 1899, Hist. geol. palaeontol. 102, 103. 1901.
#### Eponymy
*Bulletin de la Société Ramond*; *Ramonda* L.C. Richard (1805, *nom. cons.*); *Ramondia* Mirbel (1801, *nom. rej.*).
### Publications
##### n.8616. Observations faites dans les Pyrenées
**Title**
*Observations faites dans les Pyrenées*, pour servir de suite à des observations sur les Alpes, insérées dans une traduction des lettres de W. Coxe, sur la Suisse. À Paris (Chez Belin,...) 1789. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Obs. Pyrenées*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1789 (p. 452: 6 Apr 1789 approb.), p. \[i\]-viii, map, \[1\]-452. *Copy*: G. – "inserted" in a french translation of William Coxe \[1747-1828\]. *Travels in Switzerland*. In a series of letters,... 3 vols. 1789.
##### n.8617. Voyages au Mont-Perdu
**Title**
*Voyages au Mont-Perdu* et dans la partie adjacente des Hautes-Pyrenées,... à Paris (chez Belin,...) an ix-1801. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Voy. Mont-Perdu*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: an ix-1801 (1 Jan-17 Sep 1801), frontisp., p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-392, *pl. 1-5* (uncol. copp.).
*Copies*: G, NY. – Prelim. publ.: J. Mines 7: 35-38. 1797/98; see also Ann. Mus. Hist. nat. 3: 74-84. 1804.
*English translation*: Journey to the summit of Mont Perdu..., in J. Pinkerton, a general collection... Voyages, 4, 1809.
##### n.8618. Mémoire sur l'état de la végétation au sommet du Pic du Midi
**Title**
*Mémoire sur l'état de la végétation au sommet du Pic du Midi* de Bagnères; par M.L. Ramond. Lu à l'Académie les 16 Janvier et 13 Mars 1826 \[Mém. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris 1826\]. Qu.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Apr-Jun 1826 (in journal, MD), p. \[1\]-94. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Mèm. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris 13(10): 217-282. 1825, publ. Apr-Jun 1826. – See MD 203-204 and BL 2: 162 for further details. MD mentions an article in *Le Globe* with the same title (3: 62. 19 Jan 1826) not seen by us.
*Republication*: Mém. Acad. roy. Inst. France ser. 2. 6: 81-174. 1827 (with additional meteorological details); see also Ann. Sci. nat. 8: 96-100. 1826, Nouv. Bull. Soc. philom. 1826: 58-60, Amer. J. Sci. 14: 377-378. 1828.