> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 742](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190213) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8313-1) LSID 8313-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2609755) QID Q2609755 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Reuter, George François (1805-1872), Swiss (French-born) botanist (of Geneva parents), at Genève from 1826, at first active as engraver; from 1835 curator of the Candollean herbarium; with E. Boissier in Spain, 1841 and until 1849 curator of the Boissier herbarium and collaborator of Boissier accompanying him on his travels and collecting trips; from 1849-1872 director of the Genève botanical garden (succeeding Alph. de Candolle). **Abbreviated name**: *Reut.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Reut.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection G|G]] (through Barbey to E. Boissier). – Other material at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection CN|CN]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection KIEL|KIEL]], [[Collection LAU|LAU]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection MW|MW]], [[Collection NAP|NAP]], [[Collection NCY|NCY]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PC|PC]], [[Collection P|P]]-CO, [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection WAG|WAG]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 2(1): 172, 535, 5(1): 165, 795, 6(2): 942, 11 (ed. 2): 167, 12(3): 261; Backer p. 659; Barnhart 3: 147 (b. 30 Nov 1805, d. 23 Mai 1872); BJI 2: 145; BL 2: 571, 707; BM 4: 1687; Bossert p. 330; Clokie p. 231; Colmeiro 1: cxcv; CSP 5: 176-177, 8: 737, 11: 155; DTS 1: 395, 6(4): 44; Hegi 5(2): 1196, 6(2): 1348; Herder p. 205; Hortus 3: 1202; IH 1 (ed. 6): 363, (ed. 7): 341, 2: (in press); Jackson p. 447; Kew 4: 452; Lasègue p. 110-111, 297, 503; MW p. 413; PR 943, 946, 5812, 7577-7578, ed. 1: 1060, 6506, 8529-8531; Rehder 5: 720; Saccardo 1: 137; SIA 208; TL-1/114, 115, 116, post 1169; TL-2/606-608, 999, 5405, 5838; Tucker 1: 593; Urban-Berl. p. 387; Zander ed. 10, p. 706, ed. 11, p. 724, 806. #### Biofile - Anon., Bonplandia 3: 257. 1855 (visit Leipzig); Bot. Not. 1873: 28; Bot. Zeit. 7: 207. 1849 (to Algeria), 8: 72. 1850 (dir. Genève bot. gard.); J. Bot. 10: 224. 1872 (d.); Bull. Soc. bot. France 18 (bibl.): 144. 1872 (d.). - Babington, C.C., Mem., Journ. bot. corr. ix, 474. 1897. - Blakelock, R.A. & E.R. Guest, Fl. Iraq 1: 116. 1966. - Bocquet, G. & M. Mermoud, Arch. Sci., Genève 18(2): 388-397. 1965 (restauration herb. Boissier; herb. Reuter p. 391). - Briquet, J., Ann. Cons. bot. Genève 9: 209-211. 1905 (on history Conservatoire); Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2. 7: 48. 1907 (introductory notice to the posthumous publication of Reuter's account of a trip to Norway in Jul-Aug 1861 with E. Boissier); Bull. Soc. bot. Suisse 50a: 398-405. 1940 (biogr., bibl., b. 30 Nov 1805, d. 23 Mai 1872, epon., biogr. sources). - Burdet, H.M. et al., Candollea 36(2): 543-584. 1981 (list of types R. Gymnosp. through Gramin.), 37(2): 381-395. 1982 (id. Iridacées à Potamogetonacées), 37(2): 397-427 1982 (Index to Spanish taxa descr. by Boissier and Greuter), 37(2): 429-438. 1982 (Thesaurus of Boissier and Reuter publ. on Spanish plants; many bibl. details; e.g. corrections to our entry TL2/605. - Burnat, É., Bull. Soc. bot. France 30: cxxviii. 1883 ("peu de botanistes ont su herboriser comme Reuter, auquel rien n'échappait"). - Candolle, A.P. de, Mém. souvenirs 469. 1862. - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 443. 1880. - Cavillier, F., Boissiera 5: 77. 1941. - Chodat, R., Bull. Soc. bot. Genève ser. 2. 3: 342-343. 1911 (on herb. Reuter at Inst. bot. Univ. Genève, given by W. Barbey). - Cosson, E., Comp. fl. atl. 1: 86-87. 1881. - Cosson et Durieu, Exp. sci. Algérie Bot. 2: xliii-xliv. 1868. - Fauconnet, Ch., Excursions botaniques dans le Bas-Valais 144-145. 1872. - Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 27(3): 337. 1938. - Gautier, É., Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. nat. Genève 21(2): 599-602. 1872 (obit.). - Haussknecht, C., Flora 55: 286. 1872 (obit.); Bot. Zeit. 30: 479. 1872; Öster. bot. Z. 22: 237. 1872 (obit. "Brustentzündung"). - Lindemann, E., Bull. Soc. Natural. Moscou 61(1): 61. 1886. - Maire, R., Progr. connaiss. bot. Algérie 88. 1931. - Miège & Wuest, Saussurea 6: 132. 1975 (herb.). - Reichenbach, H.G., Bot. Zeit. 30: 590-594. 1872 (see also Briquet 1940, p. 403 some "curieuses erreurs"). - Reynier, A., Soc. Hort. Bot. Marseille (Bull.) 40: 202-206. 1894, 41: (487): 27-31. 1895. - Stafleu, F.A., The great prodromus 30. 1966. - Wagenitz, G., Index coll. princ. herb. Gott. 135. 1982. - Weibel, R., Musées de Genève 75: 5-7. 1967. - Willkomm, M., Grundz. Pfl.-Verbr. Iber. Halbinsel 11-12. 1896 (Veg. Erde 1). #### Composite works - (1) *Orobanchaceae, in* A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 1-45, 717-720. 25 Nov 1847. - (2) With Henri Margot (1807-1894): *Essai fl. Zante*, 1839-1840, see TL-2/5405. - (3) With Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810-1885): *Pugill. pl. Afr. bor. Hispan.* 1852, see TL-2/608; also published in Bibl. univ. Genève. Jan 1852. - (4) With id. *Diagn. pl. nov. hisp.* 1842, see TL-2/606. - (5) With id. *Diagn. pl. orient.* 1842-1859, see TL-2/607. #### Note For details on the Boissier and Reuter publications on Spanish plants, see Burdet, H.M. et al. (1981-1982). #### Handwriting Candollea 32: 413-414. 1977. #### Eponymy *Reutera* Boissier (1838). ### Publications ##### n.9106. Catalogue détaillé des plantes vasculaires **Title** *Catalogue détaillé des plantes vasculaires* qui croissent naturellement aux environs *de Genève*, avec l'indication des localités et de l'époque de la floraison... Genève (Librairie A. Cherbuliez, à la Cité) 1832. Duod. (in sixes). **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. pl. vasc. Genève*. **Notes** *Ed*. \[*1*\]: 1832, p. \[1\]-138. *Copies*: BR, G(2), HH, NY. *Supplément*: 1841 (p. 6: 31 Mar 1841), p. \[1\]-51, *1 pl*. (uncol.). *Copies*: G(2), HH, NY. *Supplément* au catalogue des plantes vasculaires qui croissent naturellement aux environs de Genève,... Genève (Imprimerie de Ch. Gruaz,...) 1841. Duod. (id.) *Ed. 2*: 1861 (p. viii: 18 Mar 1861; Flora rd. 21 Aug-14 Sep 1861), p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-300. *Copies*: BR, FI, G(2), HH, NY. – *Catalogue des plantes vasculaires* qui croissent naturellement aux environs *de Genève*... deuxième édition entièrement refondue et considérablement augmentée suivie d'une *Monographie des espèces du genre Rubus* des environs de Genève par le Dr E. Mercier\[q.v.\]. Genève (Librairie allemande de J. Kessmann) 1861. Oct. (*Mercier/Rubus on p. 257-295*). *Additions and annotations*: Aug. Schmidely, Bull. Trav. Bull. Soc. bot. Genève 3: 82-155, 160. Oct 1884. *Follow-up publ*.: see BL 2: 571-572, and C. Weber, *Catalogue dynamique de la flore de Genève*, Boissiera 12. 1966. ##### n.9107. Essai sur la végétation de la Nouvelle Castille **Title** *Essai sur la végétation de la Nouvelle Castille*... Genève (imprimerie de Jules-Gme Fick,...) 1843. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1843, p. \[1\]-34, *pl. 1* (uncol. lith. Heyland). *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Mém. Soc. phys. Hist. nat. Genève 10: 215-246, *pl. 1*, 1843. ##### n.9108. Quelques notes sur la végétation de l'Algérie **Title** *Quelques notes sur la végétation de l'Algérie*... Genève (Imprimerie de Ferd. Ramboz et Cie...) 1852. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1852 (in journal), p. \[1\]-27. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bibl. univ. Genève 20: 89-113. 1852. See also Belg. hort. 3: 111-119, 147-152. 1853. ##### n.9109. Notulae in species novas vel criticas plantarum horti botanici genevensis **Title** *Notulae in species novas vel criticas plantarum horti botanici genevensis* publici juris annis 1852-1868 factae collectae et iterum editae anno 1916 \[Annu. Cons. Jard. bot. Genève 18/19, 1916\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Notul. sp. nov. hort. genev.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 30 Jan 1916 (cover reprint), p. \[1\]-14. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Annu. Cons. Jard. bot. Genève 18/19: 239-252. 1916. *Other issue*: 30 Jan 1916, p. \[1\]-16. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted from idem 18/19: 239-254. 1916. A reprint (edited by J. Briquet) of descriptions of new taxa and critical taxa published by Reuter in the *Catalogues des graines recueillies* en \[1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1861, 1863, 1865, 1867, 1868\] et offertes en échange par le Jardin botanique de Genève.