> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 278](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212320) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10600-1) LSID 10600-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13415846) QID Q13415846 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Thommen, Edouard (1880-1961), Swiss philologist and botanist; studied languages at Basel, Paris, Oxford and Göttingen; Dr. phil. Göttingen 1903; stenographer with the Swiss federal government 1903-1906; the Office international du Travail at Basel 1906-1920; with the Bureau international du Travail Genève 1920-1940, from 1940 dedicating himself mainly to Swiss floristic botany. **Abbreviated name**: *Thommen* \[standard form in IPNI: *Thommen*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BAS|BAS]]; further material at [[Collection G|G]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography BFM 948, 950, 1051, 1052, 1053; BL 2: 101, 114, 199, 557, 566, 584, 723; MW suppl. 360; NI 1948, 3: 64; TL-2/522, 1838. #### Biofile - Anon., Monde Pl. 55(333): 7. 1961. - Becherer, A., Bauhinia 72: 67-68. 1962 (obit.), 5(3): 169-171. 1975 (souvenirs). - E.G., National-Zeitung, Basel 1940, nr. 47, 29 Jan 1940 (tribute 60th birthday, portr.). - Frodin, D.G., Guide standard floras world no. 649. 1984. - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 729. 1984. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 260. 1935. - Weibel, R., Trav. Soc. bot. Genève 6: 10-15. 1962 (obit., bibl., b. 30 Jan 1880, d. 25 Jul 1961); Mus. Genève 21: 14-16. 1962 (portr., obit. not.). #### Composite works With August Binz (1870-1963), *Flore de la Suisse* ed. 1, 1941; ed. 2, 1953 ed. 3, 1966, see TL-2/523. #### Note Outside our period: *Neues zur Schreibung des Namens Ginkgo*, Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel 60: 77-103. 1949 ("conclusive evidence for Kaempfer's misspelt Ginkgo being a clearly unintentional orthographic error under article 70 of the International Rules of Botanical Nomenclature". \[for Ginkyo\]. ### Publications ##### n.14.236. Contributions à la flore du département de l'Ain **Title** *Contributions à la flore du département de l'Ain*... Extrait du Bulletin de la Société botanique de Genève... 1940. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 20 Jul 1940 (fide t.p. preprint), p. \[1\]-52. *Copy*: G. – Preprinted from Bull. Soc. bot. Genève ser. 2. 32: 92-143. 1941. ##### n.14.237. Über Trifolium patens **Title** *Über Trifolium patens* Schreber in der Westschweiz... Separatabdruck aus dem Festband August Binz... 1940. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1940, p. \[105\]-109. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted from Verh. naturf. Ges. Basel 51(2): \[105\]-109. 1940. ##### n.14.238. L'Asperula tinctoria **Title** *L'Asperula tinctoria* L. dans le département du Jura... Bourg (Imprimerie Berthod) 1940. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1940, cover-t.p., p. \[131\]-136. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Soc. Natural. Archéol. Ain 54: \[131\]-136. 1940. ##### n.14.239. Contributions à la flore des départements de la Haute-Savoie **Title** *Contributions à la flore des départements de la Haute-Savoie*, de la Savoie, de l'Isère et des Hautes-Alpes... Extrait du Bulletin de la Société botanique de Genève... 1942. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Alfred Becherer (1897-1977). *Publ*.: 30 Apr 1942, cover-t.p., p. \[109\]-130. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Soc. bot. Genève 33: \[109\]-130. 1942. ##### n.14.240. Nouvelles contributions à la florule du Canton de Genève **Title** *Nouvelles contributions à la florule du Canton de Genève*... Extrait du Bulletin de la Société botanique de Genève... 1942. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 30 Apr 1942, cover-t.p., p. \[131\]-136. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Soc. bot. Genève 33: \[131\]-136. 1942. ##### n.14.241. Taschenatlas der Schweizer Flora **Title** *Taschenatlas der Schweizer Flora* mit Berücksichtigung der ausländischen Nachbarschaft... Basel (Verlag Birkhäuser) 1945. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Taschenatl. Schweiz. Fl.* **Notes** *Ed*. \[*1*\]: 1945, p. \[i\]-xiv, 1-294. *Copies*:*G*, H, HH. *Ed. 2*: 1951, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-309. *Copies*: B, BR, FAS, G, HH, NY. *Ed. 3*: 1961, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-303. *Copies*: B, G, NY. – Bearbeitet von Alfred Becherer (1897-1977). *Ed. 4*: 1967, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-303. *Copies*: HH, NY. – Id. ##### n.14.242. Atlas de poche de la flore suisse **Title** *Atlas de poche de la flore suisse* comprenant les régions étrangères limitrophes... Lausanne (F. Rouge & Cie....) 1945. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Atlas fl. suisse*. **Notes** *Ed*. \[*1*\]: 1945, p. \[i\]-xiv, 1-296. *Copies*: BR, HH, NY. *Ed. 2*: 1961, p. \[i\]-xiv, \[xv\], \[1\]-303. *Copy*: NY. – Edited by Alfred Becherer (1897-1977). *Ed. 3*: 1970, p. \[i\]-xiv, \[xv\], \[1\]-303. *Copies*: G, NY. – Id.