> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 173](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33260161) of TL-2 Suppl. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10639-1) LSID 10639-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q537070) QID Q537070 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Du Petit-Thouars, Louis-Marie Aubert Aubert|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Du Petit-Thouars, Louis-Marie Aubert Aubert (1758-1831), French traveller and botanist, born 5 Nov 1758 at the Château de Boumois near Saumur (Anjou), was interested in botany since 1780, was invited to join the scientific society "Collège des Philalèthes" in 1787, was arrested during the French revolution, after his release left France and sailed to Tristan da Cunha and via Cape of Good Hope to Mauritius, stayed for three years (1793-1796) on Mauritius collecting plants, stayed also long-time on Madagascar, returned to France 1802, was appointed director of the Royal Nursery Grounds at Roule (Faubourg St. Honoré) 1807, held that post until 1827, died 12 Mai 1831 at Paris. **Abbreviated name**: *Thouars* \[standard form in IPNI: *Thouars*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PC|PC]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 88 (as Aubert); BM 1: 493-494; Bossert p. 109; CSP 1: 113-114 (as Aubert); Frank 3(Anh.): 76; Hortus 3: 1205; IH 2: 172; Jackson p. 350, 352; Kew 2: 145-146; Langman p. 96; Lasègue p. 567 (index); Moebius p. 217, 219, 221; NAF 28B(2): 350; NI 562-564; Plesch 213; PR 2521-2537, ed. 1: 327-343 (under Aubert); Rehder 5(index): 243; SK 4: cvii; TL-1: 119-121; TL-2/1: 704-706, and see indexes; Tucker 1: 218; Urban-Berl. p. 310, 382, 415; Zander ed. 10, p. 724, ed. 11, p. 826. #### Biofile - Anon., Flora 28(2)(28): 439-447. 28 Jul 1845. - Baillon, H.E., Dict. Bot. 2: 485. Aug(?) 1885. - Candolle, A.P. de, Mém. Souv. 117, 198, 222. 1862. - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 409. 1880. - Davy de Virville, A., Hist. Bot. France 89, 123, 125, 362, 376. 1954 (portr.) - Flourens, M.J.P., Éloge historique d'Aubert Aubert Du Petit-Thouars \[i\], \[1\]-31. 1845 and in Éloges historiques: 283-323. 1847. - Friis, I. and F.N. Rasmussen, Taxon 24(2-3): 307-318. 1975. - Gunn, M. and L.E. Codd, Bot. Explor. S. Afr. 141. 1981. - Hiern, W.P., J. Bot. 38: 492-494. 1900. - Hocquette, M., Bull. Soc. bot. Nord France 19(1): 54-57. 1966 (letters Roemer to D.). - Humbert, H., C.R. AEFTAT 4: 129-130. 1962. - Hunt Institution, Biogr. dict. portr. coll. 109. 1972. - Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 403-404. 1864. - Johnson, D.E., Huntia 6(1): 34. 1985. - Lacroix, Figures de Savants 4: 65. 1938. - Manitz, H., Wiss. Z. Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Mat. Nat. R. 31: 262-263. 1982. - Poiret, J.L.M., *in* M. Lamarck, Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 8: 747-748. 1808. - Rickett, H.W. and F.A. Stafleu, Taxon 10: 73. 1961. - Sachs, J., Gesch. Bot. 173, 317, 332. 1875; Histoire botanique 143, 320, 520. 1892. - Smit, P. and R.J.Ch.V. ter Laage (eds.), Essays in biohistory, Regn. veg. 71: 356. 1970. - Thomas, J.H., Huntia 3(1): 8. 1969. - Tourlet, E.H., Documents à servir à l'histoire de la botanique en Touraine, Bull. Soc. pharm. Indre-et-Loire 1905: 7-11. - Wittrock, V., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 112. 1903, 3(3): 101, xxxiv, xxxviii. 1905 (portr.). - Woodward, B.B., J. Bot. 38: 392-400. 1900. ### Publications ##### n.31.996. Description **Title** *Description* abrégée des Iles de *Tristan d'Acugna*;... \[Esquisse de la Flore de l'Isle de Tristan d'Acugna\]... \[Paris (l'Institut) ca. 1803\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1808 (read Jan 1803 cited on p. \[1\]), p. \[1\]-24, \[*Esquisse* de la *flore* de l'Isle de *Tristan *d'Acugna\]: \[25\]-\[48\], *pl. 1-15* (copp. engr.). *Copies*: BR, G. – This publication found in G has the plates (1-15, not 1-13 as TL-2/no. 1584 mentions) that are missing in the copy from the Leyden University Library mentioned by M.J. van Steenis-Kruseman in Fl. males. Bull. 19: 1144-1145. Dec 1964. The copy at BR has also *pl. 16-18* of the island. See also TL-2/no. 1584 where IDC 5914 is mentioned, not present in the latest catalogue. ##### n.31.997. organisation **Title** Essais sur l'*organisation* des *plantes* considérée comme résultat du cours annuel de la végétation... A Paris (De l'Imprimerie de P. Gueffier) 1806. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1806, cover-t.p., p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-26. *Copies*: B, G, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 63: 110-127. 1806. – PR ed. 1: 330. ##### n.31.998. Essais **Title** *Essais* sur la *végétation* considérée dans le développement des bourgeons... A Paris (chez Arthus-Bertrand, Libraire...) 1809. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Essais végét.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1809, p. \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-304. *Copies*: BR, HH, NY. *Ref*.: Anon., Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1: 428-435. 1809 (rev.). ##### n.31.999. terminaison des plantes **Title** De la *terminaison des plantes*... \[Journal de Physique... 1817\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1817 (read 7 Oct 1816), p. \[1\]-16. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 85: 129-145. 1817. ##### n.32.000. Cours **Title** *Cours* de *phytologie*, ou de botanique générale divisé en vingt séances, qui doivent être publiées successivement par l'impression dans un ordre méthodique; mais elles seront exposées verbalement suivant le Cours des Saisons dans une Séance par chaque semeine... Paris (De l'imprimerie de Gueffier) 1828. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cours phytol.* **Notes** *Publ*.: in different years (1819-1828), p. \[1\]-4, \[1\]-32, \[1\]-176, 1 table, \[1\]-16, 1 table. 1819 (Première séance – introduction). \[1\]-16, \[1\]-113 (Seconde séance – phytognomie). \[1\]-48. *Copy*: NY. *Note*: We have not been able to find the exact dates of the different parts of this series. Addition to TL-2/no. 1586, *Histoire particulière des plantes orchidées*..., a reprint of this book was issued in 1979 Stanfordville, New York (Earl M. Coleman, publishers) with a foreword by P. Goldblatt. *Copies*: B, NY.