Jacques Nicolas Ernest Germain de Saint-Pierre

Jacques Nicolas Ernest Germain de Saint-Pierre (1815–1882) was a French botanist. The plant genus Germainia of the family Poaceae is named in his honor.

He was one of fifteen founding members of Société botanique de France (SBF), which was established on 24 May 1854.

The standard author abbreviation Germ. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

Publications

Atlas de la Flore des Environs de Paris (Atlas of the Flora in Environs around Paris), with Ernest Cosson (1819-1889), 1845
Guide du botaniste ou Conseil pratique sur l'étude de la botanique (Botanist's Guide or Practical Counsel on the Study of Botany), edited by Victor Masson, 1852
Nouveau Dictionnaire de botanique comprenant la description des familles naturelles, les propriétés médicales et les usages économiques des plants, la morphologie et la biologie des végétaux (New Dictionary of Botany including the description of natural families, medical properties and economic uses of plants, morphology and biology of plants), 1870

References

This article is based on a translation of an article from the French Wikipedia.

^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.

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Name	Germain de Saint-Pierre, Jacques Nicolas Ernest
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Date of birth	1815
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Date of death	1882
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