Henri François Pittier

Henri François Pittier (1857–1950) was a Swiss-born geographer and botanist, who moved to Costa Rica in 1887, where he founded the Physical Geographic Institute and an herbarium. Henri Pittier National Park in Venezuela is named after him.

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

References

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

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Name	Pittier, Henri Francois
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Date of birth	1857
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Date of death	1950
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