Jacques Nicolas Ernest Germain de Saint-Pierre

Jacques Nicolas Ernest Germain de Saint-Pierre (1 December 1814, Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier 28 June 1882, Hyères) was a French botanist.[1] The plant genus Germainia of the family Poaceae is named in his honor.[2]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 Prosopo Sociétés savantes de France
  2. Etymological Dictionary of Grasses by Harold T. Clifford, Peter D. Bostock
  3. IPNI.  Germ.


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