Jacques Nicolas Ernest Germain de Saint-Pierre (1 December 1814,

Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier () is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France. It was besieged during the Hundred Years' War. Located between the Loire and Allier, the town has a rich and powerful history, but is a little forgotten today ...

– 28 June 1882,

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) was a French

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Sociétés savantes de France The plant genera '' Diserneston'' of the family

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and '' Ernestella'' and '' Saintpierrea'' of the family

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were named in his honor.Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen ncyclopedia of eponymic plant names(pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. He was one of fifteen founding members of ''

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'' (SBF), an institution that was established on 24 May 1854.

Publications

* ''Atlas de la Flore des Environs de Paris'' (Atlas of the flora in environs around Paris), with

Ernest Cosson Ernest Saint-Charles Cosson (22 July 1819 – 31 December 1889) was a French botanist born in Paris. Cosson is known for his botanical research in North Africa, and during his career he participated in eight trips to Algeria. In several of these ...

(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 Morphology, from the Greek and meaning "study of shape", may refer to: Disciplines *Morphology (archaeology), study of the shapes or forms of artifacts *Morphology (astronomy), study of the shape of astronomical objects such as nebulae, galaxies, ...

and

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of plants), 1870.

References

* "This article incorporates information based on a translation of an equivalent article at the

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External links

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List of plants described and co-described by Germain de Saint-Pierre. 19th-century French botanists 1814 births 1882 deaths People from Nièvre {{France-botanist-stub