Auguste Plée, born 1787 in Paris and died 17 August 1825 in

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, was a French naturalist.

Biography

Between 1821 and 1823 he was sketching military installations, ports and towns in

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. (in Spanish). After travelling extensively, and forming numerous collections of plants, he fell sick and died in

Legacy

Four

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of Caribbean reptiles are named in honor of Plée: ''

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'', ''

Gymnophthalmus pleii ''Gymnophthalmus pleii'', known commonly as the Martinique spectacled tegu and the rough-scaled worm lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae, a family known commonly as "microteiids". The species is found in the Caribbean, ...

'', '' Mastigodryas pleei'', and ''

Pholidoscelis plei ''Pholidoscelis plei'', known commonly as the Anguilla Bank ameiva or the Caribbean ameiva, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is found on the Caribbean islands of Anguilla, Saint Martin, and Saint Barthélemy in the Less ...

''.

Writings

His principal works were: ''Le jeune botaniste, ou entretiens d'un père avec son fils sur la botanique et la physiologie végétale, etc.''; (2 vols., Paris, 1812), and ''Journal de Voyage du Botaniste Auguste Plée, a Travers les Antilles, les Guyanes et le Bresil'' (2 vols., Paris, 1828). The ''

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'' (MNHN) in

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published a catalog of Plée's collection in three volumes in 1830.''Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique'' (1957)
''Les Botanistes Française en Amérique du Nord Avant 1850: Paris 11-14 Septembre 1956''
''Centre national de la recherche scientifique''. p. 193. (in French).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Plee, Anguste 19th-century French botanists Flora of the Caribbean Botanists active in South America 1787 births 1825 deaths

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