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(Redirected from Pit.) French botanist, explorer and politician (1873–1928)
Plaque of Charles-Joseph Pitard in the "Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo".

Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard, name sometimes given as Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard-Briau (30 October 1873 – 29 December 1927) was a French pharmacist and botanist.

In 1899 he obtained his doctorate in natural sciences at the University of Bordeaux, later serving as a professor at the school of medicine in Tours. He conducted botanical and exploratory investigations in the Canary Islands (1904–06), Tunisia (1907–10 & 1913) and Morocco (1911–13). Many of his plant collections were sent to herbaria in Geneva and Paris. Pitard edited three exsiccata-like specimen series.

He was the taxonomic authority of numerous botanical taxa. About 525 names have been published. Such as Aichryson mollii Pit., Iles Canaries 189.

The genus Pitardia (Batt. ex Pit.), now classed as a synonym of Nepeta L., was named in his honor. Then in 2003, Tirveng. published Pitardella, a genus of flowering plants from Indo-China, belonging to the family Rubiaceae.

Also named in his honour, are plants with the specific epithets of pitardii (about 27) and pitardiana (about 7). Such as Beaumontia pitardii Tsiang, and also Poa pitardiana H.Scholz.

Published works

  • Les Iles Canaries. Flore de l'Archipel (1908) – The Canary Islands, flora of the archipelago (with Louis Proust, 1878–1959).
  • Contribution à l'étude de la Flore du Maroc (1931) – Contribution to the study of Moroccan flora.

Pitard also made significant contributions to the "Flore générale de L'Indo-Chine" (General flora of Indochina).

The standard author abbreviation Pit. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

References

  1. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Volume 34. Pages 125-128. 1928.
  2. ^ JSTOR Global Plants Pitard, Charles-Joseph Marie (1873-1927), biography
  3. ^ BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  4. Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
  5. "Pitard, Charles-Joseph Marie | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  6. "Pitardia Batt. ex Pit. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  7. "Pitardella Tirveng. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  8. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
  9. Etymological Dictionary of Grasses by Harold T. Clifford, Peter D. Bostock
  10. "Beaumontia pitardii Tsiang | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  11. "Poa pitardiana H.Scholz | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  12. WorldCat Title Flore Générale de L'Indo-Chine
  13. International Plant Names Index.  Pit.
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