| Type: | Pro-Vicar Apostolic |
| Honorific-Prefix: | Monseigneur |
| Édouard Maire | |
| Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Lower Yunnan | |
| Term Start: | 15 February 1890 |
| Ordination: | 21 September 1872 |
| Birth Date: | 28 February 1848 |
| Birth Place: | Trondes, France |
| Death Place: | Dongchuan, Yunnan, China |
| Nationality: | French |
Édouard Ferdinand Ernest Maire (28 February 1848 – 19 August 1932) was a French missionary and plant collector in China. He served as Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Yunnan.[1] Between 1905 and 1916 he sent the plant material he collected to various herbaria in Europe. From time to time he also collected seeds. He collected most actively on the plateaus surrounding his seat in Kunming, but he sometimes made trips to the more than 3000 m high limestone mountains near Dongchuan to the North-East.[2] His collections were described by, among others, Léveillé and Franchet in Paris.[3]
Several plants were named in honor of Édouard-Ernest Maire including Epipactis mairei, Fargesia mairei, Nomocharis mairei, Paeonia mairei, Primula mairei and Sedum mairei.[4] [5] [6] [7]