Timothée Puel Explained

Jean Jacques Timothée Puel (August 22, 1813  - January 28, 1890) was a French physician and botanist.^[1]

A practicing physician in Paris, he was a founding member of the Société botanique de France (1854).^[2]

He is known for his investigations of flora native to the département of Lot, of which he published Catalogue des plantes qui croissent dans le département du Lot. Also, he issued an exsiccata series called Herbier du Lot.^{[3] [4]} and a second one, Plantes de France, with Alphonse Maille.^[5] The genus Puelia (family Gramineae) was named in his honor by Adrien René Franchet.^[6]

Selected works

• Catalogue des plantes vasculaires qui croissent dans le département Lot, 1845-53 - Catalog of vascular plants native to the department of Lot.
• Catalogue des plantes qui croissent dans le département du Lot, 1852 - Catalog of plants native to the department of Lot.
• Études sur les divisions géographiques de la flore française, 1858-1860 - Studies of geographical divisions involving French flora.
• Revue critique de la flore du département du Lot, 1860-62 - Critical review on the flora of the department of Lot.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Birth and death records. Archives of Department of Lot and Paris, respectively.
2. http://cths.fr/an/prosopo.php?id=103038 Prosopo
3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189894#page/437/mode/1up BHL
4. Web site: Herbier du Lot: IndExs ExsiccataID=91700480 . IndExs - Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München . 1 July 2024.
5. Web site: Plantes de France: IndExs ExsiccataID=20003712 . IndExs - Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München . 1 July 2024.
6. https://books.google.com/books?id=kaN-hLL-3qEC&pg=PA2227 M-Q (Volume 3 of CRC world dictionary of plant names: common names, scientific names, eponyms, synonyms, and etymology)
7. http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3APuel%2C+Timothe%CC%81e%2C&qt=hot_author WorldCat Search