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Auguste de Saint-Hilaire
Auguste de Saint-Hilaire

Auguste de Saint-Hilaire

French, 1779-1853
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Augustin François César Prouvençal de Saint-Hilaire was a French botanist and traveler who was born and died in Orléans, France .A keen observer, he is credited with important discoveries in botany, notably the direction of the radicle in the embryo sac and the double point of attachment of certain ovules. He also described two families, the Paronychiae and the Tamariscinae, as well as many genera and species.

He began to publish memoirs on botanical subjects at an early age. Between 1816 and 1822 and again in 1830, he traveled in South America, especially in southern and central Brazil, and the results of his study of the rich flora of the regions through which he passed appeared in several books and numerous articles in scientific journals.

In his first voyage, from 1816 to 1822, he explored the Brazilian backlands, traveling ca. 9,000 km, from Southeast Brazil to Río de la Plata , including the former Cisplatina Province (Uruguay). He was able to gather 24,000 specimens of plants, with 6,000 species, 2,000 birds, 16,000 insects and 135 mammals, plus many reptiles, mollusks and fishes. Most of these species were described for the first time. In the next years he devoted himself to the study, classification, description and publication of this huge material, but he was considerably impaired by his ill health, due to diseases contracted during the tropical travels. In 1819 he was appointed correspondent of the Academy of Sciences. He was awarded the Legion of Honor at the level of Chevalier, and the Portuguese Order of Christ.

His best-known works are the Flora Brasiliae Meridionalis in three volumes (1825–1832), published in conjunction with Adrien-Henri de Jussieu and Jacques Cambessèdes, and illustrated by Pierre Jean François Turpin; History of the Most Remarkable Plants of Brazil and Paraguay (1824), Usual Plants of the Brazilians (1827–1828), also in conjunction with de Jussieu and Cambessèdes (1828); and Voyage Dans le District des Diamants et sur le littoral du Brésil, in two volumes (1833). His Leçons de Botanique, Comprénant Principalement la Morphologie Végetale (1840), was a comprehensive exposition of botanical morphology and of its application to systematic botany. He died at Orléans on 3 September 1853.

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Oxalis Cordata

Oxalis Cordata (1824-1828)

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Pavonia Diuretica

Pavonia Diuretica (1824-1828)

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Sphoeralcea Cisplatina (V.A.)

Sphoeralcea Cisplatina (V.A.) (1824-1828)

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Abutilon Esculentum

Abutilon Esculentum (1824-1828)

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Sida Carpinifolia

Sida Carpinifolia (1824-1828)

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Sida Micrantha

Sida Micrantha (1824-1828)

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Guazuma Ulmifolia Varietas

Guazuma Ulmifolia Varietas (1824-1828)

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Guazuma Ulmifolia

Guazuma Ulmifolia (1824-1828)

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Sterculia Chicha

Sterculia Chicha (1824-1828)

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Anda Gomesii

Anda Gomesii (1824-1828)

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Oxalis Fulva

Oxalis Fulva (1824-1828)

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Oxalis Repens

Oxalis Repens (1824-1828)

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Cocculus Platyphylla

Cocculus Platyphylla (1824-1828)

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Tropaeolum Pentaphyllum

Tropaeolum Pentaphyllum (1824-1828)

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Verbena Pseudogervao

Verbena Pseudogervao (1824-1828)

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Verbena Jamaïcensis

Verbena Jamaïcensis (1824-1828)

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Gomphia Hexasperma

Gomphia Hexasperma (1824-1828)

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Zanthoxylum Hyemale

Zanthoxylum Hyemale (1824-1828)

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Hypericum Laxiusculum

Hypericum Laxiusculum (1824-1828)

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Lantana Pseudo-Thea

Lantana Pseudo-Thea (1824-1828)

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A. Erythroxylum Suberosum. B. Erythroxylum Deciduum

A. Erythroxylum Suberosum. B. Erythroxylum Deciduum (1824-1828)

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Sapindus Esculentus

Sapindus Esculentus (1824-1828)

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Schmidelia Edulis

Schmidelia Edulis (1824-1828)

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Luhea Paniculata

Luhea Paniculata (1824-1828)

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Maprounea Brasiliensis

Maprounea Brasiliensis (1824-1828)

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Helicteres Sacarolha

Helicteres Sacarolha (1824-1828)

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Chorisia Speciosa

Chorisia Speciosa (1824-1828)

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Waltheria Douradinha

Waltheria Douradinha (1824-1828)

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Hypericum Connatum

Hypericum Connatum (1824-1828)

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Croton Campestris

Croton Campestris (1824-1828)

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