Auguste Plée Explained

Auguste Plée, born 1787 in Paris and died 17 August 1825 in Fort Royal, Martinique, was a French naturalist.

Biography

Between 1821 and 1823 he was sketching military installations, ports and towns in Puerto Rico.^[1] After travelling extensively, and forming numerous collections of plants, he fell sick and died in Martinique.

Legacy

Four species of Caribbean reptiles are named in honor of Plée: Diploglossus pleii, Gymnophthalmus pleii, Mastigodryas pleei, and Pholidoscelis plei.^[2]

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 Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN) in Paris published a catalog of Plée's collection in three volumes in 1830.^[3]

Further reading

• Raymond, Louis-Marcel (1957). Auguste Plée (1787–1825) et la flore américaine. Paris. (in French).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dibujos sobre Puerto Rico del naturalista Auguste Plée (1821-1823). 6 June 2011. (in Spanish).
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Plee", p. 208).
3. 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).