Caroline Barbey-Boissier

Swiss botanist (1847–1918)

Caroline Barbey-Boissier (4 August 1847, in Geneva – 18 January 1918, in Pregny-Chambésy) was a Swiss botanist, author and translator. She was the daughter of botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier.[1][2][3]

Written works

  • Herborisations au Levant −1882 (in French), co-written with her husband William Barbey
  • La comtesse Agénor de Gasparin et sa famille: Correspondance et souvenirs 1813–1894, Volume 1 – 1902 (in French)

The standard author abbreviation Barb.-Boiss. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

References

  1. ^ Fatio, Olivier. "Barbey [-Boissier], Caroline". Historischen Lexikon der Schweiz (in German). Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Barbey-Boissier, C. (1847–1918)". Global Plants. JSTOR. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Mrs Caroline Barbey-Boissier". Wallace Letters Online. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Barb.-Boiss.
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External links

  • Papers of the Boissier Family (in French)


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