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Auguste Plée

French naturalist (died 1825) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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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.[2]

Legacy

Four species of Caribbean reptiles are named in honor of Plée: Diploglossus pleii, Gymnophthalmus pleii, Mastigodryas pleei, and Pholidoscelis plei.[3]

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.[2][4]

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