Person
La Billardière, Jacques-Julien Houtou de (1755 - 1834)
Eucalyptus globulus subsp.bicostata (Maiden, Blakely & Simmonds) J.B.Kirkp (1974), Southern Blue Gum, detail of leaves, 23 January 2013
Details
- Born
- 23 October 1755
Alençon, France - Died
- 8 January 1834
Paris, France - Occupation
- Botanical collector, Botanist and Naturalist
- Alternative Names
- Billardière, Jacques-Julien Houtou de (Also known as)
- De Labillardière, Jacques-Julien Houtou (Also known as)
- Labillardière, Jacques-Julien Houtou (Also known as)
Summary
Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardière was a French naturalist noted for his descriptions of the Australian flora. He travelled and collected widely in Europe and England after completing studies of medicine and botany. During his travels in Europe he became acquainted with Joseph Banks and James Edward Smith. From 1791-1794, La Billardière was botanist on a French expedition under the command of Bruni D'Entrecasteaux, joining the voyages of "La Recherche" and "L'Espérance" in 1791 to Tasmania and Esperance Bay in Western Australia. As a naturalist, he collected not only plants but animals, fishes, birds and insects. From 1804-1807, La Billardière wrote and published Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen, the most complete written description of Australian flora at the time.
Details
Chronology
- 1791 - 1794
- Botanist on Australian expedition commanded by Bruni D'Entrecasteaux
- 1799
- Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus cornuta Labill.
- 1799
- Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus globulus Labill.
- 1806
- Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus cordata Labill.
- 1806
- Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus incrassata Labill.
- 1806
- Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus ovata Labill.
- 1806
- Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus viminalis Labill.
- 1806
- Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus amygdalina Labill.
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Joseph Antoine Bruni d' Entrecasteaux - Records, 1789 - 1794, B1213-60; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Smith, Ailie; Moje, Christine; Rigby, Rebecca, The Study of Australian Eucalypts, eScholarship Research Centre, 2013, http://www.eoas.info/eucalypts/index.html. Details
Books
- Giblin, R. W., The Early History of Tasmania (London: 1928). Details
- La Billardière, Jacques-Julien Houtou de, Novae Hollandiae plantarum specimen (Lehre: Cramer, 1966), 265 pp. Details
Book Sections
- 'La Billardière, Jacques-Julien Houtou de (1755-1834), naturalist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1967), p. 69. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020059b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Kantvilas, G., 'A Brief History of Lichenology in Tasmania, Australia', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 117 (1983), 41-52. Details
- Ladiges, P. Y.; and Ashton, D. H., 'A comparison of some populations of Eucalyptus viminalis Labill. growing on calcareous and acid soils in Victoria, Australia.', Australian Journal of Ecology, 2 (2) (1977), 161-178. Details
- Maiden, J. H., 'Records of the Earlier French Botanists as Regards Australian Plants.', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, xliv (1910), 123-155. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q528925. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/22375932. Details
- 'La Billardière, Jacques-Julien Houtou de (17551023-18340108)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-898251. Details
Reviews
- Duyker, Edward, Citizen Labillardière: a Naturalist's Life in Revolution and Exploration (1755-1834) (2003)
Groves, Richard, Historical Records of Australian Science, 14 (4), (2003), 541-543. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR03010. Details
See also
- Maiden, J. H., 'Records of Tasmanian Botanists', Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1909 (1909), 9-29. Details
Digital resources
- Title
- Eucalyptus globulus subsp.bicostata (Maiden, Blakely & Simmonds) J.B.Kirkp (1974), Southern Blue Gum, detail of bark
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 23 January 2013
- Place
- Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
- Title
- Eucalyptus globulus subsp.bicostata (Maiden, Blakely & Simmonds) J.B.Kirkp (1974), Southern Blue Gum
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 23 January 2013
- Place
- Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
- Title
- Eucalyptus globulus subsp.bicostata (Maiden, Blakely & Simmonds) J.B.Kirkp (1974), Southern Blue Gum, detail of leaves
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 23 January 2013
- Place
- Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
McCarthy, G.J., Moje, C. & Walsh, N.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 21 March 2014
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