Person

Labillardière, Jacques-Julien Houtou de (1755 - 1834)

Born
28 October 1755
Alençon, France
Died
8 January 1834
Paris, France
Occupation
Botanist and Collector

Summary

Jacques de Labillardière 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, Jacques Labillardière was botanist on a French expedition to Tasmania and Esperance Bay in Western Australia. From 1804-1807, Labillardière wrote and published Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen, the most complete written description of Australian flora at the time.

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Chronology

1791 - 1794
Career event - Botanist on Australian expedition commanded by Bruni D'Entrecasteaux
1799
Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus globulus Labill.
1799
Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus cornuta Labill.
1804 - 1807
Career event - Wrote and published Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen
1806
Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus viminalis Labill. (1806)
1806
Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus ovata Labill. (1806)
1806
Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus incrassata Labill. (1806)
1806
Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus cordata Labill. (1806)

Published resources

Books

  • Duyker, Edward, Citizen Labillardière: a Naturalist's Life in Revolution and Exploration (1755-1834) (Carlton, Victoria: Miegunyah Press, 2003), 383 pp. Details
  • La Billardière, Jacques-Julien Houtou de, Novae Hollandiae plantarum specimen (Lehre: Cramer, 1966), 265 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Carr, S. G. M.; and Carr, D. J., 'A charmed life: the collections of Labillardiere' in People and plants in Australia, Carr, D. J. and Carr, S. G. M., eds (Sydney: Academic Press, 1981), pp. 79-115. Details

Journal Articles

  • Nelson, E. Charles, 'The locations of collection and collectors of specimens described by Labillardière in 'novae hollandiae plantarum specimen' - additional notes.', Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 108 (1974), 159-70. Details
  • Nelson, E. Charles, 'The collectors and type locations of some of Labillardière's 'terra van-Leuwin' (Western Australia) specimens', Taxon, 24 (1975), 319-36. Details

Resources

See also

  • Mulvaney, John and Tyndale-Biscoe, Hugh eds, Rediscovering Recherche Bay (Canberra: Academy of Social Sciences in Australia for the National Academies Forum, 2007), 156 pp. Details

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