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Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard, name sometimes given as Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard-Briau (1872 – January 1928) was a French pharmacist and botanist. In 1899 he obtained his doctorate in natural sciences at the University of Bordeaux, later serving as a professor at the school of medicine in Tours. He conducted botanical and exploratory investigations in the Canary Islands (1904–06), Tunisia (1907–10 & 1913) and Morocco (1911–13). Many of his plant collections were sent to herbaria in Geneva and Paris.〔(JSTOR Global Plants ) Pitard, Charles-Joseph Marie (1873-1927), biography〕〔(BHL ) Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications〕 He was the taxonomic authority of numerous botanical taxa. The genus ''Pitardia'' (Batt. ex Pit.) is named in his honor,〔 as are plants with the specific epithets of ''pitardii'' and ''pitardiana''.〔(Latin for Gardeners: Over 3,000 Plant Names Explained and Explored ) by Lorraine Harrison.〕〔(Etymological Dictionary of Grasses ) by Harold T. Clifford, Peter D. Bostock〕 == Published works == * ''Les Iles Canaries. Flore de l'Archipel'' (1908) – The Canary Islands, flora of the archipelago (with Louis Proust, 1878–1959). * ''Contribution à l'étude de la Flore du Maroc'' (1931) – Contribution to the study of Moroccan flora.〔 Pitard also made significant contributions to the "''Flore générale de L'Indo-Chine''" (General flora of Indochina).〔(WorldCat Title ) Flore Générale de L'Indo-Chine〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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