Maire, Edouard-Ernest (1848-1932)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Edouard-Ernest
Last name
Maire
Initials
E.-E.
Life Dates
1848 - 1932
Collecting Dates
1905 - 1914
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Bryophytes
Fungi
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
A, BM, DAO, E, K, P
Countries
Chinese region: ChinaEurope: France
Biography
French missionary who collected plants in China. Edouard-Ernest Maire was Pro Vicar Apostolic of Yunnan. From about 1905-1916 he sent herbarium material to various botanical institutions in Europe. He also collected seed from time to time. Most of his collecting was done in the vicinity of Yunnan-fu (Kunming), on the plateaus surrounding the capital, but he also made trips to Tong-chuan (Dongchuan) to the north-east, where limestone hills rise to more than 10,000 feet. Nomocharis mairei H.Lév. is named after him.

Sources:
J.H. Barnhart, 1965, Biographical Notes Upon Botanists, 2: 438
E.H.M. Cox, 1945, Plant Hunting in China: 204.
References
Hedge, I.C. & Lamond, J.M., Index Coll. Edindb. Herb. (1970): 107; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. M (1976): 493;
Maire, Edouard-Ernest (1848-1932)
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