Édouard-Ernest Maire

Monseigneur Édouard Maire
Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Lower Yunnan
Installed	15 February 1890
Orders
Ordination	21 September 1872
Personal details
Born	(1848-02-28)February 28, 1848 Trondes, France
Died	(1932-10-19)October 19, 1932 Dongchuan, Yunnan, China
Nationality	French

Édouard Ferdinand Ernest Maire (28 February 1848 – 19 August 1932) was a French missionary and plant collector in China. He served as Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Yunnan.[1] Between 1905 and 1916 he sent the plant material he collected to various herbaria in Europe. From time to time he also collected seeds. He collected most actively on the plateaus surrounding his seat in Kunming, but he sometimes made trips to the more than 3000 m high limestone mountains near Dongchuan to the North-East.[2] His collections were described by, among others, Léveillé and Franchet in Paris.[3]

Several plants were named in honor of Édouard-Ernest Maire including Epipactis mairei, Fargesia mairei, Nomocharis mairei, Paeonia mairei, Primula mairei and Sedum mairei.[2][4][5][6][7]

Specimens collected by Maire are housed in multiple herbaria, including at the National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL), Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.[8]

References

1. "Édouard Ferdinand Ernest Maire". Missions Etrangères de Paris - Archives. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
2. Barnhart, J.H. (1965). Biographical Notes Upon Botanists. Vol. 2. p. 438. and Cox, E.H.M. (1945). Plant Hunting in China. p. 204. cited on "Maire, Édouard-Ernest (1848-1932)". Global Plants. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
3. De-Yuan Hong; Stephen Blackmore, eds. (2015). Plants of China: A Companion to the Flora of China. Cambridge University Press. p. 217. ISBN 978-1316195154.
4. Wiart, Christophe (2012). Medicinal Plants of China, Korea, and Japan: Bioresources for Tomorrow's Drugs and Cosmetics. CRC Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-1439899120.
5. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology - 3 Volume Set. CRC Press. p. 911. ISBN 978-1420003222.
6. "Plant of the month - May 2015 - Paeonia mairei". Saint Andrews Botanic Garden. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
7. "Edouard Ernest Maire (1848-1932)". Universität Zürich.
8. "AVH: The Australasian Virtual Herbarium". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 15 November 2024.