Paul Constant Billot

Paul Constant Billot (12 March 1796 – 19 April 1863) was a French botanist born in Rambervillers.

Paul Constant Billot

He studied at the University of Strasbourg, subsequently leaving school due to illness. From 1830 he worked as a civil servant (conductor of ponts et chaussées), earning his bachelor's degree a few years later. From 1834 to 1861 he taught classes in physics and natural history in Haguenau.[1]

With botanist Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz (1804–1876), he was co-author of Archives de la flore de France et d'Allemagne.[2] Billot's Annotations a la flore de France et d'Allemagne (1855) was added by the distribution of the exsiccata series Flora Galliae et Germaniae exsiccata (1846-1861), a work which after his death in 1863 was continued by other scientists under the title Flora exsiccata de C. Billot, continué par V. Bavoux, A. Guichard, P. Guichard et J. Paillot or "Billotia".[3][4][5][6][7]

Today his herbarium is kept at the Muséum d'histoire naturelle in Nantes.[8][9]

The standard author abbreviation Billot is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[10]
  1. ^ Billot - Jardin Botanique Archived 2007-10-27 at the Wayback Machine (biographical information)
  2. ^ WorldCat Titles (publications)
  3. ^ Open Library Annotations a la flore de France et d'allemagne
  4. ^ Google Books (publications)
  5. ^ Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
  6. ^ "Flora Galliae et Germaniae exsiccata, herbier servant complément à celui du docteur F. Schultz, publié par C. Billot: IndExs ExsiccataID=863667070". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Flora Galliae et Germaniae exsiccata, herbier publié par C. Billot : IndExs ExsiccataID=578699290". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  8. ^ Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Nantes Herbarium Billot
  9. ^ GBIF France Archived 2013-02-13 at archive.today Consultation de la collection: herbier Billot, collection Dufour E.
  10. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Billot.