Pierre Edmond Boissier was a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician.
Background
He was the son of Jacques Boissier (1784-1857) and Caroline Butini (1786-1836), daughter of Pierre Butini (1759-1838) a well-known physician and naturalist from Geneva. Edmond"s interest in natural history stemmed from holidays in the company of his mother and his grandfather, Pierre Butini at Valeyres-sous-Rances.
Education
He attended a course at the Academy of Geneva given by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle.
Career
His hikes in the Jura and the Alps laid the foundation of his zest for later exploration and adventure. Edmond Boissier covered countries such as France, Greece, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Balearic Islands, Switzerland, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Armenia, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey. His specimens are held at the following herbaria: Alaska, Association for Welfare of the Handicapped, B, BERN, Bachelor of Medicine, BORD, Boite Postale, BR, C, Chemical Abstracts Service, CGE, CN, DBN, East, East-GL, F, FABR, Forza Italia, First Revision, G, General Electric, GH, GOET, H, HAL, Journal of Economics, K, KIEL, L, LAU, LE, LY, LZ, M, Master of Arts, MANCH, MICH, Missouri, MPU, OXF, P, P-Colorado, PH, Principal Investigator, Trinity College, Dublin, TO, West, WAG, World Bank (see List of herbaria).
He was the first to describe Galium ehrenbergii and many other plants.
Boissiera is a genus in the family of Poaceae. Ulmus boissieri Grudz., an elm found in the Zagros Mountains, Iran.
Pyrus boissieriana Buhse is a species of pear found in Iran, Turcomania and Azerbaijan
Boissiera is the title of a collection of systematic botany memoirs published by the Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève (CJB). See All pages with titles containing Boissieri for species named for Boissier.