Career
In 1811 Laterrade published a work involving flora found in the environs of Bordeaux called "Flore bordelaise, ou Tableau des plantes qui croissent naturellement aux environs de Bordeaux". This book was re-issued in 1821, 1829 and 1846. In 1823 he founded a popular agricultural journal titled "L"Ami des champs" (The Friend of the Fields).
The mycological genus Laterradea (Raspail, 1824) is named after him.