Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie

Who was Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie?

Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie was a French botanist who specialized in the plants of Madagascar. He delineated the two chief floristic provinces of Madagascar. Some of his works include La végétation malgache, Biogéographie de plantes de Madagascar, and numerous volumes of the series Flore de Madagascar et des Comores.

The orchid genus Neobathiea was named in his honor, as was the indriid lemur Perrier's Sifaka. Several species of Madagascar plants were named for him, including Erythrina perrieri, Ensete perrieri, Euphorbia perrieri, Melanophylla perrieri, Podocarpus perrieri, Takhtajania perrieri, and Xerosicyos perrieri.