Jacques Nicolas Ernest Germain de Saint-Pierre
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Jacques Nicolas Ernest Germain de Saint-Pierre (1 December 1814, Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier – 28 June 1882, Hyères) was a French botanist.[1] The plant genera Diserneston of the family Apiaceae and Ernestella and Saintpierrea of the family Rosaceae were named in his honor.[2]
He was one of fifteen founding members of Société botanique de France (SBF), an institution that was established on 24 May 1854.
The standard author abbreviation Germ. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]