Henri Perrier de la Bâthie (1873–1958) was a French botanist who specialized in the plants of Madagascar. He delineated the two chief floristic provinces of Madagascar (see Ecoregions of Madagascar). Some of his works include La végétation malgache (1921), Biogéographie de plantes de Madagascar (1936), and numerous volumes of the series Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (1946-1952). 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... A floristic province is a geographic area with a relatively uniform composition of plant species. ... Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world. ...

The orchid genus Neobathiea (originally Bathiea) was named in his honor, as was the indrid lemur Perrier's Sifaka (Propithecus perrieri). Several species of Madgascar plants were named for him, including Erythrina perrieri, Ensete perrieri, Euphorbia perrieri, Podocarpus perrieri, Takhtajania perrieri (originally Bubbia perrieri), and Xerosicyos perrieri. Orchid re-directs here; for alternate uses see Orchid (disambiguation) Genera Over 800 See List of Orchidaceae genera. ... Species Neobathiea (synonym Bathiea) is a genus of rare orchids (family (Orchidaceae), native to tropical moist broadleaf forests of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. ... Genera Indri Avahi Propithecus The Indridae (also spelled Indriidae) are a family of strepsirrhine primates. ... Families Cheirogaleidae Lemuridae Megaladapidae Indridae Lemurs are part of a class of primates known as prosimians, and make up the infraorder Lemuriformes. ...

The standard botanical author abbreviation E.P.Perrier is applied to species he described. In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... In biology, a species is a kind of organism. ...