]> [collector note: Madagascar (1822-36, 1840, 1848): G, K, LE, P, P-JU, TAN, W (orchids); Réunion; LE, P (rec. 1835)]. Eponymy: Bernieria Baillon, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 434. 3 Dec 1884 (nom. cons.). According to Index Herb.- Coll., A.C.J. Bernier also collected in New Caledonia, but according to Laurent Gautier, it was his son Julien Bernier (1848-1903) and grandson Julien Bernier (1902-1951), who collected in New Caledonia. Botany Bernier, Alphonse Charles Joseph Bernier, Alphonse Charles Joseph A. C. J. Bernier Alphonse Charles Joseph Bernier 1802 1858