Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard

[1] In 1899 he obtained his doctorate in natural sciences at the University of Bordeaux, later serving as a professor at the school of medicine in Tours.

He conducted botanical and exploratory investigations in the Canary Islands (1904–06), Tunisia (1907–10 & 1913) and Morocco (1911–13).

published Pitardella, a genus of flowering plants from Indo-China, belonging to the family Rubiaceae.

[7] Also named in his honour, are plants with the specific epithets of pitardii (about 27) and pitardiana (about 7).

[11] Pitard also made significant contributions to the "Flore générale de L'Indo-Chine" (General flora of Indochina).