Élie-Abel Carrière (1818–1896) was a
French botanist, based in
Paris. He was a leading authority on
conifers in the period 1850-1870, describing many new species, and the new genera
Tsuga,
Keteleeria and
Pseudotsuga. His most important work was the
Traité Général des Conifères, published in 1855, with a second, extensively-revised edition in 1867.