Jacques Désiré Leandri
Jacques Désiré Leandri, born 1903 in Corsica, died 1982, was a French botanist and mycologist.
Leandri is remembered for botanical excursions in North Africa (Morocco) and Madagascar. He collected plants for scientific study from the years 1922 to 1980.[1] The plant genus Leandriella from the family Acanthaceae is named after him.[2] As a taxonomist, he circumscribed many plants within the family Euphorbiaceae.[3]
Publications
- Les arbres et grands arbustes Malgaches de la famille des Euphorbiaceaes. Naturaliste Malgache 4: 47-82 (1952)
- Les Euphorbes Malgaches Epineuses et Charnues du Jardin Botanique de Tsimbazaz, 144-154 (1954) with E. Ursch
- Un Naturaliste du Muséum a la Recherche des Quinquinas: Hugh Algernon Weddell (1819-1877) Adansonia 6: 165-173 (1966)
References
- ↑ JSTOR Plant Science
- ↑ Herbarium Musei Parisiensis
- ↑ IPNI List of plants described & co-described by Leandri
- ↑ "Author Query for 'Leandri'". International Plant Names Index.
- List of published works copied from an equivalent article at the Spanish Wikipedia.
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