Jacques Désiré Leandri
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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. The plant genus Leandriella from the family Acanthaceae
is named after him.
Corsica
Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....
, died 1982, was a French botanist and mycologist.
Leandri is remembered for botanical excursions in North Africa (Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
) and Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
. He collected plants for scientific study from the years 1922 to 1980. The plant genus Leandriella from the family Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae
The family Acanthaceae is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species....
is named after him.
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)
External Links
- [PDFSite du patrimoine mondial des Tsingy de Bemaraha et autres sites] (in French)