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.[1] The plant genus Leandriella from the family Acanthaceae is named after him.[2][3] As a taxonomist, he circumscribed many plants within the family Euphorbiaceae.[4]

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)
The standard author abbreviation Leandri is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

  1. ^ [1] JSTOR Plant Science
  2. ^ [2] Herbarium Musei Parisiensis
  3. ^ "Leandriella Benoist | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  4. ^ IPNI List of plants described & co-described by Leandri
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Leandri.


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