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]

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 individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[3]

References

^ [1] JSTOR Plant Science
^ [2] Herbarium Musei Parisiensis
^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.

List of published works copied from the Spanish Wikipedia.

External Links

[PDFSite du patrimoine mondial des Tsingy de Bemaraha et autres sites] (in French)

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Name	Leandri, Jacques Desire
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Date of birth	1903
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Date of death	1982
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