Georges de Layens

Georges de Layens (1834–1897) was a French botanist and apiculturalist. He was the creator of a popular mobile beehive called the "Layens hive".

He published numerous works on beekeeping and botany. With Gaston Bonnier (1853–1922), he was co-author of a book on apiculture called Cours complet d'apiculture, and a publication on plants of northern France and Belgium titled Nouvelle flore du Nord de la France et de la Belgique.

The standard author abbreviation Layens is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

References

^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.

This article is based on a translation of an article from the Spanish Wikipedia.

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Name	Layens, Georges de
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Date of birth	1834
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Date of death	1897
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