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]

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

↑ JSTOR Plant Science
↑ Herbarium Musei Parisiensis
↑ "Author Query for 'Leandri'". International Plant Names Index.

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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Short description	French botanist
Date of birth	1903
Place of birth
Date of death	1982
Place of death

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