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

List of published works copied from an equivalent article at the Spanish Wikipedia.

External links

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

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[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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