Jacques Désiré Leandri

Male, Person

1903 –

81

Who is 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 and Madagascar. He collected plants for scientific study from the years 1922 to 1980. The plant genus Leandriella from the family Acanthaceae is named after him. As a taxonomist, he circumscribed many plants within the family Euphorbiaceae.

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Born
1903
Corsica
Also known as
  • Леандри, Жак

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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