Jacques Désiré Leandri, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French botanist
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Place of Birth: Corsica, France
About 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.
- 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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