Jean-François Leroy (botanist)

Jean-François Leroy
Born
Jean François Pierre Leroy

(1915-02-25)25 February 1915
Athis-de-l'Orne, Orne, France
Died(1999-02-08)8 February 1999
Le Chesnay, Yvelines, France
EducationUniversity of Lyon, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
Known forTropical botany; flora of Madagascar
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsMuséum national d'histoire naturelle
Author abbrev. (botany)J.-F.Leroy

Jean-François Leroy (25 February 1915 – 8 February 1999) was a French botanist who specialised in tropical botany, particularly the flora of Madagascar, and served for many years at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris.

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