Anne-Marie Homolle Explained

Anne-Marie Homolle (1912-2006), was a French botanist noted for studying and collecting plants of Madagascar.[1] [2] [3] [4] She identified at least 260 species of plants native to Madagascar, and two genera were named in her honor: Homollea (in the family Rubiaceae[5]) and Homolliella (now a synonym of Paracephaelis Baill.[6]).[7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. Homolle, Anne-Marie (fl. 1937-1950) . Global Plants . JSTOR . 6 December 2018 . en .
  2. Book: Dorr . Laurence J. . Plant Collectors in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands: A Biographical and Bibliographical Guide to Individuals and Groups who Have Collected Herbarium Material of Algae, Bryophytes, Fungi, Lichens, and Vascular Plants in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands . 1997 . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 9781900347181 . 210 . 6 December 2018 . en.
  3. Book: Mabberley . D. J. . The Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants . 1997 . Cambridge University Press . 9780521414210 . 6 December 2018 . en.
  4. Web site: CTHS - HOMOLLE ép. LE GENISSEL Anne-Marie Thérèse Henriette . Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques . 6 December 2018.
  5. Web site: Homollea Arènes Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 16 May 2021 . en.
  6. Web site: Homolliella Arènes This is a synonym of Paracephaelis Baill. . Plants of the World Online . 1 October 2021.
  7. Web site: Tropicos Person - Homolle, Anne-Marie . tropicos.org . 6 December 2018.
  8. Book: Quattrocchi . Umberto . CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology . 1999 . Taylor & Francis US . 9780849326769 . 6 December 2018 . en.

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