Anne-Marie Homolle

Anne-Marie Homolle (1912-2006),[1] was a French botanist noted for studying and collecting plants of Madagascar.[2][3][4][1] 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]

The standard author abbreviation Homolle is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[9]

References
  1. "CTHS - HOMOLLE ép. LE GENISSEL Anne-Marie Thérèse Henriette". Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  2. "Homolle, Anne-Marie (fl. 1937-1950)". Global Plants. JSTOR. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  3. Dorr, Laurence J. (1997). 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. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. p. 210. ISBN 9781900347181. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  4. Mabberley, D. J. (1997). The Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521414210. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  5. "Homollea Arènes | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  6. "Homolliella Arènes This is a synonym of Paracephaelis Baill". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  7. "Tropicos | Person - Homolle, Anne-Marie". tropicos.org. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  8. Quattrocchi, Umberto (1999). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. Taylor & Francis US. ISBN 9780849326769. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  9. International Plant Names Index.  Homolle.
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