Hector Léveillé
Augustin Abel Hector Léveillé (born March 13, 1863 in Le Mans ; † November 25, 1918 ) was a French missionary , botanist and founding member of the Académie internationale de Géographie Botanique . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " H.Lév. "
Life
Hector Léveillé was born in Le Mans in 1863 . He studied medicine and was ordained a priest in 1887. He made trips abroad for the Society of the Paris Missionary Seminary , including to India in 1887. There he became a professor at the Collège de Pondichéry in Puducherry .
After returning to France in 1891, he founded the journal Le Monde des plantes and became a founding member of the Académie internationale de Géographie Botanique . In 1911 his well-known work Iconographie du Genre Epilobium appeared on the genus of the fireweed .
Works (selection)
- 1911: Iconographie du Genre Epilobium, Epilobes d'Amérique, Epilobes d'Europe . on-line
Dedication names
Several plant species were named after him in honor of Léveillé. Examples are:
- Anemone leveillei a Windröschenart
- Lysimachia leveillei a Gilbweiderichart
- Tephrosia leveillei a butterfly family
literature
- Pierre Labrude: Marcel Petitmengin (1881-1908). Une riche et brève existence entièrement consacrée à la botanique et à la religion . In: Mémoires de l'Académie de Stanislas . tape XV , April 20, 2001, p. 371-377 ( pdf ).
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Hector Léveillé at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Léveillé, Hector |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Léveillé, Augustin Abel Hector (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Le Mans |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 25, 1918 |