Jean-Noël Labat

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Jean-Noël Labat (born December 23, 1959 in Herré ( Landes ), † January 9, 2011 in Poissy ) was a French botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Labat ".

Labat worked on the floras of Mexico and Madagascar . He taught at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris.

Taxa named after Labat

The species Asteropeia labatii G.E. Schatz, Lowry & A.-E.Wolf ( Asteropeiaceae ), Hilsenbergia labatii J.S.Mill. ( Boraginaceae ), Euphorbia labatii Rauh & Bard.-Vauc. ( Euphorbiaceae ), Bulbophyllum labatii Bosser ( Orchidaceae ), Coffea labatii A.P. Davis & Rakotonas. ( Rubiaceae ) and Cyphostemma labatii Desc. ( Vitaceae ) were named after Jean-Noël Labat.

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