Louis Vatrican
Louis Vatrican | |
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| Born | 7 May 1904 |
| Died | 7 June 2007 (aged 103) Monaco |
| Occupation | Agronomist |
Louis Vatrican (7 May 1904, Monaco – 7 June 2007, Monaco) was a Monegasque agronomist.
Career
[edit]Vatrican served as the director of the Jardin Exotique de Monaco from 1936[1] to 1969.[2][3] Vatrican added succulents from Africa to the existing South American succulents, some of which died in 1985-86.[3] After he retired in 1969, Vatrican was succeeded by Marcel Kroenlein.[3]
The Vatricania guentherii, a cactus endemic to South America, was named in his honor in 1950 by Curt Backeberg.[4]
He was a founding member of the International Organization for Succulent Plant Study (IOS)[5] and vice-president of the 1953 edition of the Congress that took place in Monaco.[6]
Death
[edit]Vatrican died on 7 June 2007 in Monaco, aged 103.[citation needed]
References
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- ^ "n1.929" (PDF). Journal de Monaco - Bulletin officiel de la Principauté (in French). 1936-10-29. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ Meyer, Frederick Gustav (1960). Gardens of Western Europe. Brooklyn, New York: Brooklyn Botanic Garden. p. 55. OCLC 2320244. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
- ^ a b c Arama, Gaëlle (June 8, 2008). "Monaco Jardin exotique : 75 ans et toujours autant de piquant ?". Nice Matin. Archived from the original on December 24, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
- ^ Bugaret, Francis (2010). Cactus et plantes succulentes du monde. Versailles, France: Editions Quae. p. 212. ISBN 9782759206346. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
- ^ "Chronicle of IOS". www.iosweb.org. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Congrès de recherches sur les plantes succulentes" (PDF). Journal de Monaco - Bulletin officiel de la Principauté (in French). 1953-10-05. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
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