Aline Marie Raynal (4 February 1937 – 16 July 2022) was a French botanist and botanical illustrator noted for studying the taxonomy of parasitic and aquatic tropical plants, as well as plants of the Sahel desert in Africa.[1] She was professor of botany at the Muséum National d´Histoire Naturelle de Paris. In 1995, her work was honored by the Institut de France. The minor planet 8651 Alineraynal was named in her honor.[2][3] The standard author abbreviation A.Raynal is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4][5]
Aline Marie Raynal | |
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 Aline Marie Raynal in 2010 | |
| Born | February 4, 1937 Paris, France |
| Died | July 16, 2022 (aged 85) Périgueux, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | Muséum National d´Histoire Naturelle de Paris |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | A.Raynal |
Works
edit- Raynal, Aline Marie; Symoens, J. J.; Keraudren-Aymonin, Monique (1974). Flore d′Afrique centrale [d'Afrique] : (Zaïre – Rwanda – Burundi). Spermatophytes. Aponogetonaceae (in French). Jardin Botanique National de Belgique. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- Raynal-Roques, Aline (1963). Flore et végétation des environs de Kayar (Sénégal): (de la côte au lac Tanma) (in French). Faculté des sciences, Université de Dakar. OCLC 19916939.
- Raynal-Roques, Aline; Roguenant, Albert (2015). Dessiner et photographier les fleurs: le guide pratique du parfait botaniste (in French). Belin. OCLC 912279884.
References
edit- ^ "DSI – Database of Scientific Illustrators". www.uni-stuttgart.de. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2015). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names: Addendum to 6th Edition: 2012-2014. Springer. p. 86. ISBN 9783319176772. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Raynal, Aline Marie". Global Plants. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. A.Raynal.
- ^ Mabberley, D. J. (1997). The Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521414210. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Décès d'Aline Raynal-Roques". Tela Botanica (in French). 2022-07-21. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
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