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About Jean François Laterrade
- Jean-François Laterrade (January 23, 1784 – October 30, 1858) was a French botanist born in Bordeaux.
- He was a founding member of Linnean Society of Bordeaux, and was director of the botanical garden at Bordeaux. In 1811 Laterrade published a work involving flora found in the environs of Bordeaux called "Flore bordelaise, ou Tableau des plantes qui croissent naturellement aux environs de Bordeaux".
- This book was re-issued in 1821, 1829 and 1846.
- In 1823 he founded a popular agricultural journal titled "L'Ami des champs" (The Friend of the Fields). The mycological genus Laterradea (Raspail, 1824) is named after him.
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