Tillandsia Prodigiosa
''Tillandsia prodigiosa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae. It is Endemism, endemic to Mexico. References

* Tillandsia, prodigiosa Flora of Mexico Taxa named by Charles Antoine Lemaire Taxa named by John Gilbert Baker {{Tillandsia-stub ...
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Charles Antoine Lemaire
Charles Antoine Lemaire (1 November 1800, in Paris – 22 June 1871, in Paris), was a French botanist and botanical author, noted for his publications on Cactaceae. Education Born the son of Antoine Charles Lemaire and Marie Jeanne Davio, he had an excellent early education, and acquired the reputation of being an outstanding scholar. He studied at the University of Paris and was appointed as Professor of Classical Literature there. At some stage his botanical interest was sparked and developed by his association with M. Neumann, horticulturist at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Museum of Natural History. Career He worked for some time as an assistant to M. Mathieu, at a nursery in Paris, building up a collection of Cactaceae, a group to which he would devote almost all of his life. In 1835, M. Cousin, a Parisian publisher, started a gardening journal and requested that he be its editor. For a number of years, he remained editor of ''Jardin Fleuriste'' and ''L'Horticu ...
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