André Gilles Célestin Lawalrée (2 February 1921 – 18 April 2005) was a Belgian botanist and

pteridologist #REDIRECTFern A fern (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta ) is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. The polypodiophytes include all living pterid ...

. He was head of the Department of Vascular Plants (Spermatophyta-Pteridophyta) in the

National Botanic Garden of Belgium The Meise Botanic Garden ( nl, Plantentuin Meise, french: Jardin botanique de Meise), until 2014 called the National Botanic Garden of Belgium ( nl, Nationale Plantentuin van België, french: Jardin Botanique National de Belgique), is a botani ...

. As an expert on the Belgian flora he was invited to act as the regional adviser for Belgium on the

Flora Europaea The ''Flora Europaea'' is a 5-volume encyclopedia of plants, published between 1964 and 1993 by Cambridge University Press. The aim was to describe all the national Floras of Europe in a single, authoritative publication to help readers identify ...

project. He also made a study of the flora of central Africa, especially that of the former Belgian Congo (now

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). He was interested in and wrote about the lives of earlier Belgian botanists, such as

Marie-Anne Libert Marie-Anne Libert, (born 7 April 1782 in Malmedy, province of Liège, died 14 January 1865 in Malmedy) was a Belgian botanist and mycologist. She was one of the first women plant pathologists. She is sometimes referred to as "Anne-Marie Libert. ...

and

Pierre-Joseph Redouté Pierre-Joseph Redouté (, 10 July 1759 – 19 June 1840), was a painter and botanist from Belgium, known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers at the Château de Malmaison, many of which were published as large, coloured ...

Flora sections

Sections of a flora of Central Africa, defined as "Congo, Rwanda and

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" *1969. ''Flore d'Afrique Centrale: Ptéridophytes, Psilotaceae'' 5 pp. *1969. ''Flore d'Afrique Centrale: Ptéridophytes, Parkeriaceae'' 5 pp. *1969. ''Flore d'Afrique Centrale: Ptéridophytes, Equisetaceae'' 5 pp. *1969. ''Flore d'Afrique Centrale: Ptéridophytes, Actiniopteridaceae'' 9 pp. *1970. ''Flore d'Afrique Centrale: Ptéridophytes, Schizaeceae'' 10 pp. *1971. ''Flore d'Afrique Centrale: Ptéridophytes, Blechnaceae'' 11 pp. *1972. ''Flore d'Afrique Centrale: Spermatophytes, Valerianacea'' 5 pp. *1976. ''Flore d'Afrique Centrale: Ptéridophytes, Azollaceae'' 5 pp. *1979. ''Flore d'Afrique Centrale: Spermatophytes, Dipsacaceae'' 12 pp. *1981. (with G Bruynseels) ''Flore d'Afrique Centrale: Spermatophytes, Pontederiaceae'' 11 pp. *1982. ''Flore d'Afrique Centrale: Spermatophytes, Caprifoliaceae''. 6 pp. *1986. (with D Dethier, E Gilissen) ''Flore d'Afrique Centrale: Spermatophytes, Compositae (Part 1): Subfamily Cichorioideae''. 72 pp. *1988. (with E Landolt) ''Flore d'Afrique Centrale: Spermatophytes, Lemnaceae''. 12 pp *1990. ''Flore d'Afrique Centrale: Ptéridophytes, Lycopodiaceae''. 22 pp. *1993. ''Flore d'Afrique Centrale: Ptéridophytes, Davalliaceae''. 8 pp. *2000. ''Flore d'Afrique Centrale: Ptéridophytes, Nephrolepidaceae''. 16 pp'

Other publications

*1950. (with others) ''Flore générale de Belgique - Ptéridophytes''. Jardin botanique de l'État. 194 pp. *1952-1993. (with others) ''Flore générale de Belgique. - Spermatophytes'' Jardin botanique de l'Etat *1961 (with Jan Balis) ''L'orchidée en Belgique: catalogue de l'exposition''. Nº 5 de Catalogues des expositions organisées à la Bibliothèque Albert Ier, à Bruxelles. Ed. Bibliothèque royale de Belgique. 77 pp. *1965. ''Marie-Anne Libert - Botaniste (1782 - 1865). Biographie, Genealogie, Bibliographie''. 120 pp. *1972. (with F. Badre) ''Flore du Cameroun. Malpighiacées, Linacées, Lépidobotryacées, Cténolophonacées, Humiriacées, Erythroxylacées, Ixonanthacée - Santalacées'' *1973. (with F. Badre) ''Flore du Gabon. Malpighiacées, Nectaropétalacées, Lépidobotryacées, Cténolophonacées, Humiriacées, Erythroxylacées, Ixonanthacées - Santalacées'' *1974. ''La création d'Oncidium limminghei E. Morren''. 4 pp. *1978. ''Inleiding tot de flora van België''. 67 pp. *1981. ''Plantes sauvages protégées en Belgique'', also published as ''Beschermde wilde planten in België''. Ed. Ministerie van Landbouw, Nationale Plantentuin van België. 91 pp. *1987. ''Les jardins aquatiques: un rêve, un défi, une découverte!''. Ed. Vander. 320 pp. *1996 (with others). ''Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 1759-1840 : la famille, l'œuvre''. Bruxelles : Crédit communal *2009 (with Joseph Beaujean, Marcel Florkin). ''Quelques pages de la botanique au pays de Liège aux 18e et 19e siècles: en hommage à

Marcel Florkin Marcel Florkin ( Liège, 15 August 1900 – 3 May 1979) was a Belgian biochemist. Florkin was graduated as a Doctor in Medicine and became a professor of biochemistry at the University of Liège. In 1951, he was the initiator of the Belgian Socie ...

(+1979) et à André Lawalrée (+2005)''. Nº 187 de Lejeunia: Nouvelle série. Ed. Les Editions de Lejeunia. 38 pp.

Taxa named after Lawalrée

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Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae ...

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Taraxacum ''Taraxacum'' () is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, which consists of species commonly known as dandelions. The scientific and hobby study of the genus is known as taraxacology. The genus is native to Eurasia and Nor ...

lawalreei'' Soest * (

Dryopteridaceae The Dryopteridaceae are a family of leptosporangiate ferns in the order Polypodiales. They are known colloquially as the wood ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the family is placed in the suborder ...

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Dryopteris :''The moth genus ''Dryopteris'' is now considered a junior synonym of ''Oreta. ''Dryopteris'' , commonly called the wood ferns, male ferns (referring in particular to '' Dryopteris filix-mas''), or buckler ferns, is a fern genus in the family D ...

× lawalreei'' Janch. * (

Orchidaceae Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...

) × '' Dactylodenia lawalreei'' P.Delforge & D.Tyteca * (

Ranunculaceae Ranunculaceae (buttercup or crowfoot family; Latin "little frog", from "frog") is a family of over 2,000 known species of flowering plants in 43 genera, distributed worldwide. The largest genera are '' Ranunculus'' (600 species), '' Delphiniu ...

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Ranunculus ''Ranunculus'' is a large genus of about almost 1700 to more than 1800 species of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae. Members of the genus are known as buttercups, spearworts and water crowfoots. The genus is distributed in Europe, ...

lawalreei'' ( Demarsin) EricssonAnn. Bot. Fenn. 29(2): 144. 1992 (IK)

References

Sources

* Elmar Robbrecht (2006). ''André Lawalrée (Terwagne, 2 février 1921 - Bruxelles, 18 avril 2005)''. Bulletin des Séances de l'Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer, Nouvelle Série, vol. 55,2, p. 203-207. * Régine Fabri (2008). ''André Lawalrée (1921-2005): his work and life. André Lawalrée (1921-2005): L'homme au travers de son œuvre''. Systematics and Geography of Plants 78 ( 1 ) : 3-26 (24) * Régine Fabri (2012). ''Lawalrée, André, Gilles, Célestin, botaniste, chef de département au Jardin botanique national de Belgique, maître de conférences à l'Université catholique de Louvain, né à Terwagne le 2 février 1921, décédé à Uccle (Bruxelles) le 18 avril 2005''. In : Nouvelle Biographie Nationale, Bruxelles, Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, vol. 11, p. 246-248. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lawalree, Andre 1921 births 2005 deaths Scientists from Brussels 20th-century Belgian botanists Pteridologists Belgian writers in French