Julián Baldomero Acuña Galé (27 February 1900 – 24 July 1973) was a

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

n born

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

who served as director of the Agricultural Experimental Station in Santiago de Las Vegas. His research centered on

phytopathology Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomyc ...

and on introduction of new, improved varieties of food and forage plants while his field work produced numerous herbarium collections; among them, many new species he described, or were named for him. Acuña Galé was born in

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, and died in

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. In 1980, ''

Acunaeanthus ''Acunaeanthus'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family of Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one known species; ''Acunaeanthus tinifolius'', which is endemic to Cuba. The genus name of ''Acunaeanthus'' is in honour of Julián Acu ...

'' was published, which is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s in the

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of Rubiaceae. The genus which is endemic to

was named in honour of Julián Acuña Galé.

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