Anthonius Josephus Maria "Toon" Leeuwenberg (11 August 1930, in Amsterdam – 2010) was a Dutch botanist and taxonomist best known for his research into the genus '' Buddleja'' at the Laboratory of Plant Taxonomy and Plant Geography, Wageningen. He was responsible for sinking many Asiatic species as varieties, notably within '' Buddleja crispa''. In 1962, he worked with Jan de Wilde on the flora of the

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Selected publications

*Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. (1979). ''The Loganiaceae of Africa XVIII Buddleja L. II, Revision of the African & Asiatic species.'' H. Veenman & Zonen B. V., Wageningen, Nederland. *Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. (1991). ''A Revision of Tabernaemontana: the old world species''. *Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. (1994). ''A Revision of Tabernaemontana 2: the new world species and Stemmadenia'' Revisions of Apocynaceae: 36

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Harvard University Herbaria, Databases, Botanists
1930 births 2010 deaths 20th-century Dutch botanists Utrecht University alumni Wageningen University and Research faculty Scientists from Amsterdam {{Netherlands-botanist-stub