Lucien Leon Hauman-Merck (8 July 1880, in

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– 16 September 1965, in

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) was a Belgian

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, who studied and collected plants in South America and Africa. He received his education in

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, and afterwards relocated to

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, where he obtained a position in the department of

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and

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at the

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. From 1904 to 1925 he taught classes in botany,

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and agricultural

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at the university. In 1910 he laid the foundations for its

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.Hauman, Lucien León (1880–1965)
JSTOR Global Plants In Argentina he conducted important phytogeographical research, and he also performed plant collection duties that involved excursions to

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and

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. In 1927 he returned to Europe, where from 1928 to 1949, he served as a professor of botany at the

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. During this time period, he studied African flora, about which, he collected numerous plants in the

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. In 1949 he returned to Argentina as an honorary professor at the University of Buenos Aires. The "Jardín Botánico Lucien Hauman" at the university is named in his honor. The genera '' Haumania'' (J.Léonard, 1949) and '' Haumaniastrum'' (P.A.Duvign. et Plancke, 1959) commemorate his name, as do species with the epithet of ''haumanii''.

Honours

* 1932 : Commander in the Order of Leopold.

Selected works

''Note préliminaire sur les Hordeum spontanés de la flore Argentine''
* ''Catalogue des phanérogames de l'Argentine'', 1917 – Catalog of

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s native to Argentina. * ''La végétation des hautes cordillères de Mendoza'', 1918 – Vegetation of the high

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of Mendoza. * ''Le végétation de l'île de Martín García dans le Río de la Plata'', 1925 – Vegetation of

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in the Rio de Plata. * , 1947 – Vegetation of Argentina.Most widely held works by Lucien Hauman
WorldCat Identities

References

External links

* *Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Asociación Latinoamericana de Fitotecnia
Las Ciencias agrícolas en América Latina: progreso y futuro
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