Paul Auguste Danguy (7 August 1862, in Gagny – 5 February 1942) was a French

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 ...

. From 1885 to 1928 he worked at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, where from 1913 onward, he served as deputy director in the laboratory of phanerogams. In 1888 he became a member of the Société botanique de France, in which, he was later named secretary (1891) and vice-president (1922). As a taxonomist he circumscribed the botanical genera ''Decarydendron'', ''Hedycaryopsis'', ''Schrameckia'', ''Terminaliopsis'' and ''

Thouvenotia ''Beilschmiedia'' is a genus of trees and shrubs in family Lauraceae. Most of its species grow in tropical climates, but a few of them are native to temperate regions, and they are widespread in tropical Asia, Africa, Madagascar, Australia ...

'' as well as numerous species. The genus ''

Danguyodrypetes ''Lingelsheimia'' is a plant genus in the families Phyllanthaceae (and previously placed in the family Putranjivaceae), first described as a genus in 1909. It is native to central Africa and Madagascar.Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radclif ...

'' (family Putranjivaceae) was named in his honor by

Jacques Désiré Leandri Jacques Désiré Leandri, born 1903 in Corsica, died 1982, was a French botanist and mycologist. Leandri is remembered for botanical excursions in North Africa (Morocco) and Madagascar. He collected plants for scientific study from the years ...

. With

Henri Lecomte Paul Henri Lecomte (8 January 1856, in Saint-Nabord, Vosges – 12 June 1934, in Paris) was a French botanist. In 1884, after attaining a number of degrees, Lecomte became a professor at Lycée Saint-Louis in Paris. In addition to his teaching dut ...

, he was co-author of "''Madagascar: les bois de la forêt d'Analamazaotra''" ( Madagascar; wood from the Analamazaotra forest, 1922).Madagascar: les bois de la forêt d'Analamazaotra
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