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 1922 to 1980.

[1] The plant genus Leandriella from the family Acanthaceae is named after him.

[2][3] As a taxonomist, he circumscribed many plants within the family Euphorbiaceae.