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Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi (born 23 January 1895 in Pergamino, Buenos Aires Province - died 21 April 1966 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine botanist and agronomist.[1] Parodi studied at the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Agronomy under Lucien Leon Hauman and in 1926 took Hauman's place as professor of botany.[2]
Several plant genera, have been named in his honour; in 1929, Parodiodoxa, a genus of flowering plants from Argentina, belonging to the family Brassicaceae,[3] then in 1941, Parodianthus, a genus of flowering plants from Argentina belonging to the family Verbenaceae.[4] Followed by in 1969, Parodiodendron, a genus under the family Picrodendraceae,[5][6] and lastly in 2008, Parodiophyllochloa is a genus of Latin American plants in the grass family.[7]