Marie Laure Tardieu

Marie Laure Tardieu
Born
Marie Laure Jacqueline Blot

(1902-11-17)17 November 1902
Died23 March 1998(1998-03-23) (aged 95)
Paris, France
Resting placeCimetière de Villiers-sous-Grez
Alma materUniversity of Paris
SpouseJean Tardieu
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsNational Museum of Natural History, France
Author abbrev. (botany)Tardieu

Marie Laure Tardieu-Blot (17 November 1902 in Mourmelon-le-Grand – 23 March 1998 in Paris) was a French pteridologist who worked at the French National Museum of Natural History and is noted for describing over 400 plant species.[1] The genus of ferns Blotiella was named in her honor.[2] She was married to the author Jean Tardieu.[3] The standard author abbreviation Tardieu is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4][5][6][7] She was appointed director of the medical analysis laboratory of the Hanoi hospital in 1928. She joined the phanerogamy laboratory of the National Museum of Natural History in 1932, the same year she became a member of the Botanical Society of France. She was appointed deputy director of the French National Museum of Natural History in 1964. She became director of the laboratory of tropical phanerogamic botany in 1967. She was named honorary director in 1971.[8]

  1. ^ "Tropicos | Person - Tardieu, Marie Laure". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  2. ^ Crouch, Neil R. (2012). Ferns of Southern Africa: A Comprehensive Guide. Penguin Random House South Africa. ISBN 9781431701438. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  3. ^ Limited, Europa Publications (1974). The international who's who. Europa Publications. ISBN 9780900362729. Retrieved 15 February 2019. {{cite book}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Tardieu.
  5. ^ Mabberley, D. J. (1997). The Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521414210. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries". kiki.huh.harvard.edu. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Tardieu, Marie Laure (1902-) on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  8. ^ Stafleu, Frans A.; Cowan, Richard S. (1976). Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types. Utrecht: Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.48631. ISBN 90-313-0224-4.