Aline Marie Raynal (4 February 1937 – 16 July 2022) is a French botanist and botanical illustrator noted for studying the taxonomy of parasitic and aquatic tropical plants, as well as plants of the Sahel desert.[1] She was professor of botany at the Muséum National d´Histoire Naturelle de Paris. In 1995, her work was honored by the Institut de France. The minor planet 8651 Alineraynal was named in her honor.[2][3] The standard author abbreviation A.Raynal is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4][5]

Aline Marie Raynal
Aline Marie Raynal in 2010
Born1937 (age 86–87)
NationalityFrench
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsMuséum National d´Histoire Naturelle de Paris
Author abbrev. (botany)A.Raynal

Works edit

  • Raynal, Aline Marie; Symoens, J. J.; Keraudren-Aymonin, Monique (1974). Flore d′Afrique centrale [d'Afrique] : (Zaïre – Rwanda – Burundi). Spermatophytes. Aponogetonaceae (in French). Jardin Botanique National de Belgique. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  • Raynal-Roques, Aline (1963). Flore et végétation des environs de Kayar (Sénégal): (de la côte au lac Tanma) (in French). Faculté des sciences, Université de Dakar. OCLC 19916939.
  • Raynal-Roques, Aline; Roguenant, Albert (2015). Dessiner et photographier les fleurs: le guide pratique du parfait botaniste (in French). Belin. OCLC 912279884.

References edit

  1. ^ "DSI – Database of Scientific Illustrators". www.uni-stuttgart.de. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  2. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2015). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names: Addendum to 6th Edition: 2012-2014. Springer. p. 86. ISBN 9783319176772. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Raynal, Aline Marie". Global Plants. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  A.Raynal.
  5. ^ Mabberley, D. J. (1997). The Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521414210. Retrieved 4 January 2019.