Paul Marmy (1851–1897) was director of the Jardin des Plantes de Nantes around 1890. The lilac Syringa vulgaris macrostachya carnea was named on Marny's advice.[1]
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- ^ McKelvey, Susan Delano (1928). The lilac: a monograph. MacMillan. p. 329. Retrieved 24 December 2010. Note that this ref mis-spells name as "Marny"
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