Louis Vatrican | |
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Born | 7 May 1904 |
Died | 7 June 2007 Monaco | (aged 103)
Occupation | Agronomist |
Louis Vatrican (7 May 1904, Monaco – 7 June 2007, Monaco) was a Monegasque agronomist.
Vatrican served as the director of the Jardin Exotique de Monaco from 1933 to 1969. [1] [2] Vatrican added succulents from Africa to the existing South American succulents, some of which died in 1985-86. [2] After he retired in 1969, Vatrican was succeeded by Marcel Kroenlein. [2]
The Vatricania guentherii, a cactus endemic to South America, was named in his honor in 1950 by Curt Backeberg. [3]
Vatrican died on 7 June 2007 in Monaco, aged 103.[ citation needed]