Jacques Lambinon facts for kids
Jean Lambinon (born September 28, 1936, in Namur, Belgium; died November 14, 2015, in Liège, Belgium) was a famous Belgian botanist. He was a professor at the University of Liège and a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium.
Lambinon is best known as the main author of the New Flora of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Northern France and neighbouring regions. This important book is used by thousands of students to identify plants.
Who Was Jean Lambinon?
Jean Lambinon was a true expert in the world of plants. He specialized in several areas of botany:
- Plant Classification: He was an expert in taxonomy, which is the science of naming, describing, and classifying living things. He focused on vascular plants (plants with roots, stems, and leaves) found in Western Europe and the Mediterranean area.
- Nature Protection: He cared deeply about nature. He studied how to protect plants, especially dealing with plants that were introduced to new areas or brought back after disappearing.
- Sharing Plant Knowledge: He loved to share his knowledge about plants with everyone. He helped make botany easier for people to understand.
- Plant Names: He also worked on botanical nomenclature, which are the rules for naming plants.
- Plants and Insects: He studied how plants and insects interact. This included things like how insects cause galls (unusual growths) on plants, how plants and insects evolve together, and how insects help plants with pollination.
- Fungi and Lichens: He was also knowledgeable about mycology (the study of fungi) and lichenology (the study of lichens).
Lambinon's Important Roles
Jean Lambinon held many important positions during his career. One key role was leading the herbarium at the University of Liège. A herbarium is like a library of preserved plant specimens. He was also a member of many scientific groups, like the committee for the Flore de Corse (a book about plants in Corsica).
He was also very involved in publishing scientific work. He was an editor and proofreader for Lejeunia, Revue de Botanique, a botanical journal. He also served as secretary for the Society for the Exchange of Vascular Plants of Europe and the Mediterranean Basin. From 1983, he was a correspondent for the Med-Checklist editorial committee, which works on a checklist of plants in the Mediterranean region.
Works and Publications
Jean Lambinon contributed to many scientific publications. Here are a few examples:
- Serusiaux E., & J Lambinon 1994. Bacidia clauzadei sp.nov., une espèce nouvelle de lichen foliicole produisant des cils conidiogènes (A new species of lichen). Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Provence, 45:349-35.
- Verloove F. & Lambinon J 2006. The non native vascular flora of Belgium (Non-native plants in Belgium). Systematics and Geography of Plants 76: 217-220.
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Leptochloa fusca (also known as L parviflora (R.Br.)Verloove et Lambinon)
