Henri Alain Liogier

French botanist (1916-2009).

Henri Alain Liogier, also known as Brother Alain (January 31, 1916 – November 9, 2009) was a French botanist, educator, and member of the clergy based out of Texas, United States. Liogier is responsible for over 100 scientific journal articles and over 30 books devoted to the study of botany. He published the quintessential work on the flora of Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, and these works are the foundation of botanical science for the Caribbean. During his life's work, he discovered over 300 species of plants all of which can be found at the New York Botanical Garden where he also served

Abbreviations: Alain
Occupations: scientific collector, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: France
Languages: Spanish
Dates: 1916-01-31T00:00:00Z – 2009-11-09T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Chomelix
Direct attributions: 300 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 386 plants, 0 fungi

300 plants attributed, 86 plants contributed to386 plants:

Eugenia haematocarpa (Luquillo Mountain Stopper) Alain 1963
endangered plant species in the myrtaceae family
Eugenia haematocarpa is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to Puerto Rico. It is classified as an endangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and there has been a plan for its recovery in place for some years. Its common names include uvillo and Luquillo Mountain stopper. Specimens of this tree were first collected in 1939 in Naguabo. It is known from the Caribbean National Forest and the Sierra de Cayey on the eastern side of the island of Puerto Rico. It has been observed growing amongst Syzygium jambos, Prestoea montana, Tabebuia
Psidium sintenisii (Sintenis' Guava) (Kiaersk.) Alain 1971
critically endangered plant species in the myrtaceae family
Psidium sintenisii is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. It is endemic to Puerto Rico, where it is known from three or four small subpopulations, mainly within El Yunque National Forest. It grows in wet mountain forest habitat. Its common names are Sintenis' guava and hoja menuda. This evergreen tree, a species of wild guava, can reach 9 meters (30 ft) in height. It has gray, grooved, shreddy bark on the trunk and greenish branches. The shiny green glandular leaf blades are up to 6.3 centimeters (2.5 in) long. Flowers are solitary in the leaf axils, borne on long
Eugenia woodburyana (Woodbury's Stopper) Alain 1980
vulnerable plant species in the myrtaceae family
Eugenia woodburyana (Woodbury's stopper) is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to Puerto Rico. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. It is threatened by habitat loss. E. woodburyana is an evergreen tree which grows up to 6 metres (20 ft) tall. It has hairy oval leaves up to 2 centimeters long by 1.5 wide which are oppositely arranged. The inflorescence is a cluster of up to 5 white flowers borne in the leaf axils. The fruit is an approximately spherical red berry with eight wings, up to a diameter of 2 centimeters. The tree grows in
Salvia decumbens (Crater Sage) Alain 1973
vulnerable plant species in the lamiaceae family
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Auerodendron pauciflorum (Turtlefat) Alain 1982
critically endangered plant species in the rhamnaceae family
Auerodendron pauciflorum is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae. One English language common name is turtlefat. It is endemic to Puerto Rico, where it is known from only one population in Isabela. At the time the plant was federally listed as an endangered species by the United States in 1994, only ten individual plants were known to exist. By 1997, there were 19 known specimens. This is an evergreen shrub with black-dotted green leaves up to 15 centimeters long by 6 wide. Two or three flowers occur in the leaf axils. The shrub is native to the tropical moist forests on
Utricularia incisa (A.Rich.) Alain 1956
plant species in the lentibulariaceae family
Utricularia incisa is a medium-sized suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia (family Lentibulariaceae). It is probably a perennial plant. U. incisa is only known from specimens from Cuba (Isle of Pines and Pinar del Río) and appears to be endemic to the country.
Gesneria pedicellaris Alain 1971
plant species in the gesneriaceae family
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Eugenia acunae Alain 1953
plant species in the myrtaceae family
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Clusia brittonii Alain 1953
plant species in the clusiaceae family
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Banara wilsonii Alain 1953
extinct plant species in the salicaceae family
Banara wilsonii is an extinct species of tree in the family Salicaceae. It was endemic to an area near Puerto Padre, Las Tunas Province, Cuba. It went extinct due to habitat loss.
Spermacoce brachysepala (Urb.) Alain 1982
plant species in the rubiaceae family
Spermacoce brachysepala, the West Indian false buttonweed, is a plant species in the Rubiaceae. It is native to Puerto Rico, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Salvia lavandula Alain 1988
plant species in the lamiaceae family
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Pimenta adenoclada (Urb.) Alain 1971
endangered plant species in the myrtaceae family
Pimenta adenoclada is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae (Myrtle). It is endemic to Cuba. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Myrcia margarettae (Alain) Alain 1985
critically endangered plant species in the myrtaceae family
Myrcia margarettae is a species of shrub in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to Puerto Rico. It reaches a height of 4–5 metres.
Lyonia elliptica (Small) Alain 1956
endangered plant species in the ericaceae family
Lyonia elliptica is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. It is a shrub or tree endemic to eastern Cuba. It is native to mountains of Guantanamo Province, where it grows in tropical submontane moist forest and xeromorphic scrubland on serpentine soils from 400 to 800 metres elevation. It is threatened by habitat loss. The species was described as Xolisma elliptica by John Kunkel Small in 1914. In 1956 Henri Alain Liogier placed the species in genus Lyonia as L. elliptica.
Henriettea squamata (Alain) Alain 1965
plant species in the melastomataceae family
Henriettea squamata is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is endemic to Cuba.
Henriettea membranifolia (Thinleaf Camasey) (Cogn.) Alain 1965
extinct plant species in the melastomataceae family
Henriettea membranifolia, the thinleaf camasey, is a species of plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is endemic to Puerto Rico.
Harpalyce maisiana León & Alain 1950
critically endangered plant species in the fabaceae family
Harpalyce maisiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Cuba.
Annona moaensis León & Alain 1946
plant species in the annonaceae family
Annona moaensis is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is endemic to Cuba. Frère León and Henri Alain Liogier, the botanists who first formally described the species, named it after Moa, Cuba where the specimen they observed was collected.
Zanthoxylum ekmanii (Urb.) Alain 1950
plant species in the rutaceae family
Zanthoxylum ekmanii is a species of plant in the family Rutaceae. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Stenandrium pinetorum (Britton & P.Wilson) Alain 1956
perennial plant species in the acanthaceae family
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Myrciaria myrtifolia (Ridgetop Guavaberry) Alain 1983
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Myrciaria myrtifolia, commonly known as the ridgetop guavaberry, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to Puerto Rico and it was first described in 1983. It is a shrub found mainly at low elevations, in mountain foothills in the south-east, and coastal plains in the south-west.
Myrciaria borinquena (False Tamarisk) Alain 1980
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Myrciaria borinquena is a species of flowering plant in the Myrtaceae genus . Myrciaria borinquena has a common name of false tamarisk. This species is endemic to the forests of Puerto Rico, specifically in low elevations in forests . It can also be found in other tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions due to their great capacity for adaptation in different environments. It is a small tree that produces round fruit around 25mm in diameter.
Myrcia maestrensis (Urb.) Alain 1971
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Myrcia maestrensis is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to Cuba.
Miconia moensis (Britton) Alain 1955
plant species in the melastomataceae family
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Miconia alternifolia (Griseb.) Alain 1955
plant species in the melastomataceae family
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Manettia coerulea Alain 1971
plant species in the rubiaceae family
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Machaonia havanensis (Jacq. ex J.F.Gmel.) Alain 1962
plant species in the rubiaceae family
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Gesneria parvifolia Alain 1971
plant species in the gesneriaceae family
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Gesneria filipes Alain 1976
plant species in the gesneriaceae family
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