Obituary in memory of Prof. Dr. Laurent Aké-Assi (1931-2014)

Authors

  • Rüdiger Wittig

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21248/fvss.17.27

Keywords:

Prof. Dr. Laurent Aké-Assi

Abstract

In the first month of the year 2014, the Ivorian botanist, member of the editorial board of this journal, Laurent Aké Assi, often called “the genius of the Ivorian forest”, left the stage.

References

Aké Assi L (1984): Flore de la Côte d’Ivoire: Étude descriptive et biogéographique avec quelques notes ethnobotaniques. Thèse d’état de l‘Université d’Abidjan (Côte d‘Ivoire), 1205 p.

Aké Assi L (2001): Flore de la Côte-d‘Ivoire: Catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. Boissiera 57, 396 p.

Aké Assi L, Guinko S, Aya Lazare A (1991): Plants used in traditional medicine in West Africa / Plantes utilisées dans la medecine traditionnelle en Afrique de l‘Ouest. La Roche, Basel, 151 p.

Bayton RP, A. Ouédraogo A, Guinko S (2006): The genus Borassus (Arecaceae) in West Africa, with a description of a new species from Burkina Faso. Bot J Linnean Soc 150 : 419-427 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2006.00485.x

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Published

2014-12-01

How to Cite

[1]
R. Wittig, “Obituary in memory of Prof. Dr. Laurent Aké-Assi (1931-2014)”, FVSS, vol. 17, pp. 49–50, Dec. 2014.

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Vol. 17 (2014)
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49-50

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