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Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem
French botanist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem (French pronunciation: [filip edwaʁ leɔ̃ van tiɡɛm]; 19 April 1839 – 28 April 1914) was a French botanist born in Baillleul in the département of Nord.[1] He was one of the best known French botanists of the latter nineteenth century.[2]
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