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Louis Vatrican (7 May 1904, Monaco – 7 June 2007, Monaco) was a Monegasque agronomist.




Career


Vatrican served as the director of the Jardin Exotique de Monaco from 1936 to 1969. Vatrican added succulents from Africa to the existing South American succulents, some of which died in 1985-86. After he retired in 1969, Vatrican was succeeded by Marcel Kroenlein.
The Vatricania guentherii, a cactus endemic to South America, was named in his honor in 1950 by Curt Backeberg.
He was a founding member of the International Organization for Succulent Plant Study (IOS) and vice-president of the 1953 edition of the Congress that took place in Monaco.




Death


Vatrican died on 7 June 2007 in Monaco, aged 103.




References

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• 1921 Monegasque general election
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• 1929 Monegasque general election
• 1912 Monegasque general election
• Monaco national football team
• 2003 Monegasque general election