Anthonius Josephus Maria "Toon" Leeuwenberg (11 August 1930, in

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– 2010) was a Dutch botanist and taxonomist best known for his research into the genus ''

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'' at the Laboratory of Plant Taxonomy and Plant Geography,

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. He was responsible for sinking many Asiatic species as varieties, notably within '' Buddleja crispa''. In 1962, he worked with Jan de Wilde on the flora of the

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Selected publications

*Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. (1979). ''The Loganiaceae of Africa XVIII Buddleja L. II, Revision of the African & Asiatic species.'' H. Veenman & Zonen B. V., Wageningen, Nederland. *Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. (1991). ''A Revision of Tabernaemontana: the old world species''. *Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. (1994). ''A Revision of Tabernaemontana 2: the new world species and Stemmadenia'' Revisions of Apocynaceae: 36

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Harvard University Herbaria, Databases, Botanists
1930 births 2010 deaths 20th-century Dutch botanists Utrecht University alumni Wageningen University and Research faculty Scientists from Amsterdam {{Netherlands-botanist-stub