Marie Laure Tardieu-Blot (; 17 November 1902 in

Mourmelon-le-Grand Mourmelon-le-Grand () is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. Population Camp de Châlons The ''camp de Châlons'', also known as ''camp de Mourmelon'', is a military camp of circa 10,000 hectares near Mourmelon-le-G ...

– 23 March 1998 in

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) was a French

pteridologist #REDIRECTFern The ferns (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta) are a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. They differ from mosses by being vascular, i.e., having spec ...

who worked at the French National Museum of Natural History and is noted for describing over 400 plant species. The genus of ferns '' Blotiella'' was named in her honor. She was married to the author

Jean Tardieu Jean Tardieu (; born in Saint-Germain-de-Joux, Ain, 1 November 1903, died in Créteil, Val-de-Marne, 27 January 1995) was a French artist, musician, poet and dramatic author. Life and career He earned a degree in literature and worked for a p ...

. She was appointed director of the medical analysis laboratory of the Hanoi hospital in 1928. She joined the phanerogamy laboratory of the National Museum of Natural History in 1932, the same year she became a member of the Botanical Society of France. She was appointed deputy director of the French National Museum of Natural History in 1964. She became director of the laboratory of tropical phanerogamic botany in 1967. She was named honorary director in 1971.

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