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Patricio Ponce de León

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Patricio Ponce de León (August 26, 1915 – February 26, 2010) was a Cuban mycologist. He was a professor at Belen School in Havana and at the University of Havana, and later a curator at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois. He wrote a monograph on the worldwide species of the family Geastraceae, the earthstar fungi. Ponce de León died in Miami, Florida.[1]

Taxa described

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Selected publications

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References

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  1. ^ "Dr. Patricio Ponce de Leon 1915 - 2010 - Obituary". Tributes.com. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
  2. ^ International Plant Names Index.  P. Ponce de León.