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### Author
Vaillant, Léon \[Louis\] (1834-1914), French zoologist; M.D. Paris 1861; aggr. hist. nat. 1863; Dr. sci. 1865, Prix Savigny 1867; lecturer in Montpellier 1867; with the zoological laboratory of the École des Hautes-Études, Paris 1869; professor of herpetology and ichthyology at the Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 1874-1910.
**Abbreviated name**: *L. Vaill.* \[standard form in IPNI: *L.Vaill.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Botanical material not known.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 419; BM 5: 2187; De Toni 2: cxvi; DSB 13: 551-553 (D.B. Weiner; biogr., bibl.; b. 11 Nov 1834, d. 27 Nov 1914); GR p. 354; Kelly p. 231; LS 27598; MW p. 510; NI alph.; PR 9653; Quenstedt p. 439.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print, books 245: 703-704. 1915; Cat. gén. livr. impr. Bibl. natl. 198: 237-245. 1968; Science ser. 2. 41: 61. 1915 (d.); Grand Larousse encycl. 10: 642. 1964; Qui êtes-vous 1908: 472.
- Nissen, C., Zool. Buchill. 414. 1969.
- Roule, L., Arch. Mus. Hist. nat. ser. 6. 4: 1-14. 1929 (biogr., bibl., portr.).
#### Note
- (1) Auguste Nicolas Vaillant (1793-1858) ("Commandant Vaillant") was in command of the voyage of the *Bonite*, the botanical results of which were published by C. Gaudichaud-Beaupré, *Voy. Bonite, Bot.* 1841-1866, see TL-2/1968.
- (2) François Le Vaillant (1753-1824), Suriname-born French traveller, naturalist and painter, mainly interested in ornithology; explorer of South Africa; collected and painted also several plants, is dealt with in detail by M. Gunn and L.E. Codd, Bot. expl. S. Afr. 224-226. 1981, and by Forbes, François Le Vaillant, traveller in S. Africa 2 vols. 1973 (see 1: 31-100 and 2: 43-81).
### Publications
##### n.15.745. De la fécondation dans les cryptogames
**Title**
*De la fécondation dans les cryptogames*. Thèse présentée au concours d'agrégation (section d'histoire naturelle) et soutenue à la faculté de médecine de Paris... Paris (F. Savy,...) 1863. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fécond. crypt.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1863 (Flora 28 Oct 1863), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-134, \[135, cont.\], *pl. 1-2* (uncol. liths. auth.). *Copies*: B, BR, G, HH, NY, PH.
*Commercial issue* 1863, p. \[1\]-134, *pl. 1-2. Copies*: B, FH. – "De... cryptogames par Léon Vaillant..." Paris (id.) 1863. Oct.
*Ref*.: Fournier, É., Bull. Soc. bot. France 10: 233-235. Nov 1863 (rev.).
- Stiz. (Stizenberger), Hedwigia 2(18): 179-180. Nov 1863 (rev.).