Armando Dugand

rdf:langString Armando Dugand

rdf:langString Armando Dugand

rdf:langString Armando Dugand

rdf:langString Colombian

rdf:langString Botanist, Geobotanist

rdf:langString Armando Dugand (July 23, 1906 – 1971) was a Colombian botanist, geobotanist, and ornithologist. Dugand's father, François Victor (or Francisco Víctor) Dugand, was a successful French banker; his mother was Reyes Geneco (or Gnecco) Coronado. Dugand was educated in France and in the United States (at Albany Business College). In 1927 he married Sara Roncallo. In 1940 he co-founded the scientific journal Caldasia. He also founded two other scientific journals: Mutisia (Acta Botanica Colombiana) and Lozania (Acta Zoologica Colombiana). He was director of the Institute of Natural Sciences of the National University of Colombia from 1940 to 1953. Dugand is commemorated in the scientific names of two snakes, Trilepida dugandi and Scaphiodontophis annulatus dugandi. The standard author abbreviation Dugand is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.