Julien Marnier-Lapostolle

Julien Marnier-Lapostolle (1902 - 1976) was a French botanical explorer.

Marnier-Lapostolle's paternal and maternal families were both successful businesspeople in the French wine industry. The Marniers founded a winery in the Santerre region in the 18th century. The Lapostolle family operated a small but famous distillery, founded in 1827 by his grandfather Jean-Baptiste Lapostolle, in Neauphle-le-Chateau near Paris.¹

Marnier-Lapostolle created the "Jardin Botanique des Cedres" in Cap Ferrat, France.²³

Marnier-Lapostolle was president of the "Association Francaise des Amateurs de Cactees".⁴

Honors

Eponyms

Kalanchoe marnieriana
(Bromeliaceae) Dyckia marnier-lapostollei L.B.Sm. 1966
(Bromeliaceae) Hechtia marnier-lapostollei L.B.Sm. 1961²
(Bromeliaceae) Tillandsia marnieri-lapostollei Rauh 1973
(Bromeliaceae) Werauhia marnier-lapostollei (L.B.Sm.) J.R.Grant 1995

References

Marnier-Lapostolle, Alexandra. "First Person: Spirited Defense," Worth, 1 de septiembre de 2006 Datos de la empresa
"Imagen y data de la especie". Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
The Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature Relating to Vascular Plants for ... H.M. Stationery Office. 1975.
"Dolichothele marnier-lapostollei". www.llifle.net. Retrieved 2025-07-11.
International Plant Names Index. Marn.-Lap.

[1] Marnier-Lapostolle, Alexandra. "First Person: Spirited Defense," Worth, 1 de septiembre de 2006 Datos de la empresa

[bromeliaceae-2] "Imagen y data de la especie". Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2009.

[3] The Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature Relating to Vascular Plants for ... H.M. Stationery Office. 1975.

[4] "Dolichothele marnier-lapostollei". www.llifle.net. Retrieved 2025-07-11.

[5] International Plant Names Index. Marn.-Lap.

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