Leslie Andrew Garay
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Life and work
Garay was born in Hungary, and after the Second World War he emigrated first to Canada and then to the United States. He was a taxonomist and collector of orchids, particularly interested in the orchids of tropical America and Southeast Asia.
His ideas were influential in orchid taxonomy, and he reorganized several genera, including Oncidium. In addition to reclassification of various species into different genera, he defined a number of new genera including Chaubardiella in 1969 and Amesiella in 1972.
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Legacy
The following plants have been named in his honour:
- Genera
- (Orchidaceae) Garayanthus Szlach.
- (Orchidaceae) Garaya Szlach.
- (Orchidaceae) Lesliea Seidenf.
- Species
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