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Leo Zehntner
Leo Zehntner (19 December 1864, Reigoldswil – 3 April 1961, Liestal) was a Swiss naturalist.
== Biography ==
He studied natural sciences in Basel and Bern, and following graduation (1890), he worked as an assistant to entomologist Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure in Geneva. In 1894 he began work as a zoologist at the Pasuruan inspection station on Java, where he dealt with pests that plagued sugar cane plantations. In 1901 in Salatiga (Java) he opened an inspection station for cacao cultivation.〔(Zürich Herbaria ) (biography)〕〔(Dizionario storico della Svizzera ) (biography)〕
From 1906 to 1918 he served as director of the agricultural institute for the State of Bahia in Brazil, during which, he is credited with the discovery of eight new plant species. In 1920 he returned to Europe, and from 1926 to 1941, he served as mayor of the town of Reigoldswil.〔〔
The Malagasy millipede genus ''Zehntnerobolus'' commemorates his name,〔(Review of the Spirobolida on Madagascar, with descriptions... ) by Thomas Wesener, Henrik Enghoff, Petra Sierwald〕 as does taxa with the specific epithet of ''zehntneri'',〔(Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names ) by Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton〕 an example being the cactus species ''Quiabentia zehntneri''.
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