About Akpovi Akoègninou
Lived 1950 – 2025 (aged 74–75). Akpovi Akoègninou was a Beninese botanist.
Akpovi Akoègninou (1950 – 7 March 2025) was a Beninese botanist and academic.
In 2004, with , Akoègninou identified a new species, , a plant of the Acanthaceae family, native to Benin's Natitingou region. That same year, he identified another plant species, of the Convolvulaceae family alongside Loskowski and .
He headed the botany department at the University of Abomey-Calavi.
Akoègninou died on 7 March 2025.
Publications "Structure, ecological spectra and species dominance in riparian forests from Benin (West Africa)" (2012) "Identification des microbes et teneur en eau des échantillons de miel produits et commercialisés au Benin" (2012)
Honors Knight of the National Order of Benin (2012)
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botanist (1950 - )
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Akpovi Akoègninou was born in 1950 in Savalou.
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Akpovi Akoègninou died on 7 March 2025.
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Akpovi Akoègninou was Beninese.
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