Leonardo L. Co
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Leonardo L. Co is a Filipino plant taxonomist. Co served as a museum researcher at the University of the Philippines Institute of Biology (IB).
He died on November 15, 2010 after being caught in a crossfire between the Philippine Army and an armed group in Kananga, Leyte.
Co was President of the Philippine Native Plants Conservation Society . His book, “Common Medicinal Plants in the Cordillera Region: A Trainor’s Manual for Community-Based Health Programs” was published in 1989.
See Also
- Top botanist killed in crossfire (PDI, 17 Nov 2010)