Armand de Mestral of Canada in 2007. He is married to Rosalind Pepall, a curator at the Musée de Beaux Arts and they have two sons Philippe and Charles. He is the nephew of George de Mestral the inventor of Velcro. Armand de Mestral Armand de Mestral, (born 17 November 1941) is a Canadian academic and international arbitration expert. Born in Montreal, Quebec, de Mestral is a law professor at the McGill University and an expert in international law. He also teaches courses on constitutional law and the law of the European Union. He has an undergraduate and master's degree from Harvard University,
De Candolle system De Candolle system The De Candolle system is a system of plant taxonomy by French (Swiss) botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778−1841). The first taxonomic system by de Candolle, who introduced the term taxonomy, appeared in his description of the plants of France, his "Flore française" (1805–1815), in 5 volumes dealing with plant species found in France. The De Candolle system is a subsequent taxonomic system. The abbreviation "Syst." in de Candolle's work and subsequent literature refers to his "Regni vegetabilis systema naturale". The De Candolle system recognises the following groups of vascular plants (references to "Prodromus"). Within the "Prodromus"