Julián Acuña Galé

Julián Baldomero Acuña Galé (27 February 1900 – 24 July 1973) was a Cuban botanist who served as director of the Agricultural Experimental Station in Santiago de Las Vegas. His research centered on phytopathology and on introduction of new, improved varieties of food and forage plants while his field work produced numerous herbarium collections; among them, many new species he described, or were named for him.

Acuña Galé was born in Camagüey, Cuba, and died in Mexico City, Mexico.