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4 days ago · Frenchman Michel Adanson (1727–1806) in his Familles des Plantes (1763, 1764), apart from extending the current system of family names, emphasized that a natural classification must be based on a consideration of all characters, even though these may later be given different emphasis according to their diagnostic value for the particular ...
May 23, 2024 · Michel Adanson really existed — he was an 18th-century botanist, as well as a figure of the Siècle des Lumières, the Age of Enlightenment--but the story itself is engaging fiction. In Senegal, a young Adanson hears the tale of Maram Seck, the niece of a village chief — according to her uncle — was abducted three years earlier and sold ...
May 8, 2024 · Size Range: Small cabinet (7-10 cm) Size: 4.5 × 7.5 × 2.5 cm. Weight: 134.00gr. Description. A kyanite in quartz specimen from Finistère, Brittany, France. This is a very special historic specimen from Michel Adanson collection - true 18th century!
May 20, 2024 · The family Liliaceae was first described by Michel Adanson in 1763, placing Fritillaria in section Lilia of that family, but also considering Imperialis as a separate genus to Fritillaria, together with five other genera.
May 15, 2024 · To reach this conclusion, the researchers, who do not hide their fascination for this tree "with its grotesque shape, gigantic size and legendary longevity", sequenced the genome of the eight known species, all grouped in the genus Adansonia , named after the French botanist Michel Adanson, who first described the tree in Senegal in the mid ...
May 23, 2024 · Michel Adanson (1727–1806), French naturalist who studied the plants and animals of Senegal; Julius Adler (born 1930), American biochemist and geneticist known for work on chemotaxis. Monique Adolphe (1932–2022), French cell biologist, pioneer of cell culture
May 18, 2024 · (Coquillage) Espèce identifiée par Michel Adanson comme un coquillage sénégalais, possiblement correspondant au troche module de Linné selon Guérin. Le 'gor', coquillage sénégalais identifié par Michel Adanson et potentiellement assimilé au 'troche module' de Linné, demeure un spécimen intrigant pour les biologistes marins et les ...
