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  1. Known for. genus. Scientific career. Fields. botany. Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (5 June 1656 – 28 December 1708) was a French botanist, notable as the first to make a clear definition of the concept of genus for plants. Botanist Charles Plumier was his pupil and accompanied him on his voyages.

  2. Dec 28, 2016 · Se livrant avec passion à la recherche des plantes dès son plus jeune âge, Tournefort, dont la vocation fut un temps contrariée en raison de la volonté pater...

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  4. Nov 18, 2022 · Learn how to say and properly pronounce ''Joseph Pitton de Tournefort'' in French with this free pronunciation tutorial. Apprenez à prononcer des mots en fra...

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  5. 6 days ago · Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (born June 5, 1656, Aix-en-Provence, Fr.—died Dec. 28, 1708, Paris) was a French botanist and physician, a pioneer in systematic botany, whose system of plant classification represented a major advance in his day and remains, in some respects, valid to the present time. Tournefort’s interest in botany began early ...

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  6. Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708), studied medicine in Montpellier around 1679 after his father died. Prior to that, he had made his first botanical expedition with Charles Plumier (1646-1706) through Provence and Savoy. Bitten by the bug, he also botanised throughout the Languedoc Roussillon region around Montpellier and around Barcelona ...

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  8. May 29, 2018 · TOURNEFORT, JOSEPH PITTON DE. (b, Aix-en-Provence, France, 3 June 1656; d. Paris. France, 28 November 1708) botany, medicine. Tournefort, who had one brother and seven sisters, came from a family of the minor nobility. His father, Pierre Pitton, a lawyer and royal secretary, was seigneur of Tournefort; his mother, Aimare de Fagoue, was the ...

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