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Antoine Laurent de Jussieu ( French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan loʁɑ̃ də ʒysjø]; 12 April 1748 – 17 September 1836) was a French botanist, notable as the first to publish a natural classification of flowering plants; much of his system remains in use today. His classification was based on an extended unpublished work by his uncle, the ...
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- Classification of flowering plants
Jussieu was born in Lyon, the son of Christophe de Jussieu (or Dejussieu), an apothecary of some repute, who published a Nouveau traité de la theriaque (1708). Antoine studied at the University of Montpellier, and travelled with his brother Bernard through Spain, Portugal, and southern France. He went to Paris in 1708.
Apr 8, 2024 · Antoine de Jussieu (born July 6, 1686, Lyon—died April 12, 1758, Paris) was a French physician and botanist who wrote many papers on human anatomy, zoology, and botany, including one on the flower and fruit of the coffee shrub. After studying medicine at the University of Montpellier, he travelled through Spain, Portugal, and southern France ...
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Apr 8, 2024 · Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu (born April 12, 1748, Lyon—died Sept. 17, 1836, Paris) was a French botanist who developed the principles that served as the foundation of a natural system of plant classification. Antoine-Laurent was brought in 1770 by his uncle Bernard to the Jardin du Roi, where he became demonstrator in botany.
De Jussieu system. An early system of plant taxonomy developed by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748 – 1836), the de Jussieu System' (1789), is of great importance as a starting point for botanical nomenclature at the rank of family, together with Michel Adanson 's Familles naturelles des plantes (1763). While Adanson introduced the concept of ...
