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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 · plant. taxonomy. 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.
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Bust of Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu by David d'Angers (1837). 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.
Antoine de Jussieu (6 July 1686 – 22 April 1758) was a French naturalist, botanist, and physician. The standard author abbreviation Ant.Juss. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name .
Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu. 1748-1836. French Physician and Botanist. A ntoine-Laurent de Jussieu was an important influential botanist in France at the time of the French Revolution. He developed the principles that served as the basis for a system of classifying plants for over two centuries (in fact, it was only in 1999 that a major revision ...
May 21, 2024 · Reference entries. (1748–1836) French plant taxonomistJussieu was born into a family of eminent botanists from Lyons in France. His uncles Antoine, Bernard, and Joseph de Jussieu all made important contributions to botany and his son, Adrien, subsequently continued the family tradition.After graduating from the Jardin du Roi in 1770, Jussieu ...
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748–1836) Antoine Laurent de Jussieu developed a natural system as early as 1774, incorporating a natural classification system along with Linnaeus’ binomial nomenclature. Jussieu evaluated and described an enormous number of plants new to Europe, brought back from voyages of exploration.
