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Jussieu

noun

French botanist who categorized plants into families and developed a system of plant classification (1748-1836). Synonym: Antoine Laurent de Jussieu.

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... in 1738 Linnaeus met and botanized with the two botanists whose "natural method" of classification was later to supplant his own "artificial system." These were Bernard and Antoine Laurent de Jussieu. The efforts of these two scientists were directed towards obtaining a system which should aim at clearness, simplicity, and precision, and at the same time be governed by the natural affinities of plants. The natural system, as finally propounded by them, is ...

— A History of Science, Volume 2(of 5) • Henry Smith Williams

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Words linked to "Jussieu" : phytologist, plant scientist, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, botanist