Michel Adanson | |
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Born | |
Died | 3 August 1806 | (aged 79)
Nationality | French |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Naturalist |
Institutions | Jardin des Plantes |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Adans. |
Michel Adanson (7 April 1727 – 3 August 1806) was an 18th-century French botanist and naturalist who traveled to Senegal to study flora and fauna. He proposed a "natural system" of taxonomy distinct from the binomial system forwarded by Linnaeus.
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