Gaspard Bauhin | |
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Born | 17 January 1560 |
Died | 5 December 1624 Basel, Switzerland | (aged 64)
Other names | Caspar Bauhin; Casparus Bauhinus |
Alma mater | University of Basel (M.D., 1581) |
Known for | Pinax theatri botanici |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Notable students | Emmanuel Stupanus |
Author abbrev. (botany) | C.Bauhin |
Gaspard Bauhin or Caspar Bauhin (Latin: Casparus Bauhinus; 17 January 1560 – 5 December 1624), was a Swiss botanist whose Pinax theatri botanici (1623) described thousands of plants and classified them in a manner that draws comparisons to the later binomial nomenclature of Linnaeus. He was a disciple of the famous Italian physician Girolamo Mercuriale and he also worked on human anatomical nomenclature.
Linnaeus honored the Bauhin brothers Gaspard and Jean in the genus name Bauhinia.[1]
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