Michel Adanson

Michel Adanson
Michel Adanson
Born	(1727-04-07)7 April 1727 Aix-en-Provence
Died	3 August 1806(1806-08-03) (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.