Antoine Laurent de Jussieu

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Antoine Laurent de Jussieu was an influential 18th–19th century French botanist who pioneered a natural classification system for plants and significantly shaped modern botanical taxonomy.

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instanceOf French person
botanist
human
taxonomist
authorAbbreviationInBotany Juss.
burialPlace Père Lachaise Cemetery
child Adrien-Henri de Jussieu
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1748-04-12
dateOfDeath 1836-09-17
described numerous plant genera
educatedAt University of Montpellier NERFINISHED
University of Paris NERFINISHED
employer Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
era 18th century
19th century
familyName Antoine Laurent de Jussieu self-linksurface differs
surface form: de Jussieu
fieldOfWork botany
plant taxonomy
systematics
givenName Antoine
hasHonorificNameInTaxonomy Jussieua
Jussieuaea
influenced Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
modern plant taxonomy
influencedBy Carl Linnaeus
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
memberOf Académie des Sciences
surface form: French Academy of Sciences
movement natural system of plant classification
nativeLanguage French
notableFor foundations of modern botanical taxonomy
natural classification system for plants
notableIdea use of natural families in plant classification
notableWork Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita
occupation museum curator
professor
placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Lyon
placeOfDeath France
Paris
relative Antoine de Jussieu
Bernard de Jussieu
Joseph de Jussieu
sexOrGender male
workLocation Paris
workPeriod early 19th century
late 18th century

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Ericaceae describedBy Antoine Laurent de Jussieu
Vitaceae describedBy Antoine Laurent de Jussieu
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu familyName Antoine Laurent de Jussieu self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: de Jussieu
order Myrtales namedBy Antoine Laurent de Jussieu
subject surface form: Myrtales
Ranunculales namedBy Antoine Laurent de Jussieu
Sapindales namedBy Antoine Laurent de Jussieu