Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini
Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini (born May 9, 1781 in Paris , † April 16, 1832 there ) was a French botanist and lawyer. Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Cass. "
Life
He came from a famous family of researchers. In this family he is called Cassini V. One of his ancestors is the famous astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625–1712), who discovered the large red Jupiter spot and the Cassini divisions in the rings of Saturn. His father, Jean Dominique Cassini (Cassini IV), was an astronomer and, like his ancestors Cassini II and Cassini III, created an important and accurate map of France ( Carte de Cassini ) as a cartographer . His mother was Claude Marie Louise de Lamyre-Mory Comtesse de Neuville (1754-1791). Cassini V was interested in astronomy and botany. Above all, he was a specialist in the daisy family (Asteraceae, formerly Compositae). As a lawyer he was a magistrate and advisor to the Supreme Court of Appeal in Paris. He married his cousin Cathérine Elisabeth Agathe de Riencourt (1783-?). Since 1827 he was a member of the Académie des Sciences .
Honors
The plant genera Cassinia R.Br. and Cassiniola F. Muell. from the sunflower family (Asteraceae) are named after him.
Works
- Aperçu des genres ou sous-genres nouveaux… des Synantherées . (1816-1818).
- Opuscules phytologiques… (1826–1834).
literature
- Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names . Ed .: Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymic plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
- ^ List of members since 1666: Letter C. Académie des sciences, accessed on October 25, 2019 (French).
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French botanist and lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1781 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1832 |
| Place of death | Paris |