Jacques Philippe Cornut
Jacques Philippe Cornut (born October 19, 1606 in Paris , † August 23, 1651 ) was a French doctor and botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Cornut ".
Life
Jacques Philippe Cornut wrote Canadensium Plantarum Historia ... (Paris, 1635), one of the first botanical works on North American flora. He described about 460 plant species, including at least 30 previously unknown species. He himself never went overseas, but received seeds and plants from French settlers.
Honor taxon
Charles Plumier named the genus Cornutia of the verbenaceae plant family in his honor . Carl von Linné later took over this name.
Fonts (selection)
- Canadensium plantarum aliarumque nondum editarum Historia; cui est adjectum ad calcem Enchiridion botanicum parisiense . Paris 1635.
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literature
- Dr. Hoefer (ed.): Nouvelle biographie générale: depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours, avec les renseignements bibliographiques et l'indication des sources à consulter . 46 volumes, Paris 1852–1866.
- Rudolf Wagner: Jacobus Cornuti. A biographical correction . In: Austrian botanical journal . Tape. 71, number 7, 1922, pp. 217–220 ( online )
- Jacques Mathieu: Le premier livre de plantes du Canada: Les enfants des bois du Canada au jardin du roi a Paris en 1635 . Presses de l'Universite Laval, 1998, ISBN 2-7637-7600-0 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Charles Plumier: Nova Plantarum Americanarum Genera . Leiden 1703, p. 32.
- ^ Carl von Linné: Critica Botanica . Leiden 1737, p. 92.
- ↑ Carl von Linné: Genera Plantarum . Leiden 1742, p. 303.
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Jacques Philippe Cornut at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cornut, Jacques Philippe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French doctor and botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 19, 1606 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 23, 1651 |