Jean-François Séguier

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Jean-François Séguier (born November 25, 1703 in Nîmes ; † September 1, 1784 ibid) was a French botanist and archaeologist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Ség. "

Life

Séguier studied law and botany in Paris with Antoine de Jussieu at the University of Montpellier . He accompanied the archaeologist Scipione Maffei on his travels in Europe. As a result, he came to Verona from 1736 to 1755 and then back to his hometown Nîmes. His main work was in the field of antiquity. In 1758 he succeeded in reading the inscription on the Maison Carrée .

From 1749 he was a corresponding member of the Académie royale des sciences , from 1772 also of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres .

Fonts

  • Bibliotheca botanica . The Hague 1740 (This work includes in particular the Bibliotheca botanica by Ovidius Montalbanus (1601–1671) , published in 1657 ).
  • Catalogus plantarum quae in agro Veronensi reperiuntur ... Verona 1745.
  • Plantae veronenses, seu stirpium quae in agro Veronensi reperiuntur methodica synopsis . 3 volumes. Verona. Volume 1, 1745; Volume 2, 1745; Volume 3, 1754 (Only the plants in Volume 3 are important for the use of the scientific plant names that are valid today, as this appeared after 1753. However, since Séguier did not use any binary nomenclature, the work only comes for generic names (e.g. Nymphoides , Pseudorchis , Scirpoides ) in question).
  • Dissertation on l'ancienne inscription de la Maison-carrée de Nismes . Paris 1759 ( digitized version ).

Dedication names

The genus Seguieria Loefl are named in honor of Seguier . from the family of Pokeweed (Phytolaccaceae) as well as the types quilting spurge ( Euphorbia seguieriana Neck. , Euphorbiaceae), Seguier buttercup ( Ranunculus seguieri Vill. ; Ranunculaceae), Seguier saxifrage ( Saxifraga seguieri Spreng. , Saxifragaceae) and the bush Carnation ( Dianthus seguieri Vill .; Caryophyllaceae).

literature

  • Frans Antonie Stafleu , Richard Sumner Cowan: Taxonomic literature. Volume 5: Sal-Ste (= Regnum vegetabile 112). 2nd Edition. Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, Utrecht, Antwerp, The Hague, Boston, 1985, pp. 484-488.
  • James Elgar Dandy: Index of generic names of vascular plants, 1753-1774. In: Regnum vegetabile. Volume 51, Utrecht 1967, pp. 18-19.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of members since 1666: letter S. Académie des sciences, accessed on February 29, 2020 (French).
  2. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 , pp. S - 48 ( digitized version ).
  3. ↑ Walter Erhardt among others: The great pikeperch. Encyclopedia of Plant Names . Volume 2, Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7 , p. 2047.
personal data
SURNAME Séguier, Jean-François
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Séguier, Jean François
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French botanist, historian and antiquarian
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1703
PLACE OF BIRTH Nîmes
DATE OF DEATH September 1, 1784
Place of death Nîmes