Jean Robin
Jean Robin (* 1550 in Paris ; † April 25, 1629 ibid) was a French pharmacist and botanist . He served as court gardener under Heinrich III. , Heinrich IV. And Ludwig XIII. Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " J.Robin ".
Life
The Paris Faculty of Medicine commissioned Jean Robin to create a botanical garden in 1597 . He led both the black locust ( Robinia pseudoacacia ) and the Straucheibisch ( Hibiscus syriacus a) in France. Two of the common locust trees, also known as false acacias, planted by Robin at the beginning of the 17th century are said to have outlasted the centuries and are considered to be the oldest trees in the city of Paris . One is in the Jardin des Plantes , the botanical garden of Paris, the other in front of the north facade of the Church of St-Julien-le-Pauvre not far from Notre-Dame .
In 1601 he published a list with the title Catalogus stirpium tam indigenarum quam exoticarum quae Lutetiae coluntur, a J. Robino botanico regio , which gives detailed information about the plants cultivated by him.
His son Vespasien Robin , also a botanist, he was succeeded in the office of the court gardener. He published scientific papers on exotic plants.
Honor taxon
Named after him Carl Linnaeus , the plant genus of locust ( Robinia ) from the family of legumes (Fabaceae).
Works
- Catalogus stirpium tam indigenarum quam exoticarum quae Lutetiae coluntur, a J. Robino botanico regio (1601)
Individual evidence
- ^ Carl von Linné: Critica Botanica . Leiden 1737, p. 94
- ↑ Carl von Linné: Genera Plantarum . Leiden 1742, p. 349
Web links
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Jean Robin at the IPNI
- Short entry at cosmovisions.com (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Robin, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French pharmacist and botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1550 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 1629 |
| Place of death | Paris |