Joseph Donat Surian
Joseph Donat Surian († 1691 ) was a French doctor and pharmacist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Surian ".
Life
Joseph Donat Surian, a doctor in Marseille , was appointed by Michel Bégon to lead an expedition that was commissioned by Louis XIV to explore the flora of the West Indies . He hired Charles Plumier to provide support in botanical questions . The excursion took place from 1689 to early 1690 and led to Martinique and Haiti . Surian died a year after returning.
In the works of Nicolas Lémery (1645–1715) Traité universel des drogues simples (Paris, 1698) and Pierre Pomet (1658–1699) Droguier curieux, ou catalog des drogues simples et composées (Paris, 1695 and 1709) are those of him noted Caribbean names of some plant species.
Honor taxon
Charles Plumier named the genus Suriana of the Surianaceae plant family in his honor . Carl von Linné later took over this name.
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literature
- Biography universelle ancienne et moderne, ou Dictionnaire de tous les hommes– Volume 21, 1843–1845, p. 2. [1]
- Umberto Quattrocchi: CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology . CRC Press Inc., 2000, p. 2600.
- Frédéric Georges Cuvier: Dictionnaire des natural sciences [2]
Individual evidence
- ^ Charles Plumier: Nova Plantarum Americanarum Genera . Leiden 1703, p. 37.
- ^ Carl von Linné: Critica Botanica . Leiden 1737, p. 94.
- ↑ Carl von Linné: Genera Plantarum . Leiden 1742, p. 133.
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Joseph Donat Surian at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Surian, Joseph Donat |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French doctor and pharmacist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1691 |