Leonard Plukenet

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Leonard Plukenet.

Leonard Plukenet (January 1642 - July 6, 1706 in Westminster ) was an English botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Pluk. "

Life

Leonard Plukenet was hired by Queen Maria II to document and maintain her vastly increased collection of exotic plants that was in the gardens of Hampton Court Castle . She later appointed him royal professor of botany .

He supported John Ray in the design of the second volume of his work Historia Plantarum , which appeared in London in 1688. In his four-part work Phytographia he described many new and rare plants. A number of the more than 2,700 illustrations are by John Banister . Until his death in 1706 Plukenet wore a about 8000 species comprehensive Herbarium together. First the Bishop of Norwich acquired it . The herbarium later went to Hans Sloane , who added it to his extensive collection. Today the 23 volumes are part of the Sloane Herbarium of the Natural History Museum in London .

In 1699 he became a corresponding member of the Académie royale des sciences .

Honor taxon

Charles Plumier named the genus Plukenetia of the plant family of milkweed plants (Euphorbiaceae) in his honor . Carl von Linné later took over this name.

Works

  • Phytographia, sive stirpium illustriorum & minus cognitarum icones . 1691-1692.
  • Almagestum botanicum sive Phytographiae Pluc'netianae Onomasticon Methodo Syntheticâ digestum . 1696 ( online ).
  • Almagesti botanici mantissa . 1700 ( online ).
  • Amaltheum botanicum . 1705 ( online ).
  • Opera Omnia Botanica . 6 volumes, 1691–1705.

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literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of members since 1666: Letter P. Académie des sciences, accessed on February 4, 2020 (French).
  2. ^ Charles Plumier: Nova Plantarum Americanarum Genera . Leiden 1703, p. 47.
  3. ^ Carl von Linné: Critica Botanica . Leiden 1737, p. 94.
  4. ↑ Carl von Linné: Genera Plantarum . Leiden 1742, p. 517.

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personal data
SURNAME Plukenet, Leonard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English botanist
DATE OF BIRTH January 1642
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1706
Place of death Westminster