Joseph Pitton de Tournefort
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort | |
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 Joseph Pitton de Tournefort | |
| Born | 5 June 1656 |
| Died | 28 December 1708 (aged 52) |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
| Known for | genus |
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| Fields | botany |
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (5 June 1656 – 28 December 1708) was a French
Life
Tournefort was born in
Between 1700 and 1702 he travelled through the islands of
Work
Tournefort's principal work was the 1694 Eléments de botanique, ou Méthode pour reconnaître les Plantes (the Latin translation of it
Tournefort is often credited with being the first to make a clear distinction between genus and species. Though he did indeed cluster the 7,000 plant species that he described into around 700 genera, this was not particularly original. Concepts of genus and species had been framed as early as the 16th century, and
The word herbarium also seems to have been an invention of Tournefort; previously herbaria had been called by a variety of names, such as Hortus siccus.
His herbarium collection of 6,963 specimens was housed in
In 1858, botanist
List of selected publications
- Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de (1694). Éléments de botanique ou methode pour connaître les plantes (Élémens de botanique ou methode pour connoître les plantes) (in French). Paris: Imprimerie Royale., trans. as
- Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de (1719) [1700]. Josephi Pitton Tournefort Aquisextiensis, doctoris medici Parisiensis, Academiae regiae scientiarum socii, et in horto regio botanices professoris, Institutiones rei herbariae (in Latin). Vol. I. Paris: Typographia regia.
- Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de (1719) [1700]. Josephi Pitton Tournefort Aquisextiensis, doctoris medici Parisiensis, Academiae regiae scientiarum socii, et in horto regio botanices professoris, Institutiones rei herbariae (in Latin). Vol. II. Paris: Typographia regia.
- Institutiones rei herbariae (in Latin). Vol. 3. Paris: Imprimerie Royale. 1719.
- Histoire des plantes qui naissent aux environs de Paris, 1698
- Relation d'un voyage du Levant, 1717
- Traité de la matière médicale, 1717
- Histoire des plantes qui naissent aux environs de Paris (in French). Paris: Imprimerie Royale. 1698.
- Relation d'un voyage du Levant, fait par ordre du roy (in French). Vol. 3. Lyon: Bruyset, frères. 1727.
See also
References
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911.
- ^ a b Sachs, Julius von (1890). Balfour, Isaac Bayley (ed.). History of Botany (1530–1860) (Wikisource). Translated by Garnsey, Henry E. F. Oxford at the Clarendon Press. pp. 76–78.
- ISBN 9789004198388. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ "Pittoniotis Griseb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 May 2021 – via Kew.org.
Bibliography
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 106.
- Isely, Duane (2002). One Hundred and One Botanists. OCLC 947193619. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
External links
- KUL Digital version of Elemens de botanique ou methode pour connoitre les plantes 1694–1695.
- Digital edition of Institutiones rei herbariae, University and State Library Düsseldorf
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