Pedro Jaime Esteve

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Pedro Jaime Esteve (latinicized: Estevius, Catalan: Pere Jaume Esteve; c. 1500 in

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Life and work

Pedro Jaime Esteve studied in

. He made his Latin hexameter version available with Latin and Catalan nomenclature and taxonomy of some plants from the region of Valencia. Later, Esteve wrote a volume on medicinal herbs, which, however, has been lost.

Notes

The American plant genus Stevia is named after Pedro Jaime Esteve.

References

• Enciclopèdia Catalana: Esteve, Pere Jaume. In: Gran enciclopèdia catalana. 2. Edition 5. Reprint 1992. Volume 10. Enciclopèdia catalana, Barcelona 1987,
  ISBN 84-7739-004-5
  , S. 322 (Catalan).(Note: In the Enciclopèdia Catalana article, the Spanish first name of "Pedro Jaime" Esteve has been Catalanicized to "Pere Jaume")

Bibliography

• Helmut Genaust: Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen. 3., complete edited and extended edition. Nikol, Hamburg 2005,
  ISBN 3-937872-16-7
  , S. 611 (Entry „Stevia“) (Reprint of 1996).

External links

• Enciclopèdia.cat: Pere Jaume Esteve. Accessed April 14, 2018 (Catalan). (Note: In the Enciclopèdia Catalana article, the Spanish first name of "Pedro Jaime" Esteve has been Catalanicized to "Pere Jaume")