Johann Bauhin, or Jean Bauhin (1541-1613) was a Swiss botanist. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Botany, plant science(s, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of Biology and is the scientific study of plant Life
He studied botany at Tübingen under Leonhart Fuchs (1501-1566). Botany, plant science(s, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of Biology and is the scientific study of plant Life Tübingen, a traditional University town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, is situated 30 km (19 miles southwest of Stuttgart, on a ridge between Leonhart Fuchs ( 17 January 1501 &ndash 10 May 1566) sometimes spelled Leonhard Fuchs, was a German Physician He then travelled with Conrad Gessner, after which he started a practise of medicine at Basel, where he was elected Professor of Rhetoric in 1566. Konrad Gessner (Conrad Gessner Conrad Geßner Conrad von Gesner Conradus Gesnerus Conrad Gesner 26 March 1516 – 13 December 1565) "Basilia" redirects here For the Fly Genus, see Basilia (fly. Rhetoric has had many definitions no simple definition can do it justice Four years later he was invited to become physician to Duke Frederick I of Württemberg at Montbéliard, where he remained until his death. Württemberg, formerly known as Wirtemberg, is an area and a former state in Swabia, a region in southwestern Germany. Montbéliard (archaic Mömpelgard is a commune in the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France He devoted himself chiefly to botany. His great work, Historia plantarum universalis, a compilation of all that was then known about botany, was incomplete at his death, but was published at Yverdon in 1650-1651. Yverdon-les-Bains (called Eburodunum and Ebredunum during the Roman era is a municipality in the district of Yverdon
Bauhin nurtured several botanic gardens and also collected plants during his travels. In 1591, he published a list of plants named after saints called De Plantis a Divis Sanctisve Nomen Habentibus.
He was the son of physician Jean Bauhin and the brother of physician and botanist Gaspard Bauhin. A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices Medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human Health Jean Bauhin ( August 24, 1511 - January 23, 1582) was a French Physician. A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices Medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human Health Botany, plant science(s, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of Biology and is the scientific study of plant Life Gaspard Bauhin, or Caspar Bauhin ( January 17, 1560 – December 5, 1624) was a Swiss Botanist who wrote
Carolus Linnaeus named the genus Bauhinia (family Caesalpiniaceae) for the brothers Johann and Gaspard Bauhin. Carl Linnaeus (Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, May 23 new style (13 May old style 1707 who laid the foundations for Bauhinia is a Genus of more than 200 species of Flowering plants in the Subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the large Flowering Caesalpinioideae is a Botanical name at the rank of Subfamily, placed in the large family Fabaceae or Leguminosae.
References
- ^ Brummitt, R. K. ; C. E. Powell (1992). Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are extensive Gardens and botanical glasshouses between Richmond and ISBN 1-84246-085-4.
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