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| Antonio José Cavanilles | |
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 Statue of Cavanilles at the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid
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| Born | 16 January 1745 Valencia (Spain) |
| Died | 5 May 1804 (aged 59) Madrid (Spain) |
| Residence | Spain and France |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Fields | Botany |
| Academic advisors | Thouin, Jussieu |
| Known for | Taxonomy of Iberian, South American and Oceanian flora |
| Influences | Carl Linnaeus |
| Influenced | Simón de Rojas |
| Author abbreviation (botany) | Cav. |
Antonio José Cavanilles (16 January 1745 – 5 May 1804) was a leading Spanish taxonomic botanist of the 18th century. He named many plants, particularly from Oceania. He named at least 100 genera, about 54 of which were still used in 2004, including Calycera, Cobaea, Galphimia, and Oleandra.[1]
Cavanilles was born in Valencia. He lived in Paris from 1777 to 1781, where he followed careers as a clergyman and a botanist, thanks to André Thouin and Antoine Laurent de Jussieu. He was one of the first Spanish scientists to use the classification method invented by Carl Linnaeus.
From Paris he moved to Madrid, where he was director of the Royal Botanical Garden and Professor of botany from 1801 to 1804. He died in Madrid in 1804.
[edit] See also
- List of plants of Caatinga vegetation of Brazil
- List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil
- List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics
[edit] References
- ^ Emilio LAGUNA LUMBRERAS (December 2004), "Sobre los géneros descritos por Cavanilles", Flora Montiberica 28: 3–22, http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/fichero_articulo?codigo=1393055&orden=64886
- ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.
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- Biography by the Australian National Botanic Gardens
- Malpighiaceae/Cavanilles
- Monadelphiæ classis dissertationes decem on the Internet Archive
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