(Encyclopedia) dahliadahliadälˈyə, dălˈ– [key] [for Anders Dahl, 1751–89, Swedish botanist and pupil of Linnaeus], any plant of the genus Dahlia of the family Asteraceae (aster family), tuberous-…
(Encyclopedia) Fabricius, Johan ChristianFabricius, Johan Christianyōhănˈ krĭsˈtyän fäbrēˈsy&oobreve;s [key], 1745–1808, Danish entomologist. Influenced by the methods of Linnaeus, under whom he…
(Encyclopedia) Gray, Asa, 1810–88, one of America's leading botanists and taxonomists, b. Oneida co., N.Y. As professor of natural history at Harvard from 1842, he was the teacher of many eminent…
(Encyclopedia) Dillenius, Johann JakobDillenius, Johann Jakobdĭlāˈnēəs [key], 1687–1747, English botanist, of German birth. He published catalogs of the plants of Eltham, Kent, and of Geissen,…
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The inventor of modern scientific classification was Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778) a Swedish botanist who classified and described more than 4,400 species of animals and 7,700 species of…
(Encyclopedia) Bauhin, GaspardBauhin, Gaspardgäspärˈ bōăNˈ [key], 1560–1624, Swiss botanist and doctor of medicine, of French descent. His early classification of plants by genus and species in his…
(Encyclopedia) Chinchón, Luis Jerónimo Fernández de Cabrera Bobadilla Cerda y Mendoza, conde deChinchón, Luis Jerónimo Fernández de Cabrera Bobadilla Cerda y Mendoza, conde del&oomacr;ēsˈ…
(Encyclopedia) Willughby, FrancisWillughby, Franciswĭlˈəbē [key], 1635–72, English naturalist. He is known especially for his early systematic work on birds and fishes, in which he made some of the…
