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ANTOINE LAURENT DE JUSSIEU

ANTOINE LAURENT DE JUSSIEU (1748-1836), celebrated French botanist, born at Lyons; his book, entitled "Genera Plantarum," published in 1789, lays down the principle on which the modern classification of plants is based; he was one of a family of botanists.


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