Antoine Laurent de Jussieu

Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748-1836) was a celebrated French botanist, born at Lyons. His book, titled "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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