Joseph Pitton de Tournefort

French botanist

1656 CE to 1708 CE

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (5 June 1656 – 28 December 1708) is a French botanist, notable as the first to make a clear definition of the concept of genus for plants.

The botanist Charles Plumier had been his pupil and accompanies him on his voyages.

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