Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (5 June 165628 December 1708) was a French botanist, notable as the first to make a clear definition of the concept of genus for plants. Botanist Charles Plumier was his pupil and accompanied him on his voyages.

Life

Tournefort was born in Aix-en-Provence and studied at the Jesuit convent there. It was intended that

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