Joseph Pitton de Tournefort
Botanist, Academic
1656 – 1708
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Who was Joseph Pitton de Tournefort?
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort was 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 accompanied him on his voyages.
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