Gaspard Bauhin | |
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| Born | 17 January 1560 |
| Died | 5 December 1624 (aged 64) Basel, Switzerland |
| Other names | Caspar Bauhin; Casparus Bauhinus |
| Alma mater | University of Basel (M.D., 1581) |
| Known for | Pinax theatri botanici |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Notable students | Emmanuel Stupanus |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | C.Bauhin |
Gaspard Bauhin or Caspar Bauhin (Latin: Casparus Bauhinus; 17 January 1560 – 5 December 1624), was a Swiss botanist whose Pinax theatri botanici (1623) described thousands of plants and classified them in a manner that draws comparisons to the later binomial nomenclature of Linnaeus. He was a disciple of the famous Italian physician Girolamo Mercuriale and he also worked on human anatomical nomenclature.
Bauhin described the ileocecal valve in 1588—hence the name Bauhin's Valve or Valve of Bauhin—in the preface of his first writing, De corporis humani partibus externis tractatus, hactenus non editus. Linnaeus honored the Bauhin brothers Gaspard and Jean in the genus name Bauhinia.[1]
- ^ Gunn, Mary (1981). Botanical exploration of southern Africa : an illustrated history of early botanical literature on the Cape flora : biographical accounts of the leading plant collectors and their activities in southern Africa from the days of the East India Company until modern times. L. E. W. Codd. Cape Town: Published for the Botanical Research Institute by A.A. Balkema. p. 15. ISBN 0-86961-129-1. OCLC 8591273. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2021.