Michel Adanson

Michel Adanson
Michel Adanson
Born(1727-04-07)7 April 1727
Died3 August 1806(1806-08-03) (aged 79)
NationalityFrench
Scientific career
FieldsNaturalist
InstitutionsJardin des Plantes
Author abbrev. (botany)Adans.

Michel Adanson (7 April 1727 – 3 August 1806) was an 18th-century French botanist and naturalist who traveled to Senegal to study flora and fauna. He proposed a "natural system" of taxonomy distinct from the binomial system forwarded by Linnaeus. The standard author abbreviation Adans. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]

  1. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Adans.