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| Caesalpinus, Andreas |
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( n´dr  s s slp ´ns) (KEY) , Latinized from Andrea Cesalpino (ändr´ä ch zälp´n ) (KEY) , 1519–1603, Italian botanist and physiologist. He was physician to Pope Clement VIII. He described, in part and as a theory only, the circulation of blood. His chief botanical work, De plantis (1583), contains the first classification of plants according to their fruits, based on a comparative study of his large collection. Linnaeus considered him the first true systematist. He was at the Univ. of Pisa and founded its botanical garden. |
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