Antonio José Cavanilles facts for kids
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Antonio José Cavanilles
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Statue of Cavanilles at the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid
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| Born | 16 January 1745 Valencia, Spain
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| Died | 5 May 1804 (aged 59) Madrid, Spain
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| Known for | Taxonomy of Iberian, South American and Oceanian flora |
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| Fields | Botany |
| Academic advisors | Thouin, Jussieu |
| Influences | Carl Linnaeus |
| Influenced | Simón de Rojas |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Cav. |
Antonio José Cavanilles (16 January 1745 – 5 May 1804) was a leading Spanish taxonomic botanist of the 18th century. He named many plants, particularly from Oceania. He named at least 100 genera, about 54 of which were still used in 2004, including Dahlia, Calycera, Cobaea, Galphimia, and Oleandra.
Biography
Cavanilles was born in Valencia. He lived in Paris from 1777 to 1781, where he followed careers as a clergyman and a botanist, thanks to André Thouin and Antoine Laurent de Jussieu. He was one of the first Spanish scientists to use the classification method invented by Carl Linnaeus.
From Paris he moved to Madrid, where he was director of the Royal Botanical Garden and Professor of botany from 1801 to 1804.
In 1804, Cavanilles was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia.
He died in Madrid in 1804.
Selected publications
- Icones et descriptiones plantarum, quae aut sponte in Hispania crescunt, aut in hortis hospitantur..., Madrid, 1791-1801 [1]
See also
In Spanish: Antonio José de Cavanilles para niños
- List of plants of Caatinga vegetation of Brazil
- List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil
- List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics
