Adanson, Michel (1727-1806)

b. Aix-en-Provence, 7 Apr 1727; d. Paris, 3 Aug 1806.

French botanist and explorer, outstanding theoretician, philosopher and systematist.

Herbarium and Types: Personal herbarium at P since 1924. Other Adanson specimens are in the Jussieu and Lamarck herbaria.