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Jean François Aimé Théophile Philippe Gaudin or Jean François Aimée Gottlieb Philippe Gaudin (18 March 1766 in
Jean François Aimé Théophile Philippe Gaudin or Jean François Aimée Gottlieb Philippe Gaudin (18 March 1766 in Longirod
Longirod is a municipality in the Swiss canton Vaud, located in the district of Nyon.
History
Longirod is first mentioned in 1267 as ''Longirot''.
Geography
Longirod has an area, , of . Of this area, or 39.3% is used for agricultural purpos ...
, canton de Vaud - 14 July 1833 in Nyon
Nyon (; outdated German language, German: or ; outdated Italian language, Italian: , ) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in Nyon District in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located some 25 kilomet ...
) was a Swiss pastor
A pastor (abbreviated as "Pr" or "Ptr" , or "Ps" ) is the leader of a Christian congregation who also gives advice and counsel to people from the community or congregation. In Lutheranism, Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy and ...
, professor and botanist. He was the author of the monumental ''Flora Helvetica'' in 7 volumes.
Tributes
The annual grass genus ''Gaudinia
''Gaudinia'' is a genus of Mediterranean plants in the grass family.
The genus name is a tribute to Swiss botanist Jean François Aimé Théophile Philippe Gaudin (1766-1833).
; Species
* ''Gaudinia coarctata'' - Azores
* ''Gaudinia fragilis'' ...
'', belonging to the Poeae, was named after his honor.
See also
*Jaques Étienne Gay
Jaques Étienne Gay (1786 in Switzerland – 1864) was a Swiss-French botanist, civil servant, collector and taxonomist. His name is associated with plants in standardised botanical nomenclature, e.g. ''Crocus sieberi'' J.Gay. He was the most fam ...
(1786-1864), a Swiss-French botanist and one of the most famous students of botanist Jean François Aimée Gaudin
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* * 19th-century Swiss botanists 1766 births 1833 deaths Calvinist and Reformed ministers People from Nyon District Academic staff of the University of Lausanne 18th-century Swiss botanists {{botanist-stub