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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 Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton Vaud, located in the district of Nyon.
History
Longirod is first mentioned in 1267 as ''Longirot''.
Geography
Longirod has an area ...
, canton de Vaud - 14 July 1833 in Nyon
Nyon (; historically German language, German: or and 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 kilometer ...
) was a Swiss pastor
A pastor (abbreviated to "Ps","Pr", "Pstr.", "Ptr." or "Psa" (both singular), or "Ps" (plural)) is the leader of a Christianity, Christian congregation who also gives advice and counsel to people from the community or congregation. In Lutherani ...
, professor and botanist. He was the author of the monumental ''Flora Helvetica'' in 7 volumes.
Tributes
The annual grass genus '' Gaudinia'', 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 fa ...
(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