MICHEL ADANSON (1727-1806) ET LA MÉTHODE NATURELLE DE CLASSIFICATION BOTANIQUE

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French naturalist Michel Adanson (1727-1806) famously devised a “natural method” of plant classification, whose interpretation is still problematic. This essay traces its influences, from Buffon and Linnaeus to 18th-century philosophy and physics, but also underlines its originality and modernity.

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