Joseph de Jussieu
Joseph de Jussieu ( born September 3, 1704 Lyon, † April 11, 1779 in Paris) was a French physician and botanist, but also an engineer and mathematician. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " J.Juss. ".
Life and work
Joseph de Jussieu is the son of Laurent de Jussieu pharmacist (1651-1718) and youngest brother of Christophe de Jussieu (1685-1758), Antoine de Jussieu Bernard de Jussieu and. He studied medicine in Paris and made in 1733 with a degree.
He accompanied the behalf of Louis XV. 1735 broken expedition to the length measurement of a degree of latitude ( see main article level measurement and Meridian arc ) as the official botanist, which ultimately led him to Peru on Martinique and Santo Domingo.
He gathered around Quito and Lima plants of which he is still Paris sent samples and seeds. For example, he sent to his cousin Antoine- Laurent de Jussieu leaves of the coca shrub. He is peruvianum also responsible for the introduction of Heliotropium. In the vicinity of Loxa he studied with Charles -Marie de la Condamine Chinarindenbaum trees. Despite its extensive plant collection comes from Jussieu not a valid first description. He steered the taxonomy only the name for the 1785 described by Lamarck plant genus of the family of Cantua blocking herb plants at.
In 1742, he was inducted into the Academy of Sciences of France.
After 15 years of collecting activities in Peru, he was robbed by his servants of his collections. 1771 Joseph de Jussieu returned to health hit hard and mentally confused back to France.
Ehrentaxon
William Houstoun named him and his brothers Antoine de Jussieu Bernard de Jussieu and honor a genus Jussieva. Carl Linnaeus asked this but to Jatropha and named after them the genus Jussiaea the plant family Onagraceae ( Onagraceae ).
Works
- Quaestio medica ... An in reactionis actionisque aequalitate, oeconomia animalis? 1733 - dissertation under Paul -Jacques Malouin ( 1701-1778 )
- Description de l' arbre à quinquina: mémoire de Joseph de Jussieu inédit. 1936 - Translation of a Latin manuscript by Pancier