Sébastien Vaillant (26 May 1669 - 20 May 1722) was a French
France
France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France.... botanist.
Vigny may refer to the following places in France:* Vigny, Moselle, a commune in the Moselle department* Vigny, Val-d'Oise, a commune in the Val-d'Oise department... , Val d'Oise. He studied medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.... at Pontoise, and then moved to Paris
Paris
Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France .... to practice as a surgeon, where he studied botany at the Jardin des Plantes
Jardin des Plantes
The Jardin des Plantes is the main botanical garden in France. It is one of seven departments of the Mus?um national d'histoire naturelle.... under Joseph Pitton de Tournefort
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort was a France botanist, notable as the first to make a clear definition of the concept of genus for plants.... .
The Jardin des Plantes is the main botanical garden in France. It is one of seven departments of the Mus?um national d'histoire naturelle.... in 1702, becoming sub-demonstrator of plants in 1708. The standard botanical author abbreviation
Binomial nomenclature
In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal system of naming species. The system is called binominal nomenclature , binary nomenclature , or the binomial classification system.... Vaill. is applied to species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.... he described.
