tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7289728.post-1092152972883845772004-08-10T11:49:00.000-04:002004-08-10T12:42:17.880-04:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">This Swiss botanist (1806-1893), like Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu (see the posting of 8 August 2004 immediately below), was also the member of a family of distinguished French speaking botanists. Although born in Paris, he was Swiss and not French. At the International Botanical Congress of Paris in 1867 he drafted the <em>Lois de la Nomenclature botanique</em> which was adopted as the international rules of botanical nomenclature. This work stood without major revision until the "Rochester Code" of 1892, and still remains the basis of the current <em>International Code of Botanical Nomenclature</em>. A prolific author, he was Professor of natural history and Director of the botanic gardens at Geneva from 1835-1850.</span> <br /> <br /><div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/124/1156/640/decandolle1.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/124/1156/400/decandolle1.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><strong>WHO IS THIS BOTANIST?</strong> <br /><span style="font-size:85%;">click on image to enlarge</span> </div><span style="color:red;"> <br />Click <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/124/1156/640/decandolle2.1.jpg">HERE</a> for the ID on the matte of this Ernest Edwards photograph. </span> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7289728-109215297288384577?l=historicabotanica.blogspot.com'/></div>Dannoreply@blogger.com0