• Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656 -1708)- MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS • Carlous Linnaeus (1707-1778) – CONTRIBUTIONS

1. PLANT SYSTEMATICS

2. Joseph Pitton de Tournefort
(1656 -1708)
• Known as father of genus concept.
• He studied under Pierre Magnol in
the University of Montpellier later
became the professor of botany at
Jardin du Roy in Paris and later ,
Director of Jardin des Plantes in
Paris.

3. MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS
• He published Elements de botanique in 1694 ,
including 698 genera and 10,146 species.
• He was the first to give names and description of
genra.
• His system of classification was useful for
identification , recognizing petaliferous and
apetalous flowers , free and fused petals , and
regular and irregular flowers.

4. Carlous Linnaeus
(1707-1778)
• Known as father of
taxonomy.
• Born in Rashult, Sweden on
23 May 1707 .
• He enter the university of
Lund in 1727 to learn
medicine

5. CONTRIBUTIONS
• Three universally known works of Linnaeus are;
 Systema Naturae published in 1735 which contains
the outline of his system of classification.
 Genera Plantarum published in 1737 that contains
the description of seven genera.
 Species Plantarum published in 1735 in 2 volumes
which contains his detailed view on plant
identification and description of species.

6. • In recognition of his contributions , Linnaeus
was made knight of the polar star in 1753.
• He gave the first sexual system of classification
in his Species Plantaraum , on the basis of no.
of stamen .
• In 1761 he was granted the patent of nobility.

7. THANK YOU