Theodor Dorsten (Latin:Theodoricus Dorstenius) (Dorsten, 1492-Kassel, 18 May 1552) was a German botanist and physician. [1] The genus Dorstenia was named in his honor, [2] a name later used by used by Carl Linnaeus [3] and others.
Theodor Dorsten (Latin:Theodoricus Dorstenius) (Dorsten, 1492-Kassel, 18 May 1552) was a German botanist and physician. [1] The genus Dorstenia was named in his honor, [2] a name later used by used by Carl Linnaeus [3] and others.
He studied in University of Erfurt and later became a professor at University of Marburg. He wrote Botanicon in 1540. [4] Dorsten did not use his family name Gluntius in his publications.
Carl Linnaeus, also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as Carolus Linnæus and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as Carolus a Linné.
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