JUSSIEU, JOSEPH DE


Meaning of JUSSIEU, JOSEPH DE in English

born Sept. 3, 1704, Lyon died April 11, 1779, Paris French botanist who accompanied the French physicist Charles-Marie de la Condamine's expedition to Peru to measure an arc of meridian. He remained in South America for 35 years, returning to Paris in 1771. He introduced the common garden heliotrope (Heliotropium peruvianum) into Europe. Joseph was a brother of Antoine and Bernard.

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