Pierre Joseph Garidel

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Ranunculus arvensis, tirée de l’Histoire des plantes qui naissent aux environs d'Aix (1715).

Pierre Joseph Garidel (1 August 1658 – 6 June 1737) was a French botanist.

Biography

Garidel was born in Manosque. He did medical studies in Mérindol and Bicaïs. Engrossed in botanics, he became a Professor of Botany in Aix-en-Provence.

In the wake of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort and Charles Plumier, he studied plants from Provence. He died, aged 78, in Aix-en-Provence.

Works

In 1735 he published, Histoire des plantes qui naissent aux environs d'Aix et dans plusieurs autres endroits de la Provence, which describes 1 400 plantes. In the preface, Garidel writes about the history of botany in Provence.

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Name	Garidel, Pierre Joseph
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Short description	French botanist
Date of birth	1 August 1658
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Date of death	6 June 1737
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