Charles Plumier
French botanist
Died when: 58 years 214 days (703 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Charles Plumier (French: [?a?l ply.mje]; 20 April 1646 – 20 November 1704) was a French botanist after whom the frangipani genus Plumeria was named.
Plumier is considered one of the most important of the botanical explorers of his time.He made three botanizing expeditions to the West Indies, which resulted in a massive work Nova Plantarum Americanarum Genera (1703–1704) and was appointed botanist to King Louis XIV of France.
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