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Francesco Cupani

Italian botanist

Died when: 52 years 363 days (635 months)
Star Sign: Aquarius

 

Francesco Cupani

Francesco Cupani ( 21 January 1657, Mirto – 19 January 1710, Palermo ) was an Italian naturalist mainly interested in botany.In 1692 he became the first Director of the botanic garden at Misilmeri.

Here the plants were classified a system taxonomy of binomial nomenclature later made standard by Carl Linnaeus.This work put him in contact with many botanists, for instance Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Caspar Commelin, William Sherard, James Petiver, , (1638–1722) and .

He is credited with cultivating wild sweetpeas and introducing them to the world.A sweetpea variety is named for him.


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