The book 'Theorie elementaire de la botanique' was written by
The textbook Théorie élémentaire de la botanique published 1813 presenting natural method of classification and coining term taxonomy authored by Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. Linnaeus authored Systema Naturae 1735 and Species Plantarum 1753 establishing binomial system, Bentham and Hooker published Genera Plantarum three volumes classifying families. De Candolle's work synthesized comparative morphology including symmetry and fusion characters and suggested early natural arrangement rivaling artificial sexual system. Historical recognition of authorship explains progression fro
Ref: Stuessy Plant Taxonomy; Stace, de Candolle 1813 Theorie elementaire botanique authorship
