Augustin Pyramus de Candolle was a Swiss biotanist who lived form 1778 to 1841.He developed the Candolle system of plant taxonomy. He introduced the term taxonomy
PublicationsCandolle, Augustin; Regni vegetabilis systema naturale.
Candolle, Augustin; Flore française (1805–1815); 5 volumes.
Candolle, Augustin; Théorie élémentaire de la botanique, ou exposition des principes de la classification naturelle et de l’art de décrire et d’etudier les végétaux (1813).
Candolle, Augustin; Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (Prodromus) (1824–1873); unfinished.