Posts Tagged ‘plant sexuality’
The Botanical Casanova: Sébastien Vaillant’s Floral Revolution
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 26, 1669 On this day, dear gardeners and botanists alike, we celebrate the birth of Sébastien Vaillant, a French botanist whose passion for the floral world blossomed as early as his fifth…
Read MoreRudolph Jacob Camerarius: The Botanist Who Revealed Plant Sexes
Discovery of Sexes in Plants Today is the anniversary of the death of Rudolph Jacob Camerarius, the botanist who demonstrated the existence of sexes in plants. He died in 1721. Camerarius was born in Germany. He was a professor of natural philosophy. He identified and defined the male parts of the flower as the anther,…
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