Pierre Joseph Garidel (1 August 1658 – 6 June 1737) was a French botanist.

Pierre-Joseph Garibel
Born1 August 1658
Manosque, Bouches-du-Rhone, France
Died6 June 1737 (1737-06-07) (aged 78)
Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France
EducationUniversity of Aix-en-Provence
OccupationPhysician
Parent(s)Pierre Garidel
Louise de Barthelemy
RelativesJoseph Lieutaud (nephew)

Early life edit

Pierre-Joseph Garidel was born on 1 August 1658 in Manosque.[1] His father was Pierre Garidel, a lawyer, and his mother, Louise de Barthelemy.[2] He studied medicine at the University of Aix-en-Provence and the University of Montpellier.[2]

 
Ranunculus arvensis, taken from Histoire des plantes qui naissent aux environs d'Aix (1715).

Career edit

He became a professor of botany at the Aix-en-Provence. Together with Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, he studied plants from Provence.[2] Meanwhile, he called on the French nobility to take up botany as a hobby alongside hunting.[3]

In 1735, he published, Histoire des plantes qui naissent aux environs d'Aix et dans plusieurs autres endroits de la Provence, which describes 1,400 plants.[1][2] In the preface, he writes about the history of botany in Provence and the medicinal uses of plants.[4]

Death edit

He died on 6 June 1737 in Aix-en-Provence.[1]

Legacy edit

The garidella, a subclass of the thalamiflorae, was named in his honour.[4]

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