Life and works of Augustin Augier de Favas (1758–1825), author of “Arbre botanique” (1801)

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This article surveys the previously unknown life as well as some previously unknown works of Augustin Augier de Favas (1758–1825), author of the earliest known diagram of natural order in the shape of a family tree. Augier's biography and writings are used to elucidate his views on natural classification, and the reasons for his introducing the family tree into taxonomy.

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