Cæsalpinus

Cæsalpinus, the Latinised form of the name of Andrea Cesalpino, an eminent botanist and physiologist, born at Arezzo, in Tuscany, in 1519. He made his studies at Pisa, afterwards lectured there, and had charge of the botanical museum. He died early in 1603 at Rome. His fame depends on his work, De Plantis Libri XVI. (Florence, 1583), which commenced a new epoch in systematic botanical science, and supplied many hints to the great Linnaeus. See Sachs, Geschichte der Botanik.