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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-06-08 human Christine Moje and Neville Walsh updated 2023-08-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005131b.htm person Cavanilles Antonio Jose AACR2 16 January 1745 4 May 1804 Place of Birth Valencia, Spain Place of Death Madrid, Spain Botanist Taxonomist A leading taxonomic botanist in Spain, Antonio Cavanilles described a number of Australian plants, including the genus Angophora (closely related to Corymbia and Eucalyptus) in his six-volume work Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum (1791-1801). Corymbia is regarded by some, particularly Ian Brooker, as a subgenus of Eucalyptus, but retained as distinct by most botanists. 1791 1791 Taxonomy event - Described the genus Angophora Cav. 1791 1801 Career event - Illustration of his work Descriptiones Plantarum 1797 1797 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus salicifolia Cav. 1797 1797 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus racemosa Cav. 1797 1797 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus corymbosa Cav. (= Eucalyptus gummifera (Gaertn.) Hochr. (1925)) 1798 1798 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus platypodos Cav. (= Eucalyptus botryoides Sm. (1797))

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 'Cavanilles, Antonio Jose', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Cavanilles, Antonio Jose Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Eucalypts: a Celebration Wrigley, J.; and Fagg, M. Eucalypts: a Celebration Crows Nest Australia Allen & Unwin 2010

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 Journal Article: Short History of the Discovery and Naming of Banksias in Eastern Australia: Part 4, The Abbe Antonia Jose Cavanilles, Robert Brown and Franz W. Sieber Salkin, A. I. Short History of the Discovery and Naming of Banksias in Eastern Australia: Part 4, The Abbe Antonia Jose Cavanilles, Robert Brown and Franz W. Sieber 1981 The Victorian naturalist 98 5 191-194 Book: Icones et descriptiones plantarum [six volumes] Cavanilles, Antonio José Icones et descriptiones plantarum [six volumes] Lehre J. Cramer 1965 Book: Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Hall, Norman Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Melbourne CSIRO 1978

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