Bauhin, Gaspard

Bauhin, Gaspard, 1560-1624, Swiss botanist and doctor of medicine, of French descent. His early classification of plants by genus and species in his chief work, the Pinax theatri botanici (1623), anticipated the binomial arrangement of Linnaeus. Bauhin reformed anatomical nomenclature, especially that of muscles. His elder brother, Jean Bauhin, 1541-1613, was also a botanist and doctor of medicine. A genus of plants, Bauhinia, was named for the brothers.

Bauhin — a family of physicians and scientists.

• Jean Bauhin (1511–1582): a French physician, who moved with his family to Basel after conversion to Protestantism.
• His two sons:
• Gaspard Bauhin, or Caspar Bauhin (1560–1624): Swiss-French botanist.
• Johann Bauhin, or Jean Bauhin (1541-1613): Swiss-French botanist.

The genus of plants Bauhinia was named after the brothers.