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    Caspar Commelijn or Caspar Commelin (14 October 1668 Amsterdam – 25 December 1731 Amsterdam), was a Dutch botanist. He was the son of the bookseller, historian...
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  • (1834–1899), American sculptor Caspar del Bufalo (1786–1837), Italian priest and saint Caspar Commelijn (1668–1731), Dutch botanist Caspar de Crayer (1582–1669)...
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    Rembrandts masterpiece The Night Watch Nicasius de Sille, Ambassador Caspar Commelijn, botanist Jan van der Heyden, painter and print maker Johannes Hudde...
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    Linnaeus picked the name in honour of the Dutch botanists Jan and Caspar Commelijn, using the two large showy petals of Commelina communis to symbolise...
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    Linnaeus picked the name in honour of the Dutch botanists Jan and Caspar Commelijn, using the two large showy petals of Commelina communis to symbolise...
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  • Herbert de Jager 1701 Amsterdam Horti medici amstelodamensis (vol.2) Caspar Commelijn (1668–1731) 1702–09 London Gazophylacii naturae & Artis Decas I-X James...
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    Jan Commelin (redirect from Jan Commelijn)
    Jan Commelin (23 April 1629 – 19 January 1692), also known as Jan Commelijn, Johannes Commelin or Johannes Commelinus, was a botanist, and was the son...
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    plant name Myrtales St Commelinaceae Commelina P Jan (1629–1692) and Caspar Commelijn (1667–1734) Commelinales CS Connaraceae Connarus G Greek plant name...
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    Etched portrait from the editions of Boxhorn's works by Caspar Commelijn (1660ff.), after a portrait of c. 1640...
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    Commelina­ceae (spiderwort family) Commelina was named for Jan (1629–1692) and Caspar Commelijn (1667–1734). 36 genera, throughout the tropics, and in parts of East...
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    (1897–1969) Solanaceae Bu Commelina Jan (1629–1692), and his nephew Caspar Commelijn (1668–1731) Commelinaceae Co Commersonia Philibert Commerson (1727–1773)...
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  • 1695) Laurent Cassegrain, French priest and physicist (died 1693) Jan Commelijn, Dutch botanist (died 1692) Christophe Glaser, Swiss pharmacian (died...
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    century named the genus after the two Dutch botanists Jan Commelijn and his nephew Caspar, each representing one of the showy petals of Commelina communis...
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  • 1769, and 1770, London: Printed for J. Almon, OCLC 3354484 in Dutch Caspar Commelijn (1693). Beschrijvinge van Amsterdam [Description of Amsterdam] (in...
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    manager of a charity hospital, providing help to the sick and poor. Isaac Commelijn was the son of a bookseller Jan Commelin and Catherina Valckenier. His...
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