Frédéric Charles Jean Gingins de la Sarraz [SEP] place of death
Frédéric Charles Jean Gingins de la Sarraz
Frédéric Charles Jean Gingins de la Sarraz (14 August 1790, Éclépens – 27 February 1863, Lausanne) was a Swiss historian and botanist.
From 1817 to 1828 he worked as a translator of the French language in the State Chancellery at Bern. In 1844 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern and in 1854 was awarded an honorary professorship at the Academy of Lausanne.
As a historian, he published numerous works from 1833 up until his death in 1863,
, "L. multifida" and "L. dentata" (Spain) and "L. stoechas" and "L. spica" from Southern Europe. "L. pedunculata" was included within "L. stoechas."
By 1790, "L. pinnata" and "L. carnosa" were recognised. The latter was subsequently transferred to "Anisochilus". By 1826 Frédéric Charles Jean Gingins de la Sarraz listed 12 species in three sections, and by 1848 eighteen species were known.
One of the first modern major classifications was that of