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Augustin Pyrame de
[oh-gys-tan pee-ram duh] /oʊ güsˈtɛ̃ piˈram də/ (Show IPA), 1778–1841, Swiss botanist.
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Augustin Pyrame de. 1778–1841, Swiss botanist; his Théorie élémentaire de la botanique (1813) introduced a new system of plant classification
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