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Gaspard Bauhin, a Common card
Gaspard Bauhin or Caspar Bauhin, was a Swiss botanist whose Pinax theatri botanici described thousands of plants and classified them in a manner that draws comparisons to the later binomial nomenclature of Linnaeus.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 56
- DEF
- 35
- Power
- 91
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,100
Power 91 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Gaspard Bauhin quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gaspard Bauhin card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Linnaeus honored the Bauhin ______ Gaspard and Jean in the genus name Bauhinia.
Answer
brothers. Linnaeus honored the Bauhin brothers Gaspard and Jean in the genus name Bauhinia. From the Gaspard Bauhin article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Bauhin described the ileocecal valve in ____, hence the name Bauhin's Valve or Valve of Bauhin, in the preface of his first writing, De corporis humani partibus externis tractatus, hactenus non editus.
Answer
1580s. Bauhin described the ileocecal valve in 1588, hence the name Bauhin's Valve or Valve of Bauhin, in the preface of his first writing, De corporis humani partibus externis tractatus, hactenus non editus. From the Gaspard Bauhin article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was a disciple of the famous Italian physician Girolamo Mercuriale and he also worked on human anatomical nomenclature.
- Bauhin described the ileocecal valve in 1588, hence the name Bauhin's Valve or Valve of Bauhin, in the preface of his first writing, De corporis humani partibus externis tractatus, hactenus non editus.
- Linnaeus honored the Bauhin brothers Gaspard and Jean in the genus name Bauhinia.
Why it is Common
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Text : Wikipedia, Gaspard Bauhin (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
