José de la Trinidad Mutis (February 6, 1732 – September 11, 1808) was a Spanish-American botanist, physician, mathematician, astronomer, and priest, who made major contributions to botany. He is known as the father of Spanish American botany. Mutis was born in Cádiz, Spain, and studied medicine at the University of Seville. In 1755, he went to New Granada (present-day Colombia) as a member of a...
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