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Fuchs, Leonhard (1501–1566)| German botanist. His chief work, De Historia Stirpium Commentarii Insignes (1542), describes domestic plants, alphabetically arranged, and is beautifully illustrated by woodcuts. In it Fuchs laid the foundation of a permanent botanical nomenclature. The genus Fuchsia was named after him. |
| He was born at Wemding, Bavaria. He studied classics, then became professor of medicine at Tübingen in 1535, soon taking up the pursuit of botany. |
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