José Celestino Mutis y Bosio, Spanish-born Colombian botanist and geographer (Cadiz 06 April 1732 – Santafé de Bogotá 11 September 1808)
Described nocturnal variations in barometer
Discovered daily salty air in the tropics
Created a specific for dysentery (1810)
DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA
Valid Genera
Acaena 1771
Barnadesia 1781
Bejaria 1771
Castilleja 1782
Consuegria 1810 (Incertae Sedis)
Escallonia 1821
Espeletia 1808
Lozania 1810
Manettia 1771
Pera 1784
Pombea 1810 (Incertae Sedis)
Vallea 1782
Species
About 70
HONORS (Asteraceae)
Mutisia Linnaeus filius 1782
Flosmutisia Cuatrecasas 1986
His nephew, Sinforoso Mutis Consuegra, Colombian botanist (Bucaramanga 15 July 1773 – Bogotá 22 August 1822)
Described the section Amaria 1810 (Fabaceae)
Honored in genus incertae sedis Consuegria Mutis (1810)