Bauhin
Bauhin — a family of physicians and scientists.
- Jean Bauhin (1511–1582): a French physician, who moved with his family to Basel after conversion to Protestantism.
- Two of his three sons:
- Gaspard Bauhin, or Caspar Bauhin (1560–1624): Swiss-French botanist.
- Johann Bauhin, or Jean Bauhin (1541–1613): Swiss-French botanist.
- The ileocecal valve is also called Bauhin's valve, named after Gaspard Bauhin
Carl Linnaeus named the genus of plants Bauhinia after the two brothers.
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