Paul Usteri

During this time period, he was also overseer of the botanical garden for the Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich (Society of Natural Sciences in Zurich).

During the French Revolution, his interests turned to politics — from 1797 until his death in 1831, he held various government offices in Switzerland.

[2] In 1787, with Johann Jakob Römer, he founded the botanical journal "Magazin für die Botanik".

[3] As a taxonomist he circumscribed the plant genus Biondea (family Elaeocarpaceae).

[4] In 1793, the genus Usteria (family Scrophulariaceae) was named in his honor by Antonio José Cavanilles.