Charles Plumier (20 April 1646 – 20 November 1704) was a
French botanist, after whom the Frangipani genus
Plumeria is named. Plumier is considered one of the most important of the botanical explorers of his time. He made three botanizing expeditions to the
West Indies, which resulted in a massive work
Nova Plantarum Americanarum Genera (1703–04) and was appointed botanist to king
Louis XIV of France.