 Augustin de Candolle was the first of four generations of botanists in the de Candolle dynasty . His son , Alphonse de Candolle , whom he fathered with his wife , Mademoiselle Torras , eventually succeeded to his father 's chair in botany and continued the Prodromus . Casimir Pyrame de Candolle , Augustin de Candolle 's grandson , also contributed to the Prodromus through his detailed , extensive research and characterization of the Piperaceae family of plants . Augustin de Candolle 's great @-@ grandson , Richard Émile Augustin de Candolle , was also a botanist . Augustin de Candolle died on 9 September 1841 in Geneva , after being sick for many years . 
