Giuseppe Moretti (botanist)
Appearance
Giuseppe Moretti (30 November 1782 in Roncaro – 1 December 1853) was an Italian botanist.[1]
He served as a professor of botany and as director of the botanical gardens at the University of Pavia[2] (1826–1853). The genus Morettia (family Brassicaceae) was named in his honor by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle.[3]
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Published works
- Osservazioni sopra diverse specie di piante indigene dell'Italia, 1818.
- Il botanico italiano, ossia, Discussioni sulla flora italica, 1826.
- Prodromo di una monografia delle specie del genere Morus, 1842
- Sugli Anacardi orientale e occidentale (Semecarpus anacardium, Linn. fil. et Anacardium occidentale, Linn.), 1851.[4]
References
- ^ Ampelografia: descrizione delle migliori varietà di viti per uve ..., Volume 1 by Girolamo Molon
- ^ "Part of his library has been digitized and is available on the BEIC web site".
- ^ BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
- ^ OCLC Classify publications
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Moretti.