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Giovanni Antonio Battarra

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Giovanni Battarra portrait

Giovanni Antonio Battarra (Coriano, 9 June 1714 – Rimini, 8 November 1789) was an Italian priest, naturalist, and mycologist. In 1755, he published Fungorum Agri Ariminensis Historia, consisting of 80 pages and illustrated with 40 copper plates drawn and engraved by himself, in which he described 248 species of fungi.

The standard author abbreviation Battarra is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]

Eponymous species

See also

References

  1. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Battarra.
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  • Google Books Online edition of Fungorum Agri Ariminensis Historia


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