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Giuseppe Moretti (botanist)

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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]

Giuseppe Moretti's ex libris
Giuseppe Moretti's ex libris

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]
The standard author abbreviation Moretti is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

  1. ^ Ampelografia: descrizione delle migliori varietà di viti per uve ..., Volume 1 by Girolamo Molon
  2. ^ "Part of his library has been digitized and is available on the BEIC web site".
  3. ^ BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  4. ^ OCLC Classify publications
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Moretti.
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