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Michelangelo Console

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Michelangelo Console
Born24 July 1812
Palermo, Italy
Died13 May 1897
Palermo, Italy
NationalityItalian
OccupationBotanist
Known forResearch on the Cactaceae

Michelangelo Console (Palermo, 24 July 1812 – Palermo, 13 May 1897) was an Italian botanist primarily known for his work on cacti.[1]

Life and work

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Michelangelo Console was professor of botany at the Palermo Botanical Garden, where he worked with French botanist Charles Antoine Lemaire. Console described the cactus genus Myrtillocactus in 1897, shortly before his death.[2]

Charles Antoine Lemaire named the cactus genus Consolea in honor of Console.[3]

Selected works

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  • Su taluni casi morfologici nella famiglia delle Cactaceae. In: Il Naturalista siciliano. Palermo 1883, p. 78–79, Online
  • Myrtillocactus, nuovo genere di Cactaceae. In: Bollettino del Reale Orto Botanico di Palermo. Vol. 1, No. 1, 1897, p. 8–10.

References

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  1. ^ Su taluni casi morfologici nella famiglia delle Cactaceae. In: Il Naturalista siciliano. Palermo 1883, p. 78–79, Online
  2. ^ Myrtillocactus, nuovo genere di Cactaceae. In: Bollettino del Reale Orto Botanico di Palermo. Vol. 1, No. 1, 1897, p. 8–10.
  3. ^ "Michelangelo Console".
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Console.