Giovanni Arcangeli
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Giovanni Arcangeli (18 July 1840 – 16 July 1921) was an Italian botanist from Florence.
Giovanni Arcangeli | |
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Born | (1840-07-18)18 July 1840 |
Died | 16 July 1921(1921-07-16) (aged 80) |
Scientific career | |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Arcang. |
In 1862 he earned his degree in natural sciences from the University of Pisa, where he later became an instructor and professor. In 1880 he was a professor of botany at the University of Turin, and in 1882 was appointed director of the Botanical Garden of Pisa.
In 1882 Arcangeli published his best-known work, a highly regarded compendium of Italian flora titled Compendio della flora italiana.
The plant genus Arcangelisia from the family Menispermaceae was named in his honor in 1877.[1] In 1891 Kuntze published Arcangelina but published but this name is now a synonym of Tripogon.[2] Then in 1900, Arcangeliella is a genus of gasteroid fungi in the family Russulaceae was published by Fridiano Cavara.[3] Also Neoarcangelia was published by Berl. in 1900 (part of the Pleurostomataceae family).[4]