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Vincenzo de Cesati

Vincenzo de Cesati

Italian botanist (1806–1883)

Vincenzo de Cesati (1806–1883) was an Italian botanist from Milan.

Vincenzo Cesati

He studied natural history and law at the University of Vienna, and afterwards worked as a volunteer at the Collegium Nacionale de Vercelli. From 1868 to 1883 he was director of the botanical garden at Naples. The majority of his plant collection is now preserved at the botanical institute of the University of Rome.

The plant genus Cesatia from the family Apiaceae is named after him.

Works

With Giovanni Passerini (1816-1893) and Giuseppe Gibelli (1831-1898), he was author of "Compendio della flora italiana", a compendium of Italian flora.[1] Other works by Cesati include:

  • Stirpes Italicae: iconografia universale delle piante italiane (Pyrole, Milan, 1840)
  • Saggio di una bibliografia algologica italiana (Accademia reale delle Scienze, Naples, 1882)
The standard author abbreviation Ces. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Compendio della flora italiana HathiTrust Digital Library
  2. [2]
    International Plant Names Index.  Ces.
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