Giuseppe Giacinto Moris
Giuseppe Giacinto Moris (25 April 1796,
botanist known for investigations of flora native to Sardinia
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He studied medicine in Turin, from where he graduated while still in his teens. From 1822 to 1829, he worked as a professor at the University of Cagliari, afterwards returning to Turin as a professor at the university. Here, he was director of its botanical garden from 1831 until 1869.[1]
He was the binomial authority of the genus Ridolfia (family Apiaceae) as well as of numerous plant species.[2] In 1832, Jaques Étienne Gay named the genus Morisia (family Brassicaceae) in his honor.[3]
Principal works
- Stirpium Sardoarum elenchus; 1827, 1829.
- Plantae Chilenses novae minusve cognitae, 1833.
- Flora Sardoa : seu historia plantarum in Sardinia et adjacentibus insulis vel sponte nascentium vel ad utilitatem latius excultarum, 1837.
- Flora sardoa (in Latin). Vol. 1. Torino: Stamperia reale. 1837.
- Flora sardoa (in Latin). Vol. 2. Torino: Stamperia reale. 1840–1843.
- Flora sardoa (in Latin). Vol. 3. Torino: Stamperia reale. 1858–1859.
- Florula Caprariae : sive, Enumeratio plantarum in insula Capraria : vel sponte nascentium vel ad utilitatem latius excultarum, 1839 (with Giuseppe De Notaris).
- Enumeratio seminum Regni Horti Botanici Taurinensis, 1860.[4]
References
- ^ Treccani.it (translated biography)
- ^ IPNI List of plants described and co-described by Moris.
- ^ Biodiversity Heritage Library Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
- ^ World Cat Identities Most widely held works by Giuseppe Giacinto Moris
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Moris.
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