Vincenzo Petagna ( Italian: Vincenzo Petagna ; 1734 - 1810 ) - Italian botanist , doctor and entomologist .
| Vincenzo Petagna | |
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| ital. Vincenzo petagna | |
| Date of Birth | January 17, 1734 |
| Place of Birth | Naples |
| Date of death | October 6, 1810 (aged 76) |
| A country | Italy |
| Scientific field | botany |
| Taxonomy of wildlife | |
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The author of the names of a number of botanical taxa . In the botanical ( binary ) nomenclature, these names are supplemented by the abbreviation " Petagna " . List of such taxa on the IPNI website Personal page on IPNI website The researcher who described a number of zoological taxa . The names of these taxa (to indicate authorship) are accompanied by the designation " Petagna " . |
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Biography
Vincenzo Petagna was born on January 17, 1734 in the city of Naples in the family of Antonio Petagni and Orsola Cuomo. He studied at a Jesuit school, in 1764 he graduated from the University of Naples with a degree in medicine. In 1770 he went to Vienna , after which he traveled to most of Germany and Italy. After his return, Petagna traveled to Sicily , and was soon appointed professor of the cafferd of botany at the University of Palermo . He then became director of the Botanical Garden of Monteoliveto in Naples.
Vincenzo Petagna was an academician of the Royal Neapolitan Academy of Sciences and a member of the Royal Society of London .
On October 6, 1810, Vincenzo Petagna died after a long illness.
The herbarium of Petagni is kept at the College of Agriculture at the University of Naples at Portici (POR).
Some scientific papers
- Petagna, V. (1785-1787). Institutiones botanicae . 5 vols.
Plant genera named after V. Petagni
- Petagnana JFGmel. , 1792, nom. nov. [ syn. Smithia Aiton , 1789, nom. cons. ]
- Petagnia Raf. , 1814 [ syn. Solanum Tourn. ex L. , 1753 ]
- Petagnia Guss. , 1827, nom. illeg. [ syn. Petagnaea Caruel , 1889, nom. nov. ]
Literature
- anon. Vincenzo Petagna (neopr.) // Atti del Reale Istituto d'Incoraggiamento alle Scienze Naturali di Napoli. - 1818. - T. 2 . - S. 340—342 .
- Stafleu FA , Cowan RS Taxonomic Literature : [ eng. ] . - Ed. 2. - Utrecht, Antwerpen, The Hague, Boston, 1983. - Vol. IV: P — Sak. - P. 187-188. - 1214 p. - ISBN 90-313-0549-9 . - DOI : 10.5962 / bhl.title.48631 .