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'''Carlo Luigi Spegazzini''', in Spanish '''Carlos Luis Spegazzini''' (20 April 1858 – 1 July 1926), was an [[Italian Argentines|Italian-born Argentinian]] botanist and [[mycology|mycologist]].
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'''Carlos Luis Spegazzini''', or Carlo Luigi Spegazzini, (20 April, 1858–1 July, 1926) was a Italian-Argentinian botanist and [[mycology|mycologist]]. Spegazzini published about 100 scientific papers on [[vascular plant]]s, describing around 1000 new taxa. He was a professor at the [[University of La Plata]] and Buenos Aires in Argentina, curator of the herbarium of the National Department of Agriculture, first head of the herbarium of [[La Plata Museum|Museo de la Plata]], and founder of an [[arboretum]] and an institute of mycology in La Plata city.

On the 1881/1882 expedition led by [[Giacomo Bove]] to explore [[Patagonia]] and [[Tierra del Fuego]], the Italian [[Decio Vinciguerra]] was officially both zoologist and botanist, but in fact Spegazzini handled the botanical work.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Bio18Tuat02-t1-body-d1.html
|last=Godley|first=E.J.|journal=Tuatara |volume=18 |issue=2 |date=July 1970 |page=76
|title=Botany of the Southern Zone Exploration, 1847-1891 |access-date=2012-12-06}}</ref>
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Spegazzini published about 100 scientific papers on [[vascular plant]]s, describing around 1000 new taxa. He was a professor at the [[University of La Plata]] and Buenos Aires in Argentina, curator of the herbarium of the National Department of Agriculture, first head of the herbarium of [[La Plata Museum|Museo de la Plata]], and founder of an [[arboretum]] and an institute of mycology in La Plata city.


In 1924 he edited the journal ''Revista Argentina de Botánica'', but only four issues were published before his death.
In 1924 he edited the journal ''Revista Argentina de Botánica'', but only four issues were published before his death.
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In a 1924 ''[[Mycologia]]'' publication, [[William Murrill]] recounted his time visiting with Spegazzini, who was then 66 years old: <blockquote>Dr Spegazzini is an old man, but strong in body, young in thought, and still full of the spirit of adventure. He has just returned from Tierra del Fuego, is planning to go to Europe next year, and promises me to come to the United States the following year 'if nothing happens'. He was born in a village in Italy and was a student of the fungi there before coming to Argentina. He has described a great many South American plants in various groups but his work is poorly known elsewhere and few of his specimens have been seen by other botanists. ... The Doctor is exceedingly genial in manner and very kind hearted. He and his son stayed with me all day long, showing me specimens, photographs and publications; giving me anything I wanted for our herbarium; taking me out to a sportsman's club for lunch; visiting the museum; and going on a short collecting trip in the woods. We talked French, German, English, Latin and Spanish indiscriminately and recklessly, keeping up a continuous flow of conversation lest our ignorance in certain languages be discovered.<ref name=Murrill1924/></blockquote>
In a 1924 ''[[Mycologia]]'' publication, [[William Murrill]] recounted his time visiting with Spegazzini, who was then 66 years old: <blockquote>Dr Spegazzini is an old man, but strong in body, young in thought, and still full of the spirit of adventure. He has just returned from Tierra del Fuego, is planning to go to Europe next year, and promises me to come to the United States the following year 'if nothing happens'. He was born in a village in Italy and was a student of the fungi there before coming to Argentina. He has described a great many South American plants in various groups but his work is poorly known elsewhere and few of his specimens have been seen by other botanists. ... The Doctor is exceedingly genial in manner and very kind hearted. He and his son stayed with me all day long, showing me specimens, photographs and publications; giving me anything I wanted for our herbarium; taking me out to a sportsman's club for lunch; visiting the museum; and going on a short collecting trip in the woods. We talked French, German, English, Latin and Spanish indiscriminately and recklessly, keeping up a continuous flow of conversation lest our ignorance in certain languages be discovered.<ref name=Murrill1924/></blockquote>


{{botanist|Speg.|border=0|inline=yes}} The [[International Plant Names Index]] has more than 2,700 records for plant names of which he is either the author, a co-author or involved in the [[basionym]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do;?&find_authorAbbrev=Speg. |title=Search results for author standard form 'Speg.' |website=The International Plant Names Index |access-date=2015-04-26}}</ref> Spegazzini was one of the most prolific authors of new fungal species, having [[species description|formally described]] about 4900 in his career.<ref name="Lücking 2020">{{cite journal |authorlink=Robert Lücking |last=Lücking |first=Robert |title=Three challenges to contemporaneous taxonomy from a licheno-mycological perspective |journal=Megataxa |volume=1 |issue=1 |year=2020 |doi=10.11646/megataxa.1.1.16 |page=78–103 [85]}}</ref>

He is also honoured in the naming of several taxa including;<ref>{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 | s2cid=246307410 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref>
* ''[[Spegazzinia]]'' a genus of [[fungi]] in the [[Apiosporaceae]] family by Pier Andrea Saccardo in 1880.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spegazzinia - Search Page |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp?strGenus=Spegazzinia |website=www.speciesfungorum.org |publisher=Species Fungorum |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref>
* ''Spegazzinites'', a genus of fungi, by J.Félix in 1894,<ref>{{cite web |title=''Spegazzinites'' J.Félix, 1894 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/7238519 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=1 November 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Spegazzinia'' by Backeb. in 1933, a genus of cactus which is a synonym of ''[[Rebutia]]'',<ref>{{cite web |title=''Spegazzinia'' Backeb. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:5541-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=1 November 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Neospegazzinia]]'' by Petr. & Syd. in 1936 (genus of Fungi),<ref>{{cite web |title=Species Fungorum - GSD Species |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/GSDSpecies.asp?RecordID=431859 |website=www.speciesfungorum.org |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref>
* ''Carlosia'' by G.Sampaio in 1923, now a synonym of ''[[Thelomma]] {{Au|A.Massal., 1860}},<ref>{{cite web |title=''Carlosia'' G.Sampaio, 1923 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/9628680 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=1 November 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Spegazziniella]]'' by Bat. & I.H.Lima in 1959 (genus of fungi), [[Schizothyriaceae]] family,<ref>{{cite web |title=Spegazziniella - Search Page |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp?strGenus=Spegazziniella |website=www.speciesfungorum.org |publisher=Species Fungorum |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref>
* ''[[Spegazziniophytum]]'' by Esser in 2001 (genus of plant in [[Euphorbiaceae]] family).<ref>{{cite web |title=''Spegazziniophytum'' Esser {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1019638-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=1 November 2022 |language=en}}</ref>


==References==
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<ref name=Murrill1924>{{cite journal |title=Dr. Carlos Spegazzini |journal=Mycologia |author=Murrill WA. |year=1924 |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=200–201 |url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59350/0016/004/0200.htm}}</ref>
<ref name=Murrill1924>{{cite journal |title=Dr. Carlos Spegazzini |journal=Mycologia |author=Murrill WA. |year=1924 |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=200–201 |jstor = 3753383|url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59350/0016/004/0200.htm}}</ref>


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==Other sources==
*{{cite journal |last=Katinas |first=Liliana |author2=Diego G. Gutierrez |author3=Silvia S. Torres Robles |year=2000 |title=Carlos Spegazzini (1858-1926): Travels and Botanical Work on Vascular Plants |journal=Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden |volume=87 |issue=2 |pages=183–202 |url=http://www.botanicus.org/item/31753003566129 |jstor=2666160 |doi=10.2307/2666160}}
*{{cite journal |last=Giacchino |first=Adrián |year=2001 |title=Algunas Breves Biografías. |journal=Boletín Informativo de la Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara |volume=2 |pages=5–23}}
*{{cite web|title=Carlos Luis Spegazzini, Botánico (micólogo) |url=http://www.metapublicidad.com.ar/ameghino/biografias/spega.htm |year=2011 |work=Proyecto Ameghino: Los orígenes de la ciencia argentina en Internet |publisher=Instituto de Estudios Sociales de la Ciencia y la Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes |access-date=February 8, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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==External links==
* [http://www.mushroomthejournal.com/greatlakesdata/Authors/Spegazzini1148.html biographical sketch] with image
* [http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0011-67932004000100010 Type material of Carlos L. Spegazzini in the Museo de La Plata Herbarium (LP), Argentina. III: Cactaceae], ''Darwinian'' 42
* [https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Bio18Tuat02-t1-body-d1.htmlBotany of the Southern Zone — Exploration, 1847-1891]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''Tuatara'' 18(2)

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For the Argentine city named for Spegazzini, see Carlos Spegazzini, Buenos Aires.
"Speg." redirects here. For the gene, see SPEG.
Carlos Luis Spegazzini
Spegazzini on his 65th birthday
Born(1858-04-20)April 20, 1858
Bairo, Italy
DiedJuly 1, 1926(1926-07-01) (aged 68)
La Plata, Argentina
Known forStudies in mycology and vascular plants
Scientific career
Doctoral advisorPier Andrea Saccardo
Author abbrev. (botany)Speg.

Carlo Luigi Spegazzini, in Spanish Carlos Luis Spegazzini (20 April 1858 – 1 July 1926), was an Italian-born Argentinian botanist and mycologist.

On the 1881/1882 expedition led by Giacomo Bove to explore Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, the Italian Decio Vinciguerra was officially both zoologist and botanist, but in fact Spegazzini handled the botanical work.[1] Spegazzini published about 100 scientific papers on vascular plants, describing around 1000 new taxa. He was a professor at the University of La Plata and Buenos Aires in Argentina, curator of the herbarium of the National Department of Agriculture, first head of the herbarium of Museo de la Plata, and founder of an arboretum and an institute of mycology in La Plata city.

In 1924 he edited the journal Revista Argentina de Botánica, but only four issues were published before his death.

In a 1924 Mycologia publication, William Murrill recounted his time visiting with Spegazzini, who was then 66 years old:

Dr Spegazzini is an old man, but strong in body, young in thought, and still full of the spirit of adventure. He has just returned from Tierra del Fuego, is planning to go to Europe next year, and promises me to come to the United States the following year 'if nothing happens'. He was born in a village in Italy and was a student of the fungi there before coming to Argentina. He has described a great many South American plants in various groups but his work is poorly known elsewhere and few of his specimens have been seen by other botanists. ... The Doctor is exceedingly genial in manner and very kind hearted. He and his son stayed with me all day long, showing me specimens, photographs and publications; giving me anything I wanted for our herbarium; taking me out to a sportsman's club for lunch; visiting the museum; and going on a short collecting trip in the woods. We talked French, German, English, Latin and Spanish indiscriminately and recklessly, keeping up a continuous flow of conversation lest our ignorance in certain languages be discovered.[2]

The standard author abbreviation Speg. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3] The International Plant Names Index has more than 2,700 records for plant names of which he is either the author, a co-author or involved in the basionym.[4] Spegazzini was one of the most prolific authors of new fungal species, having formally described about 4900 in his career.[5]

He is also honoured in the naming of several taxa including;[6]

References

  1. ^ Godley, E.J. (July 1970). "Botany of the Southern Zone Exploration, 1847-1891". Tuatara. 18 (2): 76. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
  2. ^ Murrill WA. (1924). "Dr. Carlos Spegazzini". Mycologia. 16 (4): 200–201. JSTOR 3753383.
  3. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Speg.
  4. ^ "Search results for author standard form 'Speg.'". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  5. ^ Lücking, Robert (2020). "Three challenges to contemporaneous taxonomy from a licheno-mycological perspective". Megataxa. 1 (1): 78–103 [85]. doi:10.11646/megataxa.1.1.16.
  6. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  7. ^ "Spegazzinia - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Spegazzinites J.Félix, 1894". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Spegazzinia Backeb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Species Fungorum - GSD Species". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Carlosia G.Sampaio, 1923". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Spegazziniella - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  13. ^ "Spegazziniophytum Esser | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 November 2022.

Other sources

External links

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