Joseph Antoine Risso
Joseph Antoine Risso , also Giuseppe Antonio (born August 7, 1777 in Nice , † August 25, 1845 ibid) was a French naturalist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Risso ".
Live and act
Risso studied under Giovanni Battista Balbis (1765-1831). He worked as a pharmacist , zoologist and botanist . Risso published Ichthyologie de Nice (1810), Histoire naturelle de principales productions de l'Europe méridionale (1826) and Flore de Nice (1844). Together with Pierre Antoine Poiteau , he wrote Historie naturelle des orangers (1818-1820).
Honors
The plant genus Rissoa Arn is named after Risso . from the diamond family (Rutaceae) and the algae genus Rissoella J.Agardh .
literature
- Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names . Ed .: Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .
- CC Emig: Révision des espèces de brachiopodes décrites par A. Risso . In: Carnets de Géologie / Notebooks on Geology , 2012, Article 2012/02 (CG2012_A02) , in the appendix the scientific bibliography by A. Risso.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .
Web links
- Website about Risso
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Joseph Antoine Risso at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Risso, Joseph Antoine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French naturalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1777 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nice |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 1845 |
| Place of death | Nice |