Francesco Cupani
Francesco Cupani (born January 21, 1657 in Mirto , † January 19, 1710 in Palermo ) was an Italian doctor , theologian and botanist .
Life
Francesco Cupani initially studied medicine and later theology. In 1681 he joined the Franciscan order . He taught theology in Palermo. After meeting Paolo Boccone , however, he spent most of the time studying plants, animals and minerals from Sicily .
On behalf of Duke Giuseppe del Bosco, he laid out one of the first botanical gardens in Europe in 1692 , the Misilmeri Botanical Garden . This task brought him into contact with many botanists in Europe, such as B. Joseph Pitton de Tournefort , Caspar Commelin , William Sherard , James Petiver , Johann Georg Volckamer , Felice Viali (1638-1722) and Giovanni Battista Triumfetti .
For 25 years he worked on his main work Pamphyton siculum , a natural history of Sicily, which he could no longer complete.
Honor taxon
Charles Plumier named the genus Cupania of the soap tree family (Sapindaceae) in his honor . Carl von Linné later took over this name. In addition, around 25 other plant species are named after Cupani, for example Cupanis Timeless ( Colchicum cupanii ).
Fonts (selection)
- Catalogus Plantarum Sicularum noviter adinventarum . Palermo 1692.
- Syllabus Plantarum Sicilae nuper detectarum . Palermo 1694.
- Hortus Catholicus seu Illustrissimi et Excellentissimi Principis Cathlicae Ducis Misilmeris . Naples 1696.
- Supplementum alterum ad Hortum Catholicum . Palermo 1697.
- Pamphyton siculum seu Historia naturalis de animalibus, stripibus, fossilibus, quae in Silicia, vel in circuito eius, inveniuntur . Palermo 1713 (posthumous).
literature
- Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : Allgemeine Gelehrtenlexikon Volume 1, 1750.
Individual evidence
- ^ Charles Plumier: Nova Plantarum Americanarum Genera . Leiden 1703, p. 45.
- ^ Carl von Linné: Critica Botanica . Leiden 1737, p. 92.
- ↑ Carl von Linné: Genera Plantarum . Leiden 1742, p. 87.
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SURNAME | Cupani, Francesco |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian doctor and botanist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1657 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mirto |
DATE OF DEATH | January 19, 1710 |
Place of death | Palermo |