Giacomo Antonio Cortusi
Giacomo Antonio Cortusi also Giacomo Antonio Cortuso or Jacobus Antonius Cortusus (* 1513 in Padua ; † June 21, 1603 ibid) was an Italian botanist .
Life
With an ordinance of the Doge Pasquale Cicogna of November 10, 1590, Giacomo Antonio Cortusi was appointed director of the Botanical Garden in Padua , the oldest botanical garden in the world, founded in 1545 . He succeeds the late Melchior Wieland (Guilandinus).
A portrait of him is in Castore Durante's Herbario novo from 1585.
Honor taxon
Charles Plumier named a genus Cortusa in his honor . Carl von Linné later did not take over this genus, but placed it in the genus Thalia of the arrowroot family (Marantaceae).
Linnaeus named after him the genus Cortusa of the primrose family (Primulaceae). You may also be Pietro Andrea Mattioli author of that name.
Fonts (selection)
- L'horto dei simplici di Padova. Venice 1591. [- The authorship is not certain.]
literature
- Augusto De Ferrari: Cortuso, Giacomo Antonio. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 29: Cordier-Corvo. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1983.
- Johannes Helm: The first inventory of the Botanical Garden in Padua, published in print in 1591. In: Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. Volume 16, Issue 1, pp. 75-90 ( doi: 10.1007 / BF02095683 ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Charles Plumier: Nova Plantarum Americanarum Genera . Leiden 1703, p. 26.
- ^ Carl von Linné: Critica Botanica . Leiden 1737, p. 94.
- ↑ Carl von Linné: Genera Plantarum . Leiden 1742, p. 522.
- ↑ Carl von Linné: Genera Plantarum. Leiden 1742, p. 63.
Web links
- Works at worldcatlibraries.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cortusi, Giacomo Antonio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cortusus, Jacobus Antonius; Cortuso, Giacomo Antonio; Cartusi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1513 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Padua |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 21, 1603 |
| Place of death | Padua |