Giuseppe Zodda

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Giuseppe Zodda (born March 9, 1877 in Merì ; † May 28, 1968 in Teramo ) was an Italian botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Zodda ".

Live and act

Giuseppe Zodda was born in the province of Messina in 1877 . He studied medicine and then initially worked at the University of Messina and the University of Florence . In 1906 he qualified as professor of botany in Messina, but later moved to the University of Bari .

Zodda initially focused on the vegetation of the province of Messina and then all of Sicily. However, he quickly discovered his interest in mosses , on whose systematics he specialized. Later he wrote a three-volume Flora of the Province of Teramo .

Honors

The algae genus Zoddaea Borzi is named after him.

Works (excerpt)

  • Pugillo di briofite abruzzesi (1930)
  • Prime notizie sulla flora delle Mainarde (1931)
  • Flora Italica Cryptogama pars iv: Bryophyta. Hepaticae Anthocerotales, Marchantiales, Jungermanniales, Anakrogyne, Jungermanniales Akrogynae (1934)
  • Nota floristica sul gruppo del Gran Sasso (1943)
  • Studi sulla flora teramana (In three volumes, until 1958)
  • Il genere "Hieracium" nel teramano (1962)

literature

  • Università di Modena. Istituto botanico: Archivio Botanico E Biogeografico Italiano, volumes 44-45. Valbonesi., 1968, p. 100.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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 .

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personal data
SURNAME Zodda, Giuseppe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian botanist
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Merì , Province of Messina
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 1968
Place of death Teramo