Michelangelo Console
Michelangelo Console (* July 24, 1812 in Palermo , † May 13, 1897 ibid) was a Sicilian , Italian botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Console ".
Live and act
Michelangelo Console was Professor of Botany at the Palermo Botanical Garden and works with Charles Lemaire . In 1897 he described the genus Myrtillocactus belonging to the cactus family .
Honor taxon
Charles Lemaire named the genus Consolea of the cactus family (Cactaceae) in his honor .
Fonts (selection)
- Su taluni casi morfologici nella famiglia delle Cactaceae . In: Il Naturalista Siciliano . Palermo 1883, pp. 78-79, online
- Myrtillocactus, nuovo genere di Cactaceae . In: Bollettino del Reale Orto Botanico di Palermo . Volume 1, Number 1, 1897, pp. 8-10.
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literature
- Walther Haage : cacti from A to Z . 3. Edition. Quelle & Meyer Verlag, Heidelberg 1986, ISBN 3-494-01142-7 , p. 88 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Revue Horticole . Paris 1862, p. 174.
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Michelangelo Console at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Console, Michelangelo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1812 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Palermo |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 1897 |
| Place of death | Palermo |