Michele Tenore

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Michele Tenore (born May 11, 1780 in Naples , † July 19, 1861 ibid) was a Neapolitan-Italian botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Ten. “His son Vincenzo Tenore (1825–1886) was also a botanist.

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Tenore's family came from Abruzzo . Tenore completed his medical studies in Naples at the age of 20. His keen interest in botany was increased by his acquaintance with Domenico Cirillo and Vincenzo Petagna , so that he only practiced as a doctor for a short time. He undertook several botanical excursions to Abruzzo, Capri and Ischia . His fame spread rapidly, so that the Prince of Bisignano, the Duke of Gravina and the Cavaliere Poli entrusted him with the supervision of their gardens. In 1805 he traveled through Italy as personal physician and private secretary to the Prince of Cardito and visited numerous botanically interesting places. In 1807 Giuseppe Bonaparte entrusted him with the supervision of the royal gardens in the Kingdom of Naples. Tenore was appointed Senator of Italy under King Vittorio Emanuele II. In 1812 he was accepted as a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .

The Botanical Garden in Naples , which opened in 1810, was created with his help . From 1811 he had a chair in botany at the University of Naples . In 1835 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . The Michele Tenore Botanical Garden in Lama dei Peligni, founded in 1995 and whose symbol is Centaurea tenoreana , commemorates him.

Honors

According to Tenore, the plant genus Tenorea is Raf. named from the diamond family (Rutaceae).

Works (selection)

  • Catalogus plantarum horti regii neapolitani… . 1812, 2nd edition 1819.
  • Flora napolitana . 1811-1838 (online) .
  • Sylloge plantarum vascularium florae neapolitanae ... 1831
  • Flora medica universale ... 1822–1823

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tenors as botanists (Italian)
  2. ^ Members of the previous academies. Michele Tenore. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities , accessed on June 23, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Touring club italiano: L'Italia dei giardini (2005)
  4. ↑ 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 .
  5. ↑ a b Walter Erhardt among others: The great pikeperch. Encyclopedia of Plant Names . Volume 2, page 2063. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7

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personal data
SURNAME Tenor, Michele
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian botanist
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1780
PLACE OF BIRTH Naples
DATE OF DEATH July 19, 1861
Place of death Naples