Daniele Rosa

Daniele Rosa (1857–1944) was an Italian invertebrate zoologist.

Biography Rosa was born in Susa, Piedmont. He graduated from the University of Turin. He is most well known for his orthogenetic evolutionary theory known as hologenesis ("ologenesi" in Italian). Science historian Peter J. Bowler has noted that Rosa's theory of hologenesis was "ignored or dismissed by the supporters of the modern synthesis". His orthogenesis theory is considered to be discredited. However, Rosa contributed valuable research to the fields of biogeography and cladistics. His research influenced the biogeographer Léon Croizat.

Publications Ologenesi; Nuova Teoria dell'Evoluzione e della Distribuzione Geografica dei Viventi (1918) L'Ologénèse; Nouvelle Théorie de l'Évolution et de la Distribution Géographique des Êtres Vivants (Revised French translation) (1931)