Giovanni Zanardini

Giovanni Antonio Maria Zanardini (12 June 1804, Venice – 24 April 1878) was an Italian medical doctor and botanist who specialized in the field of phycology.

In 1831 he obtained his medical doctorate from the University of Padua, followed by a degree in surgery and obstetrics from the University of Pavia three years later. During his career, he worked as a physician in Padua and Venice. For a period of time, he served as secretary of the Istituto Veneto Scienze e Lettere.

The algae genus Zanardinia (in class Phaeophyceae) is named after him, as are species with the epithet of zanardinii.

Published works "Algae and related subjects - collected works", 1839. Notizie intorno alle cellulari marine delle lagune e de'litorali di Venezia, 1847. Prospetto della flora Veneta, 1847 - Prospectus of Venetian flora. "Plantarum in Mari Rubro hucusque collectarum enumerato (Juvante A. Figari)", 1858. Iconographia phycologica Adiratica : ossia, scelta di ficee nuove o piu rare del Mare Adriatico, 1860 - Iconography of Adriatic phycology. Iconographia phycologica mediterraneoadriatica ossia Scelta di ficee nuove o più rare dei mari mediterraneo ed adriatico, 1871 - Iconography of Mediterranean-Adriatic phycology. "Phycearum Indicarum pugillus", 1872.