About Giuseppe Moretti
Lived 1782 – 1853 (aged 71). Giuseppe Moretti was a botanist, mycologist, naturalist and chemist.
Giuseppe Moretti (30 November 1782 in Roncaro – 1 December 1853) was an Italian botanist.
He served as a professor of botany and as director of the botanical gardens at the University of Pavia (1826–1853). The genus Morettia (family Brassicaceae) was named in his honor by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1821.
Published works Osservazioni sopra diverse specie di piante indigene dell'Italia, 1818. Il botanico italiano, ossia, Discussioni sulla flora italica, 1826. Prodromo di una monografia delle specie del genere Morus, 1842 Sugli Anacardi orientale e occidentale (Semecarpus anacardium, Linn. fil. et Anacardium occidentale, Linn.), 1851.
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Who was Giuseppe Moretti?
Italian botanist (1782-1853)
When was Giuseppe Moretti born?
Giuseppe Moretti was born on 30 November 1782 in Roncaro.
When did Giuseppe Moretti die?
Giuseppe Moretti died on 2 December 1853 in Pavia.
What was Giuseppe Moretti's occupation?
Giuseppe Moretti was a botanist, mycologist, naturalist and chemist.
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