Salvatore Brullo

Salvatore Brullo (born 23 February 1947, Modica, Italy) is professor at University of Catania since 1980 teaching Systematic Botany, he obtained a degree in natural science in July 1970. For six years he was Director of the Department of Botany, at the University of Catania.

He has described numerous Sicilian endemics, including Allium franciniae, Allium lopadusanum, Campanula marcenoi, Chiliadenus bocconei, Desmazeria pignattii, Genista demarcoi, Helichrysum hyblaeum, Helichrysum melitense, Hyoseris frutescens, Limonium aegusae, Limonium lojaconoi, Limonium lopadusanum, Limonium lylibeum, Scilla dimartinoi, Silene hicesiae, Valantia calva.