About Vincenzo Riccobono
Lived 1861 – 1943 (aged 81–82). Vincenzo Riccobono was an Italian botanist.
Vincenzo Riccobono (1861–1943) was an Italian botanist who researched extensively on cacti. He described the genus Trichocereus, now sunk into Echinopsis. While collecting specimens in Libya in 1943, he was shot dead by American soldiers after running away from them at a security checkpoint.
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Italian botanist (1861–1943)
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Vincenzo Riccobono was born in 1861.
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Vincenzo Riccobono died in 1943.
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Vincenzo Riccobono was a botanist.
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Vincenzo Riccobono was Italian.
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