Vittore Benedetto Antonio Trevisan de Saint-Léon (5 June 1818, in Padua – 8 April 1897, in Milan) was an Italian botanist who specialized in cryptogamic flora.

During his career, he was a professor of natural history in Padua. In 1882, he was named president of the Accademia fisio-medica-statistica in Milan.[1][2]

In 1848, he circumscribed the genus Romanoa (family Euphorbiaceae) [3] and in 1861, named the genus Speerschneidera (family Bacidiaceae).[4][5] In 1888, he circumscribed the (Algae) genus Nocardia (family Nocardiaceae) that is now classed as a bacteria.[6] Also, he is also the taxonomic authority of the fern genera Blechnopteris (synonym of Blechnum L.[7]), Neurosorus (synonym of Coniogramme Fée,[8])and Oligocampia (synonym of Athyrium Roth[9]).[10]

Selected works

  • Prospetto della flora euganea, 1842.
  • Le alghe del tenere udinese, 1844.
  • Nomenclator algarum, ou Collection des noms imposés aux plantes de la famille des algues, 1845.
  • Saggio di una monografia delle alghe coccotalle, 1848.
  • Caratteri di dodici nuovi generi di licheni, 1853.
  • Schema di una nuova classificazione delle epatiche, 1877.
  • L'opera lichenologica di Vittore Trevisan (1994).[11]

See also

  • Category:Taxa named by Vittore Benedetto Antonio Trevisan de Saint-Léon

References

  1. ↑ Museo civico di storia naturale di Milano
  2. ↑ Google Books Atti della Reale Accademia delle scienze di Torino, Volume 18
  3. ↑ Tropicos Romanoa Trevis.
  4. ↑ Index Nominum Genericorum database Speerschneidera
  5. ↑ Mycobank Speerschneidera
  6. ↑ Lu SH, Qian ZW, Mou PP, Xie L (November 2020). "Clinical Nocardia species: Identification, clinical characteristics, and antimicrobial susceptibility in Shandong, China". Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences. 20 (4): 531–538. doi:10.17305/bjbms.2020.4764. PMC 7664795. PMID 32415818.
  7. ↑ "Blechnopteris Trevis". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "Neurosorus Trevis". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "Oligocampia Trevis". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  10. ↑ IPNI List of botanical names described by Trevisan
  11. ↑ OCLC Classify (published works)
  12. ↑ International Plant Names Index.  Trevis.
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