Vittorio Calestani

Vittorio Emanuele Vincenzo Giuseppe Calestani (1882 – 1949) was an Italian botanist[1] at the University of Modena, whose work included a classififation system for angiosperms.[2][3] [4] [5]

Vittorio Calestani
Born(1882-10-25)October 25, 1882
Died1949 (aged 6667)
NationalityItalian
Spouse(s)Emilia Mattioni
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsUniversity of Modena
Author abbrev. (botany)Calest.

Selected publications

Books

  • Come si studiano le piante: manuale di botanica pratica (1932) Società Editrice "La Scuola", 733 pp.
  • Origini della razza italiana: fondamenti della politica razzista (1941) Vol. 26 de Manuali di politica internazionale. Istituto per gli studi di politica internazionale, 298 pp.
  • Natura in maschera: mimetismo e appariscenza negli animali e nelle piante (1947) Garzanti, 493 pp.

Other

  • Contributo alla sistematica della Ombrellifere D'Europa (1905) Pubblicazione U. Martelli "Webbia"
  • La vegetazione nei dintorni d' Orvieto (1907) Nuovo Gior. Bot. Ital. (14 ): 546-574
  • Mimetismo vegetale (1947) Natura in mascliera, Milano, Garzanti

See also Taxon. Lit., ed. 2 (TL2),[6] ICCU[7]

Legacy

Vittorio Calestani is the authority for 37 taxa, such as Arabis cardamine Calest.[8]

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References

  1. HUH 2015.
  2. Dahlgren & Clifford 1982, p. 5.
  3. Calestani 1933.
  4. Marriage record. Italy, Terni, Civil Registration, 1861-1921. FamilySearch
  5. Birth record. Italy, Imperia, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1785-1904. FamilySearch.
  6. Stafleu & Cowan 1976.
  7. ICCU 2010.
  8. Tropicos 2015, Calestani, Vittorio.
  9. IPNI.  Calest.

Bibliography

Note: This is a selected list of the more influential systems. There are many other systems, for instance a review of earlier systems, published by Lindley in his 1853 edition, and Dahlgren (1982). Examples include the works of Scopoli, Ventenat, Batsch and Grisebach.


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