Emilio Chiovenda

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Emilio Chiovenda (Rome, May 18, 1871 - Bologna, February 19, 1941) was an Italian botanist.[1] A collector of specimens between the years 1893 and 1909 in Italy, Eritrea and Ethiopia.[2]

In Rome he studied Natural Sciences and devoted himself to the study of the flora of Italy and of Eritrea and Somalia of the Ruwenzori Range and other regions of the African continent.[3]

His research on the flora African flora culminated with numerous publications and also a collaboration with R. Pirotta for the Flora of Cologne Eritrea (1903 et seq.). He also studied the many uses of indigenous plant species in agriculture, industry and medicine.[3]

During the period spent in Catania as the director of Orto Botanico dell'Università di Catania, he became interested in the local flora which lead to publishing a note on some plants of Sicily, and the beginning of a review of the Erbario Tornabene (named after the founder, Benedictine Francis Tornabene Roccaforteas[4]) is indicated by some handwritten notes attached to the herbarium sheets.[3]

Associations with Swedish Museum of Natural History Department of Phanerogamic Botany (S), Natural History Museum (BM), South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K).[2]

In Bologna there are about 20,000 samples belonging to his great herbarium; they reference especially his exploration of the Piedmont (his homeland), but also many specimens collected in Lazio and Sicily.[5]

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Sources: [1][6][7]

[edit] Some publications

  • Flora della Colonia Eritrea 1903 (in collaboration with Romualdo Pirotta)
  • Flora delle Alpi Lepontine occidentali (1904-1935)
  • Flora somala Roma, Sindacato italiano arti grafiche, 1929
  • Pteridophyta Catania, Tip. Giandolfo, 1929
  • Il papiro in Italia : un interessante problema di biologia, sistematica e fitogeografia Forli, Tip. Valbonesi, 1931
The standard author abbreviation Chiov. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b (2001) "The identity of Polyscias lepidota Chiov. (1940) A name missing in Vol. 3 of the Flora of Ethiopia by Ib Friis", Biodiversity Research in the Horn of Africa Region: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on the Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea at the Carlsberg Academy, Copenhagen, August 25-27, 1999. Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, 439 pages. ISBN 8778762464. 
  2. ^ a b Aluka. Chiovenda, Emilio (1871-1941) (HTML). African Plants. Ithaka Harbors, Inc. DOI:10.5555%2FAL.AP.PERSON.BM000001467. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
  3. ^ a b c Emilio Chiovenda (HTML) (Italian). La storia dell'Orto Botanico Catanese. Università degli Studi di Catania (2004-07-10). Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
  4. ^ Via A. Longo (2000-10-03). Orto Botanico dell' Università di Catania (HTML) (Italian). University of Catania. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
  5. ^ Emilio Chiovenda (HTML) (Italian). Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Sistema Museale di Ateneo. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
  6. ^ IUCN Red List. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (HTML). Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
  7. ^ White-sloanea crassa (HTML). Rikke's PLANTS. Bihrmann's caudiciforms. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
  8. ^ Brummitt, R. K.; C. E. Powell (1992). Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-085-4. 

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