Gustavo Venturi

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Gustavo Venturi (February 4, 1830, Rovereto - June 5, 1898) was an Italian bryologist born in Rovereto.

After graduating with a law degree, Venturi worked as an attorney in Trento, where he researched bryology as a hobby. He was the author of 20 articles on the taxonomy of the moss genus Orthotrichum. Shortly after his death, his treatise on bryophytes, titled Muscinee del Trentino, was published. His herbarium is now kept at the Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali in Trento.

Taxa

Neoventuria (Syd. ex P. Syd., 1919).
Venturia (Sacc., 1882).^[1]

The standard author abbreviation Venturi is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

References

International Association of Plant Taxonomy, Typification of Venturi's Orthotricha

↑ BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
↑ "Author Query for 'Venturi'". International Plant Names Index.

Authority control	VIAF: 90211458 ICCU: IT\ICCU\CUBV\159128

Persondata
Name	Venturi, Gustavo
Alternative names
Short description	Italian bryologist
Date of birth	February 4, 1830
Place of birth	Rovereto
Date of death	June 5, 1898
Place of death

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