Luca Ghini

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Luca Ghini.

Luca Ghini (Casalfiumanese 1490 – Bologna, May 4, 1556) was an Italian physician and botanist, notable as the creator of the first recorded herbarium, as well as the first botanical garden in Europe.

Ghini was born in Casalfiumanese, son of a notary, and studied medicine at the University of Bologna. By 1527 he was lecturing there on medicinal plants, and eventually became a professor.

He moved to Pisa in 1544, while maintaining his home in Bologna. He created the first herbarium (hortus siccus) in that year, drying plants while pressing them between pieces of paper, then gluing them to cardboard. 1544 also saw the establishment of a garden for live plants, which became known as the Orto botanico di Pisa.

Ghini published no significant botanical work of his own, but was noted as a teacher many of whose students went on to significant careers, including Cesalpino and Pietro Andrea Mattioli, the latter of which he helped by travelling around the Mediterranean and Near East in search for plants that matched the mystifying descriptions of Dioscorides. A Placiti describing Ghini's travels was published posthumously.

The standard author abbreviation Ghini is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

References

Isely, Duane (1994). One hundred and one botanists. Iowa State University Press. pp. 20–22.

↑ "Author Query for 'Ghini'". International Plant Names Index.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 61656797 LCCN: nb2007025637 ISNI: 0000 0000 6125 3109 GND: 11968568X BNF: cb12527295g

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Name	Ghini, Luca
Alternative names
Short description	Italian physician and botanist
Date of birth	1490
Place of birth	Casalfiumanese, Italy
Date of death	May 4, 1556
Place of death	Bologna, Italy

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