Pietro Arduino

Pietro Arduino

Pietro Arduino (18 July 1728, in Caprino di Verona – 13 April 1805, in Padua) was an Italian botanist. His official abbreviation is Ard.

The geologist Giovanni Arduino (1714–1795) was his brother, and the agriculturalist Luigi Arduino (1750–1833) was his son.

Selected works

• Animadversionum botanicarum specimen; 1759 and 1764
• Memorie di osservazioni e di sperienze sopra la cultura e gli usi di varie plante; 1766

Sources

• Fritz Encke, Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold, eds. Zander Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen; 13th ed. Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1984 ISBN=3-8001-5042-5