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Biagio Bartalini
Biagio Bartalini (1750–1822) was an Italian physician and botanist born in Torrita di Siena. From 1782 to 1822 he was director of the botanical garden in Siena, and in 1815–1819 was president of the ''Accademia dei Fisiocritici''. In 1786 he was appointed to the chair of natural sciences at the University of Siena. In 1776 Bartalini published ''Catalogo delle Piante dei dintorni di Siena'', which was one of the earliest uses of Linnaean taxonomy, Linnaean nomenclature in Italy. References * ''This article is based on a translation of the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia.'' 1750 births 1822 deaths People from the Province of Siena 18th-century Italian botanists 19th-century Italian botanists Academic staff of the University of Siena {{Italy-botanist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botanist
Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek word (''botanē'') meaning "pasture", " herbs" "grass", or " fodder"; is in turn derived from (), "to feed" or "to graze". Traditionally, botany has also included the study of fungi and algae by mycologists and phycologists respectively, with the study of these three groups of organisms remaining within the sphere of interest of the International Botanical Congress. Nowadays, botanists (in the strict sense) study approximately 410,000 species of land plants of which some 391,000 species are vascular plants (including approximately 369,000 species of flowering plants), and approximately 20,000 are bryophytes. Botany originated in prehistory as herbalism with the efforts of early humans to identify – and later cultivate – edible, med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
