Giovanni Arcangeli (18 July 1840 – 16 July 1921) was an Italian botanist from

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. In 1862 he earned his degree in

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from the

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, where he later became an instructor and professor. In 1880 he was a professor of botany at the

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, and in 1882 was appointed director of the Botanical Garden of Pisa. In 1882 Arcangeli published his best-known work, a highly regarded

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of Italian flora titled ''Compendio della flora italiana''. The plant genus ''Arcangelisia'' from the family

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is named in his honor.

References

* ''Parts of this article are based on a translation of an article from the Italian Wikipedia.''
Index des botanistes - Fleurs sauvages de l'Yonne, Biographical Information

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* 1840 births 1921 deaths Scientists from Florence 19th-century Italian botanists University of Pisa faculty {{Italy-botanist-stub