Giuseppe Moretti (30 November 1782 in

Roncaro Roncaro is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km southeast of Milan and about 12 km northeast of Pavia Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and c ...

– 1 December 1853) was an Italian

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 wo ...

. He served as a professor of botany and as director of the botanical gardens at the

University of Pavia The University of Pavia ( it, Università degli Studi di Pavia, UNIPV or ''Università di Pavia''; la, Alma Ticinensis Universitas) is a university located in Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. There was evidence of teaching as early as 1361, making it one ...

(1826–1853). The genus '' Morettia'' (family

Brassicaceae Brassicaceae () or (the older) Cruciferae () is a medium-sized and economically important family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family. Most are herbaceous plants, while some are shrubs. The le ...

) was named in his honor by

Augustin Pyramus de Candolle Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candol ...

in 1821.

Published works

* ''Osservazioni sopra diverse specie di piante indigene dell'Italia'', 1818. * ''Il botanico italiano, ossia, Discussioni sulla flora italica'', 1826. * ''Prodromo di una monografia delle specie del genere Morus'', 1842 * ''Sugli Anacardi orientale e occidentale (Semecarpus anacardium, Linn. fil. et Anacardium occidentale, Linn.)'', 1851.OCLC Classify
publications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moretti, Giuseppe 1782 births 1853 deaths People from the Province of Pavia Academic staff of the University of Pavia 19th-century Italian botanists