Pietro Arduino (18 July 1728, in
Caprino Veronese
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– 13 April 1805, in
Padua
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) was an Italian botanist.
The geologist
Giovanni Arduino (1714–1795) was his brother, and the agriculturalist
Luigi Arduino (1750–1833) was his son.
Selected works
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* ''Memorie di osservazioni e di sperienze sopra la cultura e gli usi di varie plante'', 1766.
File:Arduino, Pietro – Animadversionum botanicarum specimen, 1759 – BEIC 6933345.jpg, ''Animadversionum botanicarum specimen'', 1759
Sources
* Fritz Encke, Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold, eds. ''Zander Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen''; 13th ed. Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1984
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18th-century Italian botanists
1728 births
1805 deaths