Renato Pampanini (1875-1949) was an Italian
botanist
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and
mycologist
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.
Life
Pampanini was born in
Valdobbiadene,
Italy in 1875.
Pampanini studied at the
University of Geneva, then in
Lausanne and in
Friborg. He presented his thesis at the
University of Florence.
In addition to his own scientific research, he carried out numerous botanical expeditions, notably to
Cyrenaica and other regions of
North Africa, to the
Rhodes and the
Dodecanese
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islands. He was also one of the first Italian botanists to address issues of environmental protection.
Pampanin died in
Vittorio Veneto,
Italy in 1949.
The Pampanini herbarium is named for him. It includes more than 5,000 specimens. It is located in the central Italian herbarium of the
Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze.
References
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1875 births
1949 deaths
20th-century Italian botanists
Italian mycologists