Vincenzo Riccobono (1861–1943) was an Italian

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, who researched extensively on

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. He described the genus ''Trichocereus'', now sunk into ''

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''. While collecting specimens in Libya in 1943, he was shot by American soldiers after running away from them at a security checkpoint.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Riccobono, Vincenzo 19th-century Italian botanists 20th-century Italian botanists 1861 births 1943 deaths