Vittore Benedetto Antonio Trevisan de Saint-Léon (5 June 1818, in

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– 8 April 1897, in

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) was an Italian

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who specialized in cryptogamic flora. During his career, he was a professor of natural history in

. In 1882 he was named president of the ''Accademia fisio-medica-statistica'' in Milan. In 1848 he circumscribed the genus '' Romanoa'' (family Euphorbiaceae) and in 1861 named the genus ''

Speerschneidera ''Speerschneidera'' is a single-species genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Leprocaulaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Italian botanist Vittore Benedetto Antonio Trevisan de Saint-Léon in 1861, with ''Speerschneidera euploca'' as th ...

'' (family Bacidiaceae). In 1888, he circumscribed the (Algae) genus ''

Nocardia ''Nocardia'' is a genus of weakly staining Gram-positive, catalase-positive, rod-shaped bacteria. It forms partially acid-fast beaded branching filaments (acting as fungi, but being truly bacteria). It contains a total of 85 species. Some spec ...

'' (family

Nocardiaceae The Nocardiaceae are a family of aerobic, non-fastidious, high G+C, Gram-positive actinomycetes that are commonly found in soil and water. Members of this family have been isolated from Antarctic soils. Nocardiaceae present coccobacilli, fila ...

) that is now classed as a

bacteria Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among ...

. Also, he is also the taxonomic authority of the

fern A fern (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta ) is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. The polypodiophytes include all living pteridophytes except t ...

genera ''Blechnopteris'' (synonym of '' Blechnum'' L.), ''Neurosorus'' (synonym of ''

Coniogramme ''Coniogramme'' is one of three genera in the subfamily Cryptogrammoideae of the fern family Pteridaceae. A cultivated species, '' Coniogramme pilosa'', is known as "bamboo fern." Species *'' Coniogramme affinis'' ( C. Presl) Wall. ex Hieron ...

'' Fée,)and ''Oligocampia'' (synonym of '' Athyrium'' Roth).

Selected works

* ''Prospetto della flora euganea'', 1842. * ''Le alghe del tenere udinese'', 1844. * ''Nomenclator algarum, ou Collection des noms imposés aux plantes de la famille des algues'', 1845. * ''Saggio di una monografia delle alghe coccotalle'', 1848. * ''Caratteri di dodici nuovi generi di licheni'', 1853. * ''Schema di una nuova classificazione delle epatiche'', 1877. * ''L'opera lichenologica di Vittore Trevisan'' (1994).OCLC Classify
(published works)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Trevisan, Vittore Benedetto Antonio 1818 births 1897 deaths Scientists from Padua University of Padua faculty 19th-century Italian botanists Italian phycologists Italian lichenologists Pteridologists

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