Caro Benigno Massalongo (25 March 1852,

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– 18 March 1928, Verona) 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 ...

who specialized in the field of hepatocology. He was the son of

paleontologist Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ...

Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo (13 May 1824 – 25 May 1860) was an Italian paleobotanist and lichenologist. He was born in Tregnago in the Province of Verona and took a great interest in botany as a young man. Massalongo joined the faculty of me ...

(1824-1860). He studied botany at the

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, receiving his PhD in 1873. In 1878 he was named professor of botany at the

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. He was the author of 264 botanical publications. He was among the first to conduct systematic and scientific studies of plant galls.

Eponymy

* ''Massalongiella'', (family

Nitschkiaceae The Nitschkiaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, order Coronophorales. Species in the family are mostly saprobic on wood, although some grow on lichens. Genera This is a list of the genera in the Nitschkiaceae, based on a 2021 review ...

), taxonomic authority Carlos Luigi Spegazzini (1889). * ''Massalongina'' (

Ascomycota Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. It is the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species. The def ...

), taxonomic authority František Bubák (1916). * ''Massalongoa'', (family

Aytoniaceae Aytoniaceae is a family of liverworts in the order Marchantiales. Genera * '' Asterella'' Palisot De Beauvisage 1805 non Saccardo 1891 non Hara 1936 non Sollas 1886 * '' Cryptomitrium'' Austin ex Underwood 1884 * ''Mannia ''Mannia'' is a g ...

), taxonomic authority

Franz Stephani Franz Stephani (15 April 1842 – 23 February 1927) was a German bryologist specializing in liverworts. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation when citing a botanical name. Stephani was born in Berlin, Province of Brandenburg, in 1 ...

(1905).

Selected works

* ''Le galle nella flora italica (Entomocecidii)'', 1893 – Plant galls of Italy (Entomocecidia). * ''Nuova miscellanea teratologica'', 1896 – New miscellaneous

teratology Teratology is the study of abnormalities of physiological development in organisms during their life span. It is a sub-discipline in medical genetics which focuses on the classification of congenital abnormalities in dysmorphology. The related t ...

. * ''Le piante crittogame dell'agro Veronese : censimento'', 1897 – * ''Le specie italiane del genere Scapania'', 1900 – Italian species of the genus '' Scapania''. * ''Contribuzione alla micologia Veronese''. Memorie dell’Accad. d’Agricolt. Arti e Commercio di Verona Ser. 3 65: 153 pp. Contribution to Veronese

mycology Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy and their use to humans, including as a source for tinder, traditional medicine, food, and entheogens, as ...

. * ''Novità della flora micologica Veronese''. Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1900: 254-259. News involving Veronese mycological flora. * ''Le Ricciaceae della flora italica'', 1912 –

Ricciaceae Ricciaceae are a family of liverworts in order Marchantiales, with two extant genera. * ''Riccia ''Riccia'' is a genus of liverworts in the order Marchantiales. These plants are small and thalloid, that is not differentiated into root, stem ...

of Italy. * ''Le Jubulaceae della flora Italica'', 1912 –

Jubulaceae The family Jubulaceae is a family of liverworts. The family name is derived from the genus ''Jubula''. Genera According to GBIF The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an international organisation that focuses on making scient ...

of Italy. * ''Le Lepidoziaceae della flora italica'', 1913 –

Lepidoziaceae Lepidoziaceae is a family of leafy liverworts. It is a group of small plants that are widely distributed. Most of the species of this family are found in tropical regions. The main characteristics of the family: 1. Oil bodies are small and un ...

of Italy. * ''Le "Marchantiaceae" della Flora Europea'', 1916 – Marchantiaceae of Europe.OCLC Classify
published works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Massalongo, Caro Benigno 1852 births 1928 deaths Scientists from Verona Academic staff of the University of Ferrara University of Padua alumni Bryologists 19th-century Italian botanists 20th-century Italian botanists Italian mycologists