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. He edited the

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''Lichenotheca Veneta''. During his career, he was a professor of

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

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) and in 1861, named the genus '' Speerschneidera'' (family Bacidiaceae). In 1888, he circumscribed the (Algae) genus ''

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'' (family

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) that is now classed as

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. Also, he is also the

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of the

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genera ''Blechnopteris'' (synonym of ''

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'' L.), ''Neurosorus'' (synonym of ''

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'' Fée,)and ''Oligocampia'' (synonym of ''

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'' 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 Botanists from the Austrian Empire Scientists from Padua Academic staff of the University of Padua 19th-century Italian botanists Italian phycologists Italian lichenologists Pteridologists

Selected works

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