Vittore Benedetto Antonio Trevisan de Saint-Léon

"Trevis." redirects here. For other uses, see Trevis (disambiguation).

Vittore Benedetto Antonio Trevisan de Saint-Léon (5 June 1818, in Padua – 8 April 1897, in Milan) was an Italian botanist who specialized in cryptogamic flora. He edited the exsiccata Lichenotheca Veneta.[1]

During his career, he was a professor of natural history in Padua. In 1882, he was named president of the Accademia fisio-medica-statistica in Milan.[2][3]

In 1848, he circumscribed the genus Romanoa (family Euphorbiaceae) [4] and in 1861, named the genus Speerschneidera (family Bacidiaceae).[5][6] In 1888, he circumscribed the (Algae) genus Nocardia (family Nocardiaceae) that is now classed as bacteria.[7] Also, he is also the taxonomic authority of the fern genera Blechnopteris (synonym of Blechnum L.[8]), Neurosorus (synonym of Coniogramme Fée,[9])and Oligocampia (synonym of Athyrium Roth[10]).[11]

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).[12]
The standard author abbreviation Trevis. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Lichenotheca Veneta: IndExs ExsiccataID=692181289". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  2. ^ Paola Zocchi. "Il Museo civico di storia naturale di Milano" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  3. ^ Google Books Atti della Reale Accademia delle scienze di Torino, Volume 18
  4. ^ Tropicos Romanoa Trevis.
  5. ^ Index Nominum Genericorum database Speerschneidera
  6. ^ Mycobank Speerschneidera
  7. ^ Lu SH, Qian ZW, Mou PP, Xie L (November 2020). "Clinical Nocardia species: Identification, clinical characteristics, and antimicrobial susceptibility in Shandong, China". Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences. 20 (4): 531–538. doi:10.17305/bjbms.2020.4764. PMC 7664795. PMID 32415818.
  8. ^ "Blechnopteris Trevis". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Neurosorus Trevis". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Oligocampia Trevis". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  11. ^ IPNI List of botanical names described by Trevisan
  12. ^ OCLC Classify (published works)
  13. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Trevis.