Giuseppe Bertolini
Encyclopedia
Giuseppe Bertoloni was an Italian
botanist and entomologist.
He was Professor of botany in the University of Bologna
which conserves his collections in the University Museum. Bertoloni worked especially on the flora
and fauna
of Mozambique
.He was a Member of La Società Entomologica Italiana
.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
botanist and entomologist.
He was Professor of botany in the University of Bologna
University of Bologna
The Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna is the oldest continually operating university in the world, the word 'universitas' being first used by this institution at its foundation. The true date of its founding is uncertain, but believed by most accounts to have been 1088...
which conserves his collections in the University Museum. Bertoloni worked especially on the flora
Flora
Flora is the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or indigenous—native plant life. The corresponding term for animals is fauna.-Etymology:...
and fauna
Fauna
Fauna or faunæ is all of the animal life of any particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is flora.Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert fauna" or the "Burgess shale fauna"...
of Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
.He was a Member of La Società Entomologica Italiana
La Società Entomologica Italiana
La Società Entomologica Italiana, the Italian Entomological Society, is Italy’s foremost society devoted to the study of insects. The society is famous for promoting applied entomology and many of its past members have saved millions from deadly diseases such as malaria.The society was founded on...
.
Publications
Partial list- Illustratio rerum naturalium Mozambici. Dissertatio 1. Novi Comment. Acad. Scient. Inst. Boniensis 10: 381-397 (1849).
- Illustratio remm naturalium Mozambici. Dissertatio 2. Novi Comment. Acad. Scient. Inst. Boniensis 10: 413-417 (1849).
- Illustratio remm naturalium Mozambici. Dissertatio 3. Novi Comment. Acad. Scient. Inst. Boniensis 10: 423-427 (1849)
- Illustrazione dei prodotti naturali del Mozambico. Academia delle scienze dell'instituto de Bologna. Dissertazione 4: 343-363 (1852)
- Coleoptera nova Mozambicana. Rendiconto delle sezione delle R. Academia delle scienze dell'instituto di Bologna 1855: 51-53 (1855)
- Illustratio rerum naturalium Mozambici. Coleoptera. Dissertatio 5. Memorie delle Academie delle scienze dell'instituto di Bologna. Memorie della sezione delle scienze naturali 1855 (1855)
External links
- DEI Zalf Bio and Portrait