Gustavo Venturi was an Italian bryologist who was a native of Rovereto

Rovereto

Rovereto is a city and comune in Trentino in northern Italy, located in the Vallagarina valley of the Adige River.-History:Rovereto was an ancient fortress town standing at the frontier between the bishopric of Trento - an independent state until 1797 - and the republic of Venice, and later...

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After graduating with a law degree, Venturi worked as an attorney in Trento

Trento

Trento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...

, where he researched bryology as a hobby. He was the author of 20 articles on the taxonomy

Taxonomy

Taxonomy is the science of identifying and naming species, and arranging them into a classification. The field of taxonomy, sometimes referred to as "biological taxonomy", revolves around the description and use of taxonomic units, known as taxa...

 of the moss

Moss

Mosses are small, soft plants that are typically 1–10 cm tall, though some species are much larger. They commonly grow close together in clumps or mats in damp or shady locations. They do not have flowers or seeds, and their simple leaves cover the thin wiry stems...

 genus Orthotrichum

Orthotrichum

Orthotrichum is a genus of moss in family Orthotrichaceae.-Selected species:* Orthotrichum crassifolium Hook.f. & Wilson* Orthotrichum scanicum Grönvall* Orthotrichum truncato-dentatum C. Muell....

, and shortly after his death, his treatise on bryophyte

Bryophyte

Bryophyte is a traditional name used to refer to all embryophytes that do not have true vascular tissue and are therefore called 'non-vascular plants'. Some bryophytes do have specialized tissues for the transport of water; however since these do not contain lignin, they are not considered to be...

s titled Muscinee del Trentino was published. His herbarium

Herbarium

In botany, a herbarium – sometimes known by the Anglicized term herbar – is a collection of preserved plant specimens. These specimens may be whole plants or plant parts: these will usually be in a dried form, mounted on a sheet, but depending upon the material may also be kept in...

is now kept at the Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali in Trento.