Pietro Arduino
Encyclopedia
Pietro Arduino was an Italian botanist. His official abbreviation is Ard.
The geologist Giovanni Arduino
(1714−1795) was his brother, and the agriculturalist Luigi Arduino (1750–1833) was his son.
The geologist Giovanni Arduino
Giovanni Arduino (geologist)
Giovanni Arduino was an Italian geologist who is known as the "Father of Italian Geology".Arduino was born at Caprino Veronese, Veneto. He was a mining specialist who developed possibly the first classification of geological time, based on study of the geology of northern Italy...
(1714−1795) was his brother, and the agriculturalist Luigi Arduino (1750–1833) was his son.
Selected works
- Animadversionum botanicarum specimen; 1759 and 1764
- Memorie di osservazioni e di sperienze sopra la cultura e gli usi di varie plante; 1766
Source
- Fritz Encke, Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold, eds. Zander Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen; 13th ed. Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1984 ISBN=3-8001-5042-5