Giovanni Antonio Maria Zanardini (12 June 1804, Venice – 24 April 1878) was an Italian physician and botanist who specialized in the field of phycology.

Giovanni Zanardini

In 1831 he obtained his medical doctorate from the University of Padua, followed by a degree in surgery and obstetrics from the University of Pavia three years later. During his career, he worked as a physician in Padua and Venice. For a period of time, he served as secretary of the Istituto Veneto Scienze e Lettere.[1]

The algae genus Zanardinia (in class Phaeophyceae)[2] is named after him, as are species with the epithet of zanardinii.[3]

Published works

The standard author abbreviation Zanardini is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]

References

  1. ^ BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. ^ PETYMOL Archived 2016-05-04 at the Wayback Machine Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. X, Y, Ü, Z, Å, Ä, Æ, Ö & Ø
  4. ^ OCLC Classify Publications
  5. ^ Open Library Iconographia phycologica mediterraneoadriatica ossia
  6. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Zanardini.