Vincenzo Petagna
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Vincenzo Petagna was an Italian biologist
and physician
, and a director of the Monte Oliveto botanical gardens. The plant Petagnaea gussonei
is named in his honour.
Biologist
A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work...
and physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
, and a director of the Monte Oliveto botanical gardens. The plant Petagnaea gussonei
Petagnaea gussonei
Petagnaea gussonei is a species of flowering plant in the Apiaceae family, and the only species in the genus Petagnaea. It is found only on Sicily, in Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, and is threatened by habitat loss.-Further reading:...
is named in his honour.