Book ID: 88185
Caramiello, R. and G. Forneris (eds.)
Le Opere Minori di Carlo Allioni. Dal 'Rariorum Pedemontii Stirpium' all 'Auctuarium ad Floram Pedemontanam'. 2004. 22 col. figs. 264 p. gr8vo.
Carlo Allioni, a distinguished botanist of the 18th century, was theauthor of the Flora pedemontana of 1785, a work of major scientific importance. The present volume reprints four studies which Allionipublished before the appearance of the Flora and a fifth which camelater. All are closely related to his principal work, and demonstratehis early acceptance of Linnaean binomial nomenclature, his interestsin teaching, his belief in the importance of botanical gardens andherbaria, and his interest in artistic depiction as an aid toscientific description.