Antonio Bertoloni (1775 - 1869)
Selected Publications
Antonio Bertoloni (1810) Rariorum Italiae plantarum decas tertia: accedit specimen zoophytorum Portus Lunae (Thirteen rare Italian plants: including specimens of zoophytes from Portus Lunae)Zoophytes are symbiotic photosynthetic organisms that live in the flesh of some sea anemones, giant clams, etc., and provide them with food. It's sort of like a lichen, but with an animal instead of a fungus.
Antonio Bertoloni (1819) Antonii Bertolonii ... Amoenitates italicae sistentes opuscula ad rem herbariam et zoologiam Italiae spectantia (Antonio Bertoloni's natural history of Italy, being a guide to the plants and animals of Italy)
Antonio Bertoloni (1833 - 1854) Antonii Bertolonii flora Italica : sistens plantas in Italia et in insulis circumstantibus sponte nascentes (Antonio Bertoloni's Flora of Italy: the plants growing spontaneously in Italy and the surrounding islands) 10 vol.
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