Emilio Chiovenda

Emilio Chiovenda (Rome, May 18, 1871 - Bologna, February 19, 1941) was an Italian botanist.^[1] He collected in Italy, Eritrea and Ethiopia, especially the he Ruwenzori Mountains, from 1893 to 1909.^[2]

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He frequently collaborated with Pietro Romualdo Pirotta for the Flora of Cologne Eritrea; he was also associated with many other institutions. ^[2]

His principal collections remain in Bologna with about 20,000 samples.^[4]

The standard author abbreviation Chiov. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[5]

Selected publications

• Flora della Colonia Eritrea 1903 (in collaboration with Romualdo Pirotta)
• Flora delle Alpi Lepontine occidentali (1904-1935)
• Flora somala Roma, Sindacato italiano arti grafiche, 1929
• Pteridophyta Catania, Tip. Giandolfo, 1929
• Il papiro in Italia : un interessante problema di biologia, sistematica e fitogeografia Forli, Tip. Valbonesi, 1931

References

1. ^ "The identity of Polyscias lepidota Chiov. (1940) A name missing in Vol. 3 of the Flora of Ethiopia by Ib Friis". Biodiversity Research in the Horn of Africa Region: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on the Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea at the Carlsberg Academy, Copenhagen, August 25-27, 1999. Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. 2001. pp. 439 pages. ISBN 8778762464. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZCPQFdfZwTAC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Aluka. "Chiovenda, Emilio (1871-1941)" (HTML). African Plants. Ithaka Harbors, Inc. doi:10.5555%2FAL.AP.PERSON.BM000001467. http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555%2FAL.AP.PERSON.BM000001467. Retrieved 2008-05-11. 
3. ^ "Emilio Chiovenda" (in Italian) (HTML). La storia dell'Orto Botanico Catanese. Università degli Studi di Catania. 2004-07-10. http://www.dipbot.unict.it/Erbario/Chiovenda.html. Retrieved 2008-05-11. 
4. ^ "Emilio Chiovenda" (in Italian) (HTML). Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Sistema Museale di Ateneo. http://www.sma.unibo.it/erbario/chiovenda.html. Retrieved 2008-05-11. 
5. ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do. 

External links

Data related to Emilio Chiovenda at Wikispecies

• Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale. "Erbario dell'Università" (in Italian). http://www2.provincia.bologna.it/musei.nsf/0/FFDD5E4B225599DFC1256C750037E131/$file/BO13B6~0.PDF. Retrieved 2008-05-11. 
• "Descrizione dell'Erbario" (in Italian). Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Sistema Museale di Ateneo. http://www.sma.unibo.it/erbario/descrizione.html. Retrieved 2008-05-11. 

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Name	Chiovenda, Emilio
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Date of birth	1871-05-18
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Date of death	1941-02-19
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