TY - JOUR
T1 - The neglected herbarium of Emanuele Taranto Rosso (Sicily, 1801-1887)
AU - Domina, Gianniantonio
AU - Venturella, Giuseppe
AU - Gargano, Maria Letizia
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The neglected Herbarium of Emanuele Taranto Rosso (Sicily, 1801-1887). Emanuele Taranto Rosso, eclectic naturalist of the XIX Century, founded a scientific and didactic centre of Natural History and Archaeology in Caltagirone, one of the towns in the province of Catania in eastern Sicily (southern Italy). In this paper, we report and evaluate the size of his herbarium donated to the centre. According to the published catalogue, originally the Herbarium of Taranto Rosso comprised 776 specimens, which included wild and cultivated plants collected by this skillful researcher in the surroundings of Caltagirone. In addition, the Herbarium contained several specimens purchased or exchanged with other Sicilian naturalists. Currently this collection includes only 393 exsiccata. The revision of these specimens, long since forgotten in the Lyceum “Bonaventura Secusio” of Caltagirone, gives useful information in order to evaluate the contribution of Taranto Rosso to the knowledge of the Sicilian flora. Our study includes also the list of the taxa and the analysis of the most significant specimens.
AB - The neglected Herbarium of Emanuele Taranto Rosso (Sicily, 1801-1887). Emanuele Taranto Rosso, eclectic naturalist of the XIX Century, founded a scientific and didactic centre of Natural History and Archaeology in Caltagirone, one of the towns in the province of Catania in eastern Sicily (southern Italy). In this paper, we report and evaluate the size of his herbarium donated to the centre. According to the published catalogue, originally the Herbarium of Taranto Rosso comprised 776 specimens, which included wild and cultivated plants collected by this skillful researcher in the surroundings of Caltagirone. In addition, the Herbarium contained several specimens purchased or exchanged with other Sicilian naturalists. Currently this collection includes only 393 exsiccata. The revision of these specimens, long since forgotten in the Lyceum “Bonaventura Secusio” of Caltagirone, gives useful information in order to evaluate the contribution of Taranto Rosso to the knowledge of the Sicilian flora. Our study includes also the list of the taxa and the analysis of the most significant specimens.
KW - Floristics
KW - Herbaria
KW - History of botany
KW - South Sicily
KW - Floristics
KW - Herbaria
KW - History of botany
KW - South Sicily
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/391850
UR - http://www.stsn.it/AttiB2018/005_Gargano_COLORE.pdf
M3 - Article
SN - 0365-7450
VL - 125
SP - 49
EP - 54
JO - Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie Serie B
JF - Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie Serie B
ER -