Agostino Todaro
Agostino Todaro (14 January 1818 – 18 April 1892) was an Italian botanist.
Agostino Todaro | |
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Bust of Todaro in the Orto botanico di Palermo | |
| Born | 14 January 1818 Palermo, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies |
| Died | 18 April 1892 (aged 74) Palermo, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Tod. |
He was born and died in Palermo, Italy. He was a professor of botany and became the director of the botanical gardens in Palermo. He published the Hortus Botanicus Panormitanus in 1876–1878.
In 1843, botanist Filippo Parlatore published Todaroa, which is a genus of flowering plants from the Canary Islands, belonging to the family Apiaceae. It just contains one known species, Todaroa aurea (Aiton) Parl., and it is named after Agostino Todaro.
The standard botanical author abbreviation Tod. is applied to species he described.
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