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Apr 25, 1796 Orbassano, Piedmont, Italy Died on 18 Apr 1869 (aged 72)
Italian botanist
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About Giuseppe Giacinto Moris
- Giuseppe Giacinto Moris (25 April 1796, Orbassano – 18 April 1869, Turin) was an Italian botanist known for investigations of flora native to Sardinia. He studied medicine in Turin, from where he graduated while still in his teens.
- From 1822 to 1829, he worked as a professor at the University of Cagliari, afterwards returning to Turin as a professor at the university.
- Here, he was director of its botanical garden from 1831 until 1869.He was the binomial authority of the genus Ridolfia (family Apiaceae) as well as of numerous plant species.
- In 1832, Jaques Étienne Gay named the genus Morisia (family Brassicaceae) in his honor.
