Michelangelo Console
{{Short description|Italian botanist (1812–1897)}}
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| birth_date = 24 July 1812
| birth_place = Palermo, Italy
| death_date = 13 May 1897
| death_place = Palermo, Italy
| nationality = Italian
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| known_for = Research on the Cactaceae
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Michelangelo Console (Palermo, 24 July 1812 – Palermo, 13 May 1897) was an Italian botanist primarily known for his work on cacti.Su taluni casi morfologici nella famiglia delle Cactaceae. In: Il Naturalista siciliano. Palermo 1883, p. 78–79, [http://www.archive.org/stream/ilnaturalistasic28283soci#page/78/mode/1up Online]
Life and work
Michelangelo Console was professor of botany at the Palermo Botanical Garden, where he worked with French botanist Charles Antoine Lemaire. Console described the cactus genus Myrtillocactus in 1897, shortly before his death.Myrtillocactus, nuovo genere di Cactaceae. In: Bollettino del Reale Orto Botanico di Palermo. Vol. 1, No. 1, 1897, p. 8–10.
Charles Antoine Lemaire named the cactus genus Consolea in honor of Console.{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/Michelangelo-Console-PHAIDRA_o_3421 | title=Michelangelo Console }}
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Selected works
- Su taluni casi morfologici nella famiglia delle Cactaceae. In: Il Naturalista siciliano. Palermo 1883, p. 78–79, [http://www.archive.org/stream/ilnaturalistasic28283soci#page/78/mode/1up Online]
- Myrtillocactus, nuovo genere di Cactaceae. In: Bollettino del Reale Orto Botanico di Palermo. Vol. 1, No. 1, 1897, p. 8–10.
References
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Category:Scientists from Palermo
Category:Scientists from the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
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