Vincenzo Riccobono

{{Short description|Italian botanist (1861–1943)}}

Vincenzo Riccobono (1861–1943) was an Italian botanist who researched extensively on cacti. He described the genus Trichocereus, now sunk into Echinopsis.{{cite journal |author1=Albesiano, Sofía |author2=Terrazas, Teresa | title=Cladistic Analysis of Trichocereus (Cactaceae: Cactoideae: Trichocereeae) Based on Morphological Data and Chloroplast Dna Sequences: Dedicated to Omar Emilio Ferrari (1936-2010) | journal= Haseltonia |volume=17 |year=2012 |pages= 3–23 |doi=10.2985/1070-0048-17.1.2 |s2cid=9835045 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280989243}} While collecting specimens in Libya in 1943, he was shot dead by American soldiers after running away from them at a security checkpoint.{{cn|date=August 2023}}

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