Giovanni Antonio Maria Zanardini (12 June 1804,

Venice Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...

– 24 April 1878) was an Italian physician and

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

who specialized in the field of

phycology Phycology () is the scientific study of algae. Also known as algology, phycology is a branch of life science. Algae are important as primary producers in aquatic ecosystems. Most algae are eukaryotic, photosynthetic organisms that live in a ...

In 1831 he obtained his medical doctorate from the

University of Padua The University of Padua (, UNIPD) is an Italian public research university in Padua, Italy. It was founded in 1222 by a group of students and teachers from the University of Bologna, who previously settled in Vicenza; thus, it is the second-oldest ...

, followed by a degree in surgery and

obstetrics Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a su ...

from the

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three years later. During his career, he worked as a physician in

Padua Padua ( ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice and southeast of Vicenza, and has a population of 20 ...

and

. For a period of time, he served as secretary of the ''Istituto Veneto Scienze e Lettere''. The

algae Algae ( , ; : alga ) is an informal term for any organisms of a large and diverse group of photosynthesis, photosynthetic organisms that are not plants, and includes species from multiple distinct clades. Such organisms range from unicellular ...

genus '' Zanardinia'' (in class Phaeophyceae) is named after him, as are species with the epithet of ''zanardinii''.

Published works

* "Algae and related subjects - collected works", 1839. * ''Notizie intorno alle cellulari marine delle lagune e de'litorali di Venezia'', 1847. * ''Prospetto della flora Veneta'', 1847 - Prospectus of Venetian flora. * "Plantarum in Mari Rubro hucusque collectarum enumerato (Juvante A. Figari)", 1858. * ''Iconographia phycologica Adiratica : ossia, scelta di ficee nuove o piu rare del Mare Adriatico'', 1860 - Iconography of

Adriatic The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula. The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from the Strait of Otranto (where it connects to the Ionian Se ...

phycology. * ''Iconographia phycologica mediterraneoadriatica ossia Scelta di ficee nuove o più rare dei mari mediterraneo ed adriatico'', 1871 - Iconography of

Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern ...

-Adriatic phycology. * "Phycearum Indicarum pugillus", 1872.Open Library
Iconographia phycologica mediterraneoadriatica ossia

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zanardini, Giovanni 1804 births 1878 deaths Scientists from Venice University of Padua alumni University of Pavia alumni 19th-century Italian botanists Italian phycologists Physicians from Venice