Antonio Bertoloni
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He studied medicine and botany at the University of Pavia, afterwards (1796) continuing his medical education in Genoa. For a period of time he practiced medicine in his home town of Sarzana. In 1811 he returned to Genoa, where he served as a professor of physics at the Imperial Lyceum. In 1815 he was appointed professor of botany at the University of Bologna.
His son Giuseppe (1804-1874) was a botanist and entomologist in Bologna.
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Tributes
- Bertolonia, botanical genus from the family Melastomataceae.
- Plants with the specific epithet of bertolonii, an example being Ophrys bertolonii (Bertoloni's bee orchid).
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