Giovanni Zanardini


Giovanni Antonio Maria Zanardini was an Italian physician and botanist who specialized in the field of phycology.
In 1831 he obtained his medical doctorate from the University of Padua, followed by a degree in surgery and obstetrics from the University of Pavia three years later. During his career, he worked as a physician in Padua and Venice. For a period of time, he served as secretary of the Istituto Veneto Scienze e Lettere.
The algae genus Zanardinia is named after him, as are species with the epithet of zanardinii.

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