Gustavo Venturi

Gustavo Venturi (February 4, 1830, Rovereto - June 5, 1898) was an Italian bryologist born in Rovereto.

After graduating with a law degree, Venturi worked as an attorney in Trento, where he researched bryology as a hobby. He was the author of 20 articles on the taxonomy of the moss genus Orthotrichum. Shortly after his death, his treatise on bryophytes, titled Muscinee del Trentino, was published. His herbarium is now kept at the Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali in Trento.

Taxa

• Neoventuria (Syd. ex P. Syd., 1919).
• Venturia (Sacc., 1882).^[1]

References

• International Association of Plant Taxonomy, Typification of Venturi's Orthotricha

1. BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
2. "Author Query for 'Venturi'". International Plant Names Index.