Antoine Risso | |
|---|---|
 Antoine Risso | |
| Born | 8 April 1777 |
| Died | 25 August 1845 (aged 68) Nice, Kingdom of Sardinia |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | natural history |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Risso |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Risso |
Giuseppe Antonio Risso (8 April 1777 – 25 August 1845), called Antoine Risso, was a naturalist from Nice.[1]
Risso was born in the city of Nice in the Duchy of Savoy, and studied under Giovanni Battista Balbis. He published Ichthyologie de Nice (1810), Histoire naturelle de l'Europe méridionale (1826) and Histoire Naturelle des Orangers (1818–1822). Risso's dolphin was named after him.[2] He is denoted by the author abbreviation Risso when citing a botanical name;[3] the same abbreviation is used for zoological names.
- ^ David M. Damkaer (2002). "Antoine Joseph Risso". The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History, Volume 1. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, Volume 240. American Philosophical Society. pp. 163–167. ISBN 978-0-87169-240-5.
- ^ Sarah G. Allen, Joe Mortenson & Sophie Webb (2011). "Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus". Field Guide to Marine Mammals of the Pacific Coast: Baja, California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia. California Natural History Guides. University of California Press. pp. 301–308. ISBN 978-0-520-26545-5.
- ^ R. K. Brummitt & C. E. Powell, ed. (1992). Authors of Plant Names: a List of Authors of Scientific Names of Plants, with Recommended Standard Forms of their Names, Including Abbreviations. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 0-947643-44-3.