Caro Benigno Massalongo

Caro Benigno Massalongo (25 March 1852, Verona, Austrian Empire – 18 March 1928, Verona) was an Italian botanist who specialized in the field of liverworts. He was the son of paleontologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo (1824-1860).

He studied botany at the University of Padua, receiving his PhD in 1873. In 1878 he was named professor of botany at the University of Ferrara. He was the author of 264 botanical publications.[1] C. Massalongo issued the exsiccata Hepaticae Italiae Venetae exsiccatae.[2] He was among the first to conduct systematic and scientific studies of plant galls.[3]

  1. ^ Geschichte der Bryologie in der Schweiz Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine Moosflora der Schweiz
  2. ^ "Hepaticae Italiae Venetae exsiccatae a Doct. C. Massalongo editae: IndExs ExsiccataID=910050560". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  3. ^ Treccani.it biographical information