Fabio Colonna

Fabio Colonna (also: Fabius Columna, * 1567 in Naples, † 1640 ) was an Italian botanist.

Life

Fabio Colonna was the son of Jerome Colonna ( 1534-1586 ). Trained as a lawyer, he focused his interest stumbled upon the botany. Because he suffered from epileptic seizures, was found in the books of Dioscorides for help. This recommends valerian root as a remedy for his illness. His first work Phytobasanos ( 1592) emerged as a by-product of his studies of the old botanists. 1606 followed under the title ekphrasis, the first part of another script, which was published in full in 1616 in Rome. The illustrations for his works designed Colonna itself

Fabio Colonna was one of the first members of the Regia Academia Lynceorum in Rome.

Ehrentaxa

Charles Plumier named in his honor, the genus of the plant family Columnea the Gesneriad ( Gesneriaceae ). Linnaeus later took the name. Even the epithet of Sandkrokusses Romulea columnae honors him.

Writings (selection )

  • Sive historia plantarum Phytobasanos aliquot in qua describuntur diversi generis plantae veriores, ac magis facie, viribúsque respondentes antiquorum Theophrasti, Dioscoridis Plinii, Galen, aliquorúmque delineationibus, aliquot from aliis hucusque non animadversae.etiam piscium, plantarúmque Novarum historia Same date auctore. Naples 1592 (online).
  • Minus cognitarum rariorumque nostro coelo orientium stirpium ekphrasis: qua non paucae aliisq from antiquioribus Theophrasto, Dioscoride, Plinio, Galeno. descriptae, praeter illas etiam in Phytobasano Edita disquiruntur ac declarantur. Item de aquatilibus aliisque nonnullis animalibus libellus ... Omnia fideliter ad vivum delineata, atque Aeneid - typis expressa cum indice in calce voluminis locupletissimo. Rome 1616 (online).
  • La sambuca lincea overo dell'istromento musico perfetto. Naples 1618th
  • Thesaurus rerum medicarum novae Hispaniae, seu Plantarum, Animalium, Mineralium Mexicanorum Historia. Rome 1651st Johann Schreck, Johannes Faber (1574-1629) translated into Latin, edited, added and annotated edition of the work of Francisco Hernandez de Toledo
Francisco Hernández de Toledo Wilfrid Jasper Walter Blunt Critica Botanica Genera Plantarum Integrated Authority File
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