> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 274](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189745) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7727-1) LSID 7727-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3388178) QID Q3388178 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Pirotta, Pietro Romualdo (1853-1936), Italian botanist (educated in Pavia); director of the botanic garden at Modena 1880-1883, professor of botany at the University of Roma 1883 (extraord.), 1888. (ord.) and director of the botanic garden until 1928. **Abbreviated name**: *Pirotta* \[standard form in IPNI: *Pirotta*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection RO|RO]]; other material at [[Collection BP|BP]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CAG|CAG]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection MOD|MOD]], [[Collection MPU|MPU]], [[Collection PAD|PAD]], [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]]. – Letters and portrait at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 89; BJI 1: 46, 2: 136; BL 1: 33, 313, 2: 352, 358, 361, 703; BM 4: 1579; Bossert p. 311 (b. 7 Feb 1853, d. 3 Aug 1936); Cesati p. 314; CSP 11: 25-26, 12: 578, 17: 907; DTS 1: 226; GR p. 537; Herder p. 118; Hirsch p. 233; Hortus 3: 1201; IF p. 724, suppl. 1: 84; IH 1 (ed. 6): 363, (ed. 7): 340, 2: (in press); Kew 4: 316; Langman p. 585; LS 20787-20819a, 23445; Morren ed. 10, p. 81; MW p. 387; Rehder 5: 674; Tucker 1: 558; Zander ed. 10, p. 702, ed. 11, p. 800 (b. 7 Feb 1853, d. 3 Aug 1936). #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. J. Sci. ser. 5. 34: 408. 1937 (d. 4 Aug 1936); Bot. Centralbl. 16: 255; 1883, 34: 383. 1888; Bot. Zeit. 39: 20. 1881 (app. Modena), 41: 874. 1883 (app. Roma); Nat. Nov. 5: 216. 1883 (to Roma); Österr. bot. Z. 31: 67. 1881 (app. Modena), 38: 254. 1888 (app. Roma), 85: 320. 1936 (d. 8 Aug 1936). - Carano, E., Ann. Bot., Roma 18(1): 1-6. 1928 (75th birthday), 21(2): 384-412. 1937 (reprint 29 p.), (bibl., portr., extensive biogr.). - Ciferri, R., Taxon 1(8): 126. 1952. - De Toni, G.B., Malpighia 20: 279. 1906 (on Pirotta at Modena). - Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 27: 275 (Modena 1880-1883), 287 (Roma 1884-1928, dir. bot. gard.). 1938. - Lusina, G., Annali bot. 25(1/2): 167. 1956 (bibl. of papers on flora of Rome). - Verdoorn, F., Chron. bot. 3: 191-192. 1937 (obit., portr., b. 7 Feb 1852, d. 3 Aug 1936). #### Composite works - (1) *Malpighia*, vols. 1-16, 1886-1902, editor. - (2) With Terracciano, A. & U. Brizi, *Flora della provincia di Roma, in* E. Abbate, *Guida della Provincia di Roma* 171-225. 1890 (pub. before 15 Oct 1890). - (3) Founder of the *Annali di Botanica*, Roma, editor vols. 1-16, 1903-1926; with E. Carano 17-18, 1927-1928. - (4) With F. Cortesi, Relazione sulle piante raccolte nel Karakoram, *in* F. de Filippi, La spedizione nel Karakoram e nell' Imalaia occidentale 1909, Bologna, (Nicola Zanichelli) 1912, p. \[93\]-110 (Bot. Centralbl. 17 Sep 1912) also as app. D. in English version: Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909, New York (E.P. Dutton and Company, ...) 1912, p. \[455\]-469. *Copies*: PH. - (5) Gymnospermae, Pteridophyta, *in* L.A. di Savoia, *Il Ruwenzori* 475-476, 477-483. 1909. #### Eponymy *Pirottaea* P.A. Saccardo (1878); *Pirottantha* Spegazzini (1917). ### Publications ##### n.7965. Funghi parassiti dei vitigni **Title** *Funghi parassiti dei vitigni*.... Milano (Coi tipi di G. Bernardoni) 1877. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1877 (Bot. Zeit. 26 Oct 1877; Hedwigia Dec 1877), p. \[3\]-96, *pl. 10-13* (uncol. liths.). *Copy*: Stevenson. – Reprinted from Arch. trienn. Lab. bot. critt. Pavia 2/3: 129-215. 1877. ##### n.7966. Flora del Modenese e del Reggiano **Title** *Flora del Modenese e del Reggiano*... Modena (Tipografia di G.T. Vincenzi e nipoti) 1882. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Moden.* **Notes** *Co-author*: Giuseppe Gibelli (1831-1898), see TL-2/1, following 2009. *Publ*.: 1882 (Nat. Nov. Dec(2) 1882; Bot. Centralbl. 29 Jan-2 Feb 1883), p. \[1\]-196. *Copies*: FI, NY. – Reprinted from Atti Soc. Natural. Modena ser. 3. 1: 29-220. 1882. *Suppl*.: 1884 (Bot. Centralbl, 11-15 Aug 1884; Nat. Nov. Jan(2) 1885), p \[1\]-30. *Copies*: FI, NY. – Reprinted from id. ser. 3. 3: 1-30. 1884. ##### n.7967. Contribuzione all'anatomia comparata della foglia I. Oleaceae **Title** *Contribuzione all'anatomia comparata della foglia I. Oleaceae*... Roma (Tipografia della r. Accademia dei Lincei...) 1885. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Contr. anat. foglia, Oleac.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1885 (t.p. reprint), p. \[1\]-28, *pl. 2. Copy*: U. – Preprinted or reprinted from Annu. Ist. bot. Roma 2: 22-47. 1886. ##### n.7968. Flora romana **Title** *Flora romana*... Roma (Tipografia Enrico Voghera...) 1900. Qu. †. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Rom.* **Notes** *Co-author*: Emilio Chiovenda (1871-1940). *Publ*.: in 2 fasc. as Annuario R. Ist. Bot. Roma 10(1 and 2), 1900-1901. *1*: 20-31 Dec 1900 (p. viii: 1 Nov 1899; p. 144: printing finished 20 Dec 1900; J. Bot. Morot Feb 1901; Nat. Nov. Aug(1) 1900), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-144. *2*: shortly after 15 Aug 1901 (p. 304: printing finished 15 Aug 1901; J. Bot. Morot Feb 1902), p. 145-304. *Copies*: MO, NY. – Remained incomplete. Treats botanical history until Feliciani Scarpellini (b. 1762). Another botanical bibliography of the area is G. Lusina, Annali Bot. 25: 127-178. 1956. *Ref*.: Kneucker, A., Allg. bot. Z. 8: 102. 15 Mai 1902. - Solla, Bot. Centralbl. 86: 422-427. 1901. ##### n.7969. Flora della colonia Eritrea **Title** *Flora della colonia Eritrea*... Roma (Tipografia Enrico Voghera...) 1903. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Eritrea*. **Notes** *Co-authors*: Riccarda Almagia (1, 2), Béatrice Armari (2), Eva Boselli (2), Ernesta di Capua (2), Emilio Chiovenda (1, 2, 3), Fabrizio Cortesi (3). *Publ*.: in 3 parts in Annuario R. Ist. Bot. Roma vol. 8 (1, 2, 3), 1903-1908: *1*: Jan 1903 (p. 128: printing finished 31 Dec 1902; ÖbZ Jun 1903; Nat. Nov. Jul(1) 1903), p. \[1\]-128, *pl. 1-12* (uncol. liths. Chiovenda). *2*: Mai 1904 (p. 264: printing finished 30 Apr 1904, p. 129-264; Bot. Centralbl. 14 Jun 1904), p. 129-264. *3*: Jan 1908 (t.p.; p. 464: printing finished 31 Dec 1907; Nat. Nov. Mai(1) 1908), p. 265-464. *Copies*: BR, FI, MO, NY – Fascicle 4, prepared by E. Chiovenda to complete the work was lost (see BL 2: 33; Chiovenda, Atti Cong. Studi Colon. 3: 50. 1931).