> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 282](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189753) of TL-2 Vol. IV
> Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7735-1) LSID 7735-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21523039) QID Q21523039
> Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]]
### Author
Pittoni, Josef Claudius, Ritter von Dannenfeldt (1797-1878), Austrian botanist and administrator ("Truchsess," sheriff).
**Abbreviated name**: *Pittoni* \[standard form in IPNI: *Pittoni*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection W|W]] (20.000); other material at [[Collection B|B]] (extant), [[Collection BASSA|BASSA]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BP|BP]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection CN|CN]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GJO|GJO]], [[Collection IBF|IBF]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection MW|MW]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection REG|REG]], [[Collection VEN|VEN]].
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 4: 615, 12(2): 53; Backer p. 448; Barnhart 3: 90; Bossert p. 312 (b. 4 Jul 1797, d. 2 Apr 1878); Clokie p. 225; CSP 4: 922, 8: 630, 11: 29; DTS 1: 226; Hegi 4(2): 552; Herder p. 77; IH 2: (in press); Saccardo 2: 85.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 13 (Bibl.): 95. 1866. 25 (bibl.): 44. 1878; Österr. bot. Z. 19: 292. 1869 (herb. sold to W), 28: 179. 1878 (died 2 Apr 1878, Görz).
- Beck, G., Bot. Centralbl. 33: 314. 1888, 34: 150. 1888 (herb.); *in* K. Fritsch et al., Bot. Anst. Wiens 63, 75. 1892 (coll. W).
- Dolezal, H., Friedrich Welwitsch 30, 34, 66, 93, 226-227. 1974.
- Hedge, I.C. & J.M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 119. 1970.
- Kanitz, A., Magy. növen. Lap. 2: 80. 1878 (obit., d. 2 Apr 1878).
- Lack, H.W., Willdenowia 10: 81. 1980 (material at B).
- Lindemann, E., Bull. Soc. imp. Natural. Moscou 61: 55. 1886 (sold herb. to W because of an unfortunate railroad speculation).
- Murray, G., Hist. coll. BM(NH) 1: 174. 1904 (coll. BM).
- Steinberg, C.H., Webbia 34: 61. 1979 (coll. FI).
#### Eponymy
The genera *Pittonia* P. Miller (1754) and *Pittoniotis* Grisebach (1858), as well as the journal *Pittonia*; a series of papers relating to botany and botanists (Berkeley, California. Vol. 1-5. 1887-1905) honor Joseph Pitton Tournefort, *q.v.*