> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 551](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212593) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10924-1) LSID 10924-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2337938) QID Q2337938 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Turra, Antonio (1730-1796), Italian botanist, mineralogist and practicing physician at Vicenza. **Abbreviated name**: *Turra* \[standard form in IPNI: *Turra*\] #### Herbarium and types Formerly in the Museo civico, Vicenza; destroyed during World War II; some material in [[Collection LINN|LINN]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 602; Barnhart 3: 410 (b. 25 Mar 1730, d. 7 Sep 1796); BM 5: 2155; Bossert p. 409; Dryander 3: 81, 147, 249, 488; DTS 1: 308-309; GR p. 541; Hortus 3: 1205; Lasègue p. 358; LS 27479-27480; MW p. 506; PR 9581-9583, ed. 1: 10554-10556; Saccardo 1: 167, 2: 110, cron. p. xxxv; TL-2/see H. Humbert; Zander ed. 10, p. 726, ed. 11, p. 828. #### Biofile - Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 242: 675-676. 1964. - Dandy, J.E., Regn. veg. 51: 19. 1967. - Fries, Th.M., Bref Skrifv. Linné 1(3): 342. 1909, 1(6): 24, 76. 1912. - Gleerup, C.W.K., K. Fysiogr. Sällsk. Lund 1772-1940; Hist. överbl. 211. 1940. - Hulth, J.M., Bref Skrifv. Linné 2(1): 80, 81, 82, 90. 1916. - Jackson, B.D., Proc. Linn. Soc. 134 (suppl.): 20. 1922 (Ital. pl. in LINN). - Pichi-Sermolli, R.E.G., Taxon 3: 91. 1954 (herb. destr. W.W. II). - Saccardo, P.A., Della storiae letteratura della flora Veneta 55, 79, 86. 1869. - Schmid, G., Goethe u.d. Naturw. 594. 1940. #### Handwriting *in* S. Savage, Cat. Linn. Herb. xiii, fig. 5. 1945. #### Eponymy *Turraea* Linnaeus (1771) very likely honors Turra, as well as the derived names *Humbertioturraea* J.-F. Leroy (1969), also honors Henri Humbert (1897-1967), *q.v.*), *Rutaea* M.J. Roemer (1846) and *Turraeanthus* Baillon (1874). ### Publications ##### n.15.390. Farsetia **Title** *Farsetia* novum plantae genus ab Antonio Turra vicetino philos: et medic: doctore, et Academiae botanicae florentinae socio descriptum. Venetiis \[Venetia\] 1765. **Abbreviated title**: *Farsetia*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1765 (fide Dandy 1967), p. \[1\]-7. *Copy*: BM. – PR cites 14 p. – ING 2: 667. ##### n.15.391. Florae italicae prodromus **Title** *Florae italicae prodromus*. Vicetiae \[Vicenza\] (ex officina Turraeana) 1780. Oct. †. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. ital. prodr.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1780, p. \[1\]-16. *Copies*: G; IDC 847.