Carlo Giuseppe Bertero

Carlo Giuseppe Bertero
Portrait of Carlo Giuseppe Bertero by Sofia Giordano, 1827
Born	Luigi Carlo Giuseppe Bertero October 14, 1789 Santa Vittoria d'Alba, Italy
Died	April 1831 South Pacific Ocean
Occupation	Botanist
Known for	Disappearance at sea

Luigi Carlo Giuseppe Bertero (b. Santa Vittoria d'Alba, October 14, 1789 d. April 1831, – South Pacific Ocean) was an Italian physicist, physician, naturalist, botanist, bryologist and pteridologist.[1] He explored the West Indies between 1816 and 1821 coinciding with the Venezuelan scientist and later president, José María Vargas in Puerto Rico although there is no evidence of any exchange between them. During his two voyages, February 1828 to September 1830 and between March and May 1830, he collected and described the flora of Chile. He also examined plants native to the Pacific island of Juan Fernandez, as well as Guadeloupe, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and Colombia.[2][3] He is presumed lost in a shipwreck while sailing from Tahiti to Chile.[2] Bertero´s herbarium specimens were bought after his death by the joint stock company Unio Itineraria and distributed among its members in the exsiccata-like series Unio itineraria 1835.[4]

Eponyms

In 1834 Luigi Aloysius Colla named a species of cactus, Cactus berteroi, after Bertero. The species is now a synonym of Eriosyce subgibbosa.[5]

The genus Berteroa is named after Carlo Bertero.

• (Brassicaceae) Berteroa DC.[6]
• (Cactaceae) Opuntia berteroi (Colla) A.E. Hoffm.[7]
• (Cactaceae) Opuntia berteri (C.F. Först.) E. F. Anderson

The following lichens are named in honor of Bertero:

• Biatora berteroana Mont. (1852)
• Brigantiaea berteroana (Mont.) Trevis. (1853)
• Pseudocyphellaria berteroana (Mont.) Redon (1977)
• Sticta berteroana Mont. (1835)
• Lecidea berteroana (Mont.) Nyl. (1855)

Abbreviation (botany)

The standard author abbreviation Bertero is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[8]. (see the list of all the genera and species described by this author in IPNI).

See also

• List of people who disappeared mysteriously at sea

Bibliography

VIGNOLO-LUTATI, F.: L'opera botanica del dott. Carlo Bertero di S. Vittoria d'Alba (1789–1831) nelle antille e Sud-America (1816–21 e 1827–31) quale risulta dalle collezioni dell'ist. ed orto botanico d. Univ. di Torino.. Turín: Librería Le Colonne, 1955.

MATTIROLO, O.: Nel I centenario della trágica scomparsa del celebre botanico esploratore medico carlo bertero di santa vittoria d'alba. Estudio Bibliográfico: Bosio Giovanni - Magliano Alpi, 1932.

References

1. "Index of Botanists". Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
2. "Bertero, Carlo Luigi Giuseppe (1789-1831)". Global Plants. JSTOR. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
3. "Global Plants". JSTOR. Retrieved 27 December 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
4. "Unio itineraria 1835: IndExs ExsiccataID=1136383104". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
5. Cactus berteroi Colla. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
6. Mém. Mus. Par. vil. (1821) 232; et Syst. ii 290 1821 (IK)
7. Cact. Fl. Silvestre Chile 244. 1989 (IK)
8. International Plant Names Index.  Bertero.

Further reading

• "Bertero, Carlo Luigi Giuseppe (1789-1831)". Global Plants. JSTOR.