Typification of plant names published by Giovanni Casaretto based on specimens collected in Brazil and Uruguay
Journal: Taxon
Year: 2019

Abstract Giovanni Casaretto (1810–1879) was appointed by King Charles Albert of Savoy‐Carignano, Kingdom of Sardinia, as the botanist and mineralogist of a planned circumnavigation of the globe. After collecting in a few localities in southern Brazil and Uruguay, Casaretto collected for almost nine months, from April to December 1839, in Rio de Janeiro and its vicinity. While in Rio, he also bought about 100 collections from Riedel and about 500 collections from Clausen, which were made in the s