Ernesta Di Capua

Ernesta Di Capua (26 July 1875, Rome - 23 October 1943, Auschwitz) was an Italian botanist, taxonomist, and explorer.[1] She was executed at the Auschwitz concentration camp for her Jewish heritage.[2] The species Caralluma dicapuae was named in her honor.[3]

The standard author abbreviation Di Capua is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

References
  1. Friis, Ib; Ryding, Olof (2001). Biodiversity Research in the Horn of Africa Region: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on the Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea at the Carlsberg Academy, Copenhagen, August 25-27, 1999. Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. ISBN 9788778762467. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  2. "Di Capua, Ernesta". digital-library.cdec.it (in Italian). CDEC - Centro di Documentazione Ebraica - Digital Library. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  3. Eggli, Urs; Newton, Leonard E. (2013). Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 65. ISBN 9783662071250.
  4. International Plant Names Index.  Di Capua.


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