Antoine Risso

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Antoine Risso

Antoine Joseph Risso (Antonio Giuseppe Risso; August 7, 1777 – August 25, 1845) was an Italian-French naturalist.

Risso was born in Nice, then part of the Duchy of Savoy, and studied under Giovanni Battista Balbis. He published Ichthyologie de Nice (1810), Histoire naturelle de l'Europe méridionale (1826) and Histoire Naturelle des Orangers (1818-22).

The standard author abbreviation Risso is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]


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