Sandro Pignatti
Italian botanist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alessandro "Sandro" Pignatti (born 28 September 1930) is an Italian botanist specialising in pteridophytes and spermatophytes.[1] The Australian plant species Calectasia pignattiana was named after him. On 31 May 1991 Pignatti received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Mathematics and Science at Uppsala University, Sweden.[2] He is an Honorary Member of the International Association for Vegetation Science (1997).[3]
The specific epithet of the Western Australian plant species, Calectasia pignattiana honoured "Professors Erika and Alessandro Pignatti of Rome on the occasion of their seventieth birthdays".[4]
The standard author abbreviation Pignatti is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]