Giulio Pontedera, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGiulio Pontedera
Italian botanist
Date of Birth: 07-May-1688
Place of Birth: Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
Date of Death: 03-Sep-1757
Profession: botanist, entomologist
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Giulio Pontedera
- Giulio Pontedera (7 May 1688 – 3 September 1757) was an Italian botanist of Tuscan origin.
- He was professor of botany at Padua, and director of the botanical garden there.
- Although he rejected Carl Linnaeus' system, Linnaeus was a correspondent of Pontedera's, and named the genus Pontederia after him.
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