Bernardino da Ucria

Italian botanist (1739-1796).

Placido Michele Aurifici, better known as Bernardino da Ucria (9 April 1739 in Ucria, Sicily – 29 January 1796 in Palermo) was a Sicilian friar and botanist. In 1766 he entered the Franciscan monastery of St Antony in Palermo, taking the name Bernardino, by which he is now known. He developed a keen interest in botany and in 1786 was appointed demonstrator in botany at the University of Palermo, in which capacity he was involved in the establishment and named custodian of the new Palermo Botanical Garden on the site that it still occupies. A keen student of Carl Linnaeus, he was responsible fo

Abbreviations: Ucria
Occupations: botanist
Dates: 1739-00-00T00:00:00Z – 1796-01-29T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Ucria
Direct attributions: 7 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 11 plants, 0 fungi

7 plants attributed, 4 plants contributed to11 plants:

Allium siculum (Honey Garlic) Ucria 1793
plant species in the amaryllidaceae family
Allium siculum (syn. Nectaroscordum siculum), known as honey garlic, Sicilian honey lily, Sicilian honey garlic, or Mediterranean bells, is a species of plant in the genus Allium. Native to parts of Europe and the Middle East, the species is grown commercially as an ornamental and culinary herb.
Crataegus laciniata Ucria 1793
plant species in the rosaceae family
Crataegus laciniata is a species of hawthorn found in Morocco, Algeria, Spain and Sicily.
Stellaria apetala (Lesser Chickweed) Ucria 1793
annual plant species in the caryophyllaceae family
Stellaria apetala (syn. S. pallida), lesser chickweed, is an annual herbaceous plant in the flowering plant family Caryophyllaceae. It occurs in short, sandy grassland by the sea and, less often, in similar habitat inland. It is native to Europe and is well established as an introduced species worldwide.
Nepeta apuleji (Nepeta Apuleii) Ucria 1793
perennial plant species in the lamiaceae family
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Orchis morio Ucria
plant species in the orchidaceae family
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Centaurea carellii Ucria 1793
plant species in the asteraceae family
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Carduus gigas Ucria 1796
plant species in the asteraceae family
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Cymodocea nodosa (Slender Seagrass) (Ucria) Asch. 1869
plant species in the cymodoceaceae family
Cymodocea nodosa is a species of seagrass in the family Cymodoceaceae and is sometimes known as little Neptune grass. As a seagrass, it is restricted to growing underwater and is found in shallow parts of the Mediterranean Sea and certain adjoining areas of the Atlantic Ocean.
Searsia tripartita (Tripartite Sumac) (Ucria) Moffett 2007
plant species in the anacardiaceae family
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Foeniculum piperitum (Ucria) C.Presl 1826
perennial plant species in the apiaceae family
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Silene italica ssp. sicula (Ucria) Jeanm. 1984
perennial plant subspecies in the caryophyllaceae family
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