Carlos Luigi Spegazzini

Argentine mycologist (1858-1926).

Carlo Luigi Spegazzini, in Spanish Carlos Luis Spegazzini (20 April 1858 – 1 July 1926), was an Italian-born Argentinian botanist and mycologist. On the 1881/1882 expedition led by Giacomo Bove to explore Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, the Italian Decio Vinciguerra was officially both zoologist and botanist, but in fact Spegazzini handled the botanical work. Spegazzini published about 100 scientific papers on vascular plants, describing around 1000 new taxa. He was a professor at the University of La Plata and Buenos Aires in Argentina, curator of the herbarium of the National Department of A

Abbreviations: Speg.
Occupations: university teacher, scientific collector, researcher, mycologist, explorer, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: Kingdom of Italy, Argentina
Languages: Latin
Dates: 1858-04-20T00:00:00Z – 1926-07-01T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Bairo
Direct attributions: 200 plants, 2,255 fungi
Authorship mentions: 347 plants, 3,211 fungi

200 plants attributed, 147 plants contributed to347 plants:

Parodia Speg. 1923
plant genus in the cactaceae family
Parodia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cactaceae, native to the eastern slopes of the Andes in northwestern Argentina and southwestern Bolivia and in the lowland pampas regions of northeastern Argentina, southern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, and Uruguay. This genus has about 65 species, many of which have been transferred from Eriocactus, Notocactus and Wigginsia. They range from small globose plants to 1 m (3 ft) tall columnar cacti. All are deeply ribbed and spiny, with single flowers at or near the crown. Some species produce offsets at the base. They are popular in cultivation,
Anadenanthera Speg. 1923
plant genus in the fabaceae family
Anadenanthera is a genus of South American trees in the Legume family, Fabaceae. The genus contains two species, A. colubrina and A. peregrina. These trees are known to the western world primarily as sources of the hallucinogenic snuffs vilca/cebil and yopo/cohoba. A 2024 molecular marker study of few hundred specimens sampled across Brazil and lowland Bolivia supports a four-species hypothesis (A. colubrina (Vell.) Brenan, A. macrocarpa (Benth.) Brenan, A. peregrina (L.) Speg., and A. falcata (Benth.) Speg) for the Anadenanthera genus as opposed to a two-species, four-variety hypothesis. The
Anadenanthera peregrina (Cohoba Tree) (L.) Speg. 1923
psychoactive plant species in the fabaceae family
Anadenanthera peregrina, also known as yopo, jopo, cohoba, cojoba, parica or calcium tree, is a perennial tree in the family Fabaceae native to the Caribbean and South America. It grows up to 20 m (70 ft) tall, and has a thorny bark. Its flowers grow in small, pale yellow to white spherical clusters resembling Acacia (e.g. wattle) inflorescences. This plant consists of two species A. colubrina and A. peregrina It is an entheogen which has been used in healing ceremonies and rituals for thousands of years in northern South America and the Caribbean. Although the seeds of the yopo tree were
Nicotiana sylvestris (South American Tobacco) Speg. 1898
annual plant species in the solanaceae family
Nicotiana sylvestris is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae, known by the common names woodland tobacco, flowering tobacco, and South American tobacco. It is a biennial or short-lived perennial plant in the tobacco genus Nicotiana, native to the Andes region in Argentina and Bolivia, in South America.
Maihueniopsis Speg. 1925
plant genus in the cactaceae family
Maihueniopsis (from Greek opsis, "view", referring to its resemblance to the unrelated Maihuenia) is a genus of the cactus family (Cactaceae), containing 18 species. The former genus Puna R.Kiesling is now synonym to Maihueniopsis.
Gymnocalycium baldianum (Speg.) Speg. 1925
plant species in the cactaceae family
Gymnocalycium baldianum, the spider-cactus or dwarf chin cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to the Catamarca Province in Argentina.
Benthamiella Speg. 1883
plant genus in the solanaceae family
Benthamiella is a genus of plants in the family Solanaceae, native to Patagonia in southern South America. Its species have been described as "attractive, small, cushion plants".
Halophytum ameghinoi (Speg.) Speg. 1902
annual plant species in the halophytaceae family
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Echinopsis ancistrophora (Cactus) Speg. 1905
vulnerable plant species in the cactaceae family
Echinopsis ancistrophora, synonyms including Lobivia ancistrophora, commonly called domino cactus, night blooming hedgehog, Easter lily cactus, is a species of cactus. It has a globular shape, few spines, with large, white flowers attached to long, green tubes. It occurs in Bolivia, at altitudes of 600–1800 metres, and northwest Argentina. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Utricularia platensis Speg. 1899
plant species in the lentibulariaceae family
Utricularia platensis is a medium or large-sized perennial suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. platensis is endemic to South America.
Parodia microsperma (F.A.C.Weber) Speg. 1923
plant species in the cactaceae family
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Fabiana patagonica Speg. 1897
plant species in the solanaceae family
Fabiana patagonica is a species of plant in the nightshade family, native to Patagonia. This plant species is native to South America.
Opuntia anacantha Speg. 1904
plant species in the cactaceae family
Opuntia anacantha is a species belonging to the family Cactaceae, native to northern Argentina and Bolivia.
Calliandra parvifolia (Hook. & Arn.) Speg. 1926
plant species in the fabaceae family
Calliandra parvifolia is a species of flowering plants of the genus Calliandra in the family Fabaceae.
Ameghinoa Speg. 1897
plant genus in the asteraceae family
Ameghinoa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, described in 1897 by Carlo Luigi Spegazzini. There is only one known species, Ameghinoa patagonica, native to the Chubut and Río Negro Provinces of Argentina.
Schinus longifolia (Longleaf Peppertree) (Lindl.) Speg. 1911
plant species in the anacardiaceae family
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Philippiella patagonica Speg. 1897
plant species in the caryophyllaceae family
Philippiella patagonica is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. It is the sole species in genus Philippiella.
Lycium ameghinoi Speg. 1897
plant species in the solanaceae family
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Portulaca amilis (Paraguayan Purslane) Speg. 1921
annual plant species in the portulacaceae family
Portulaca amilis, known as Paraguayan purslane, is a species of Portulaca native to South America. It was introduced to the southeastern United States and other countries around the world and can be found in sandy soil in disturbed areas, roadsides, fields, lawns and gardens.
Lycium repens Speg. 1897
plant species in the solanaceae family
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Larrea ameghinoi Speg. 1897
plant species in the zygophyllaceae family
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Holmbergia tweedii (Moq.) Speg. 1916
plant species in the amaranthaceae family
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Holmbergia tweediei Speg. 1916
plant species in the amaranthaceae family
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Echinopsis silvestrii Speg. 1905
plant species in the cactaceae family
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Echinopsis saltensis Speg. 1905
plant species in the cactaceae family
Echinopsis saltensis, synonym Chamaecereus saltensis, is a species of cactus from northwestern Argentina.
Benthamiella patagonica Speg. 1883
plant species in the solanaceae family
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Aristolochia stuckertii Speg. 1898
plant species in the aristolochiaceae family
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Acaena platyacantha Speg. 1897
perennial plant species in the rosaceae family
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Schickendantziella trichosepala (Speg.) Speg. 1903
plant species in the amaryllidaceae family
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Ramorinoa Speg. 1924
plant genus in the fabaceae family
Ramorinoa girolae is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is the sole species in genus Ramorinoa. It is a xerophytic tree or shrub native to La Rioja, San Juan, and San Luis Provinces of western Argentina. Unlike most legumes, Ramorinoa girolae does not produce any leaves. It grows in subtropical lowland and lower montane dry forest or shrubland in rocky and sandy areas. It is locally known as chica, and stands of R. girolae are known as chicales. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade within
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