Italian botanist.
Giovanni Zantedeschi (3 May 1773, Molina, – 16 May 1846, Bovegno) was an Italian medical doctor and an important Italian botanist. He studied in Verona and later in Padua, where he graduated with honors, in medicine and surgery. He completed his training in Verona, and practiced his profession for some time in Tremosine (Province of Brescia) and subsequently in Bovegno, until his death in 1846. Being passionate about botany, he published ten works on the flora of the province of Brescia. This was a legacy of his friendship with Professor Ciro Pollini (1782–1833), a Veronese botanist and aut