FEDERICO DELPINO. – Botanist, born in Chiavari on 7 December 1833, died in Naples on 14 May 1905. In Florence he worked in the botanical museum and was appointed professor at the forestry institute of Vallombrosa. Later he held chairs at Genoa, Bologna, and Naples. He held an antidarwinist and antimaterialist conception. He studied plant fertilization and may be considered the founder of plant biology.
Bibl.: F. Morini, in Rend. Acc. scienze di Bologna, nuova serie, 9 (1904-1905), pp. 113-45 with complete bibliography of his works. Enrico Urbani