Agostino Todaro (14 January 1818 – 18 April 1892) was an Italian botanist.

Agostino Todaro
Bust of Todaro in the Orto botanico di Palermo
Born(1818-01-14)14 January 1818
Died18 April 1892(1892-04-18) (aged 74)
Palermo, Italy
NationalityItalian
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Author abbrev. (botany)Tod.

He was born and died in Palermo, Italy. He was a professor of botany and became the director of the botanical gardens in Palermo. Starting with 1864 he edited the exsiccata Flora Sicula exsiccata.[1] Todaro published the Hortus Botanicus Panormitanus in 1876–1878.

In 1843, botanist Filippo Parlatore published Todaroa, which is a genus of flowering plants from the Canary Islands, belonging to the family Apiaceae. It just contains one known species, Todaroa aurea (Aiton) Parl., and it is named after Agostino Todaro.[2]

The standard botanical author abbreviation Tod. is applied to species he described.

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  1. ^ "Flora Sicula exsiccata: IndExs ExsiccataID=926638592". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Todaroa Parl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
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