{{Short description|Italian physician and botanist (1730–1796)}} '''Antonio Turra''' (25 March, 1730 - 6 September 1796) was an Italian physician and botanist.
Antonio was born in Vicenza but studied medicine in the University of Padua. His Venetian wife, Elisabetta Caminer, published biographical entries in a contemporary encyclopedia. Antonio set up a printing house in 1780 in Vicenza. Most of Antonio's publications were botanical treatises. He was honored with memberships in scientific societies throughout Italy and Europe.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=hg5BAQAAMAAJ Dizionario biografico universale], Volume 5, by Felice Scifoni, Publisher Davide Passagli, Florence (1849); page 448.</ref>
== Works == * ''Catalogous plantarum horti Corneliani methodo sexuali dispositus anno MDCCLXXI, atque ab Antonio Turra elaboratus'' * ''Vegetabilia Italiae indígena, methodo linneiano disposita'' * ''Florae italicae prodromus'', catalog of around 1700 Italian species, classified always following the method of Linnaeus, to which he added the supplement ''Insecta vicentina''. * ''De' modi di procurare la moltiplicazione de' bestiami''
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==References== * Based on translation from Spanish Wikipedia * https://web.archive.org/web/20090507080003/http://www.anisn.it/vicenza/scuole/botanica/Ragni-Scarlatti/Antonio_Turra.htm {{Reflist}}
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