Luigi Piacenza

Luigi Piacenza
pictured with a puya raimondii
BornMarch 22, 1935
DiedNovember 14, 2009(2009-11-14) (aged 74)
CitizenshipItalian
Known forstudying pre-incaic and pre-columbian flora of Peru
AwardsVisiting Professor of the Scientific University of Sur-Lima, Peru, Investigador asociado centro Mallqui (The Bioanthropology Foundation Peru), Ilo Peru
Scientific career
Fieldsethnobotany
InstitutionsCISRAP (Italian Centre for Study and Research of Pre-Columbian Archaeology) Brescia It., Centro Mallqui - Peru, University of Lima,

Luigi Piacenza (22 March 1935 – 14 November 2009) was an Italian botanist, with expertise in ethnobotany and paleobotany.