Moisés Santiago Bertoni

Moisés Santiago Bertoni
Born
Mosè Giacomo Bertoni

(1857-06-15)15 June 1857
Lottigna, Ticino, Switzerland
DiedSeptember 19, 1929(1929-09-19) (aged 72)
Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil
Known forWriter, botanist
Notable work
  • Nuovo Compendio di Geografía
  • La voce del Ticino
RelativesArnoldo de Winkelried Bertoni (son)
Luigi Bertoni (cousin)

Mosè Giacomo Bertoni (15 June 1857 – 19 September 1929), better known by his hispanicized name Moisés Santiago Bertoni, was a Swiss-Paraguayan naturalist, botanist and writer. While conducting research in eastern Paraguay in 1899, he was the first to describe Stevia.

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