Felice Cassone

For the architect and sculptor Felice Antonio Casoni, see Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini § History.

Felice Cassone (5 May 1815 Pontestura - 22 October 1854 Torino),^[1] was an Italian botanist and physician from the Piedmont region. Cassone is notable as the author of Flora medico-farmaceutica, a 6-volume work published in Torino with typography by Giuseppe Cassone between 1847 and 1852.^[2][3] The standard author abbreviation Cassone is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[4]

Papaver rhoeas L.

Mandragora officinarum L.

Felice Cassone also published Iconografia Vegetale in 2 volumes between 1847 and 1849.^[5][6]