In memory of Prof. Giuseppe Giaccone

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Prof. Giuseppe Giaccone, retired full Professor of Systematic Botany at Catania University, member emeritus of the Gioenia Academy, died on June 11th 2018, at the age of 82. After the high school at the Liceo Don Bosco of Palermo and having completed the four-year course of theology at the Major Seminary in Palermo, Giuseppe Giaccone graduated at Palermo University in 1964. In 1973 became full assistant at the University of Trieste and in 1977 he was transferred to the University of Palermo. In 1984 he became associate Professor of Algology at the University of Palermo and in 1986 full Professor of Botany at the Faculty of Science Mathematics, Physics and Natural of the University of Catania. His research activity dealt with nearly all aspects of Algology: taxonomy, phytosociology, ecology, Environmental Impact Evaluation, biodeteriorating organisms. Results of his research were disseminated through conferences, communications at Italian and foreign meetings and congresses and were published in more than 250 papers in both national and international journals.