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Ernesta Di Capua, Italian botanist and explorer (died 1943)

Ernesta Di Capua

Italian botanist (1875–1943)

Ernesta Di Capua was an Italian botanist, taxonomist, and explorer. She was executed at the Auschwitz concentration camp for her Jewish heritage. The species Caralluma dicapuae was named in her honor.
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July 26

Day of the year

July 26 is the 207th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 158 days remain until the end of the year.
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