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Vincenzo Riccobono (1861–1943) was an Italian botanist who researched extensively on cacti. He described the genus Trichocereus, now sunk into Echinopsis.[1] While collecting specimens in Libya in 1943, he was shot dead by American soldiers after running away from them at a security checkpoint.[citation needed]
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