 In 1798 he published "Flora Pisana" (flora of Pisa); in 1801 the first edition of "Trattato degli alberi della Toscana" (treatise on the trees of Tuscany); in 1808 "Botanicon Etruscum" (botany of Etruria); and in 1818 "Flora Italiana" (flora of Italy).He taught physics and botany at the University of Pisa and directed the botanical garden there from 1814.In 1816, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.