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Ernesta Di Capua (26 July 1875, Rome - 23 October 1943, Auschwitz) 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.

The standard author abbreviation Di Capua is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

References

1. Friis, Ib; Ryding, Olof (2001). Biodiversity Research in the Horn of Africa Region: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on the Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea at the Carlsberg Academy, Copenhagen, August 25-27, 1999. Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. ISBN 9788778762467. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
2. "Di Capua, Ernesta". digital-library.cdec.it (in Italian). CDEC - Centro di Documentazione Ebraica - Digital Library. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
3. Eggli, Urs; Newton, Leonard E. (2013). Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 65. ISBN 9783662071250.
4. International Plant Names Index.  Di Capua.

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