In the field of mycology, he proposed the fungi family Hypocreaceae (1845).[3] With Antonio Bey Figari (1804-1870), he described numerous species from the family Poaceae.[4] With Figari, he was the binomial co-author of the grass genus Schistachne (synonym Stipagrostis).[5] Organisms with the specific epithet of notarisiana commemorate his name.[6]
Selected works
Muscologiae italicae spicilegium, 1837.
Syllabus muscorum in Italia et in insulis circumstantibus hucusque cognitorum, 1838.
Florula Caprariae : sive, Enumeratio plantarum in insula Capraria : vel sponte nascentium vel ad utilitatem latius excultarum, 1839 (with Giuseppe Giacinto Moris).
Repertorium florae Ligusticae, 1844.
Agrostograhiae Aegyptiacae fragmenta, 1852 (with Antonio Bey Figari).