Maria Cengia Sambo (23 October 1888 – 29 November 1939)[1] was an Italian botanist, specializing in lichenology.
In particular, her cousin, forest inspector Vittorio Pellegrini, brought her along to gather animals, fossils, minerals, and plants, giving her the chance to explore the natural sciences.
[2] Afterwards she obtained a second degree, this time in the natural sciences, and taught physics and mathematics at a technical school in Vicenza.
In her 1930 study Lichens of Patagonia and other regions of Argentina as told by Salesiani missionaries she worked closely with Alberto De Agostini.
The most significant are considered to be: Maria Cenigia Sambo and her husband had a personal library of publications about flowers, plants and environments.
This was donated by their daughter Emilia Sambo to the Fondazione PARSEC, a Natural Science Centre in Prato.