Giovanni Battista Balbis
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Giovanni Battista Balbis (17 November 1765 – 3 February 1831) was an Italian botanist and politician who worked in Italy and France. He alternately was called Gioanni Battista Balbis and Jean-Baptiste Balbis. With French botanist Clémence Lortet and others, he co-founded the Linnean Society of Lyon.[1]
In 1804, botanist Antonio José Cavanilles, published Balbisia, which is a genus of flowering plants from southern South America, belonging to the family Francoaceae and was named in Giovanni Battista Balbis's honour.[2]
References
- ↑ "Carl von Linné et la Société linnéenne de Lyon. Passé et présent. Séance foraine de la Société d'histoire de Lyon - Société linnéenne de Lyon". www.linneenne-lyon.org. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ↑ "Balbisia Cav. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ↑ International Plant Names Index. Balb.
