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Giovanni Battista Balbis
Italian botanist and politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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]
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