Luigi Aloysius Colla

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Luigi Aloysius Colla (1766–1848) was an Italian botanist of the late 18th and early 19th Centuries. He was a member of the Provisional Government of Savoy from December 12, 1798 to April 2, 1799, taking his turn as chairman of the government in rotation for a ten-day term. In 1820 Colla described two species, Musa balbisiana and Musa acuminata, that are the basis for almost all cultivated bananas. Colla was a member of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.

References

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names - retrieved June 6, 2006
Musa paradisiaca - retrieved June 6, 2006
Italian States before 1861 - retrieved June 6, 2006
Haverford College Libraries: Robert B. Haines, III Collection - retrieved June 6, 2006

The standard author abbreviation Colla is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

Notes

↑ "Author Query for 'Colla'". International Plant Names Index.

Authority control	VIAF: 5687955 ISNI: 0000 0000 6303 3150 SUDOC: 142513040

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Name	Colla, Luigi Aloysius
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Short description	Italian botanist
Date of birth	1766
Place of birth
Date of death	1848
Place of death

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