Giovanni Battista Balbis

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.

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