Johann Baptist Ziz (1779–1829) was a German botanist, born in Mainz in the Rhineland on October 8, 1779.
He died in Mainz on December 1, 1829.
[1] The genus Zizia, which the USDA mentions has three species Zizia aptera, Zizia aurea and Zizia trifoliata,[2] was named for him.
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