Luigi Aloysius Colla

Luigi Aloysius Colla (30 April 1766 – 23 December 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

Notes

↑ IPNI. Colla.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 5687955 LCCN: nr00020137 ISNI: 0000 0000 6303 3150 GND: 116636998 SUDOC: 142513040 BNF: cb102350606 (data) NLA: 36584829 Botanist: Colla

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