Luigi Aloysius Colla

Luigi Aloysius Colla
Luigi Aloysius Colla
Born
Luigi Aloysius Colla

(1766-04-30)30 April 1766
Turin, Duchy of Savoy
Died23 December 1848(1848-12-23) (aged 82)
Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia
Occupationsbotanist, lawyer, politician
Known fordescription of species on which most cultivars of bananas are based

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.

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