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Karl von Zois
Karl von Zois
Born	November 18, 1756; Ljubljana, Holy Roman Empire
Died	October 29, 1799 (aged 42); Trieste, Holy Roman Empire
Nationality	Slovenian
	Scientific career
Fields	Botany

Karl von Zois zu Laibach (18 November 1756 – 29 October 1799) was a Carniolan amateur botanist and plant collector.^[1] He is best known today as the namesake of zoysiagrass,^[2] which was named by Carl Ludwig Willdenow in 1801.^[1] The bellflower Campanula zoysii is also named after him.^[3]

Karl von Zois was born in Ljubljana and baptized Carolus Philippus Eugenius Zoiss.^[4] The Zois family was of Lombard origin; Karl's father was Michelangelo Zois (1694–1777), a merchant who married a Carniolan noblewoman, and was nobilitated in 1739. The family was based in Ljubljana (German: Laibach). His brother was the natural scientist and patron of the arts Sigmund Zois.

References

^ ^a ^b Australian Biological Resources Study (2005). Flora of Australia: Poaceae: Centothecoideae Chloridoideae. Vol. 44. Csiro Publishing. p. 263. ISBN 0-643-05702-1.
^ Duble, Richard L. "Zoysiagrass". Texas Cooperative Extension. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
^ Walek, Kristl. "Campanula zoysii: "Daughter of the Slovene Mountains"". Ottawa Valley Rock Garden & Horticultural Society. Archived from the original on 27 September 2006. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
^ Geburts und Taufregister. Ljubljana – Sv. Nikolaj. 1755–1762. p. 90. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

[csiro-1] Australian Biological Resources Study (2005). Flora of Australia: Poaceae: Centothecoideae Chloridoideae. Vol. 44. Csiro Publishing. p. 263. ISBN 0-643-05702-1.

[2] Duble, Richard L. "Zoysiagrass". Texas Cooperative Extension. Retrieved 5 August 2010.

[3] Walek, Kristl. "Campanula zoysii: "Daughter of the Slovene Mountains"". Ottawa Valley Rock Garden & Horticultural Society. Archived from the original on 27 September 2006. Retrieved 7 February 2013.

[4] Geburts und Taufregister. Ljubljana – Sv. Nikolaj. 1755–1762. p. 90. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

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