Karl von Zois explained

Karl von Zois zu Laibach (18 November 1756 – 29 October 1799) was a Carniolan amateur botanist and plant collector. Von Zois was described as a "country gentleman".^[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 (de|Laibach). His brother was the natural scientist and patron of the arts Sigmund Zois.

Notes and References

1. Book: Australian Biological Resources Study . Flora of Australia: Poaceae: Centothecoideae Chloridoideae . 44 . Csiro Publishing . 2005 . 263 . 0-643-05702-1.
2. Web site: Duble . Richard L . Zoysiagrass . Texas Cooperative Extension . 5 August 2010.
3. Web site: Walek . Kristl . Campanula zoysii: "Daughter of the Slovene Mountains" . Ottawa Valley Rock Garden & Horticultural Society . 7 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060927185918/http://www.ovrghs.ca/articles/Plants/Campanula%20zoysii.htm . 27 September 2006 . dead .
4. Book: Geburts und Taufregister . 1755–1762 . Ljubljana – Sv. Nikolaj . 90 . 7 March 2024.