Palla (surname)
Palla is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Eduard Palla (1864 – 1922), Austrian botanist and mycologist of Moravian descent * Maria Antónia Palla (born 1933), Portoguese journalist, writer and feminist * Stephan Palla (born 1989), professional footballer See also * Palla (other) * Pala (surname) The surname Pala may refer to: *Pala dynasty (other) * Ano Pala, Papua New Guinean politician * Doğukan Pala, Turkish footballer * František Pála, Czech tennis player * Hubert Pala, Polish footballer * İskender Pala, Turkish professor ...

Eduard Palla
Eduard Palla (3 September 1864 – 7 March 1922) was an Austrian botanist and mycologist of Moravian descent. As a botanist he specialized in research of Cyperaceae (sedges), of which he was the taxonomic authority of many species. From 1883 to 1887 he studied natural sciences at the University of Vienna, receiving his doctorate with a dissertation on the plant anatomy, anatomy and systematics of Cyperaceae. Following graduation he worked as an assistant to Gottlieb Haberlandt at the University of Graz, where in 1891 he obtained his habilitation in botany. In 1900–01 he conducted investigations of sedges and tropical fungi on Java and Sumatra of the Dutch East Indies. In 1909 he became an associate professor at Graz, followed by a full professorship in 1913. Selected works * ''Atlas der Alpenflora'' (with Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre and Anton Hartinger), II, new edition, 1897 – Atlas of Alpine plants, Alpine flora. * ''Ueber die gattung Phyllactinia'', 1899 – On the genu ...
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Maria Antónia Palla
Maria Antónia Palla (born 10 January 1933) is a journalist, writer and feminist who was one of the first female journalists in Portugal. She played an important role in the legalization of abortion in the country, by promoting the practice in interviews and television programmes. In 2004 Palla was awarded the title of Commander of the Order of Liberty. She is the mother of António Costa, the current Prime Minister of Portugal. Early life Maria Antónia Palla was born Maria Antónia de Assis dos Santos in Seixal, Portugal in January 1933 at the home of her paternal grandparents. At the age of four she moved to Sintra. She was brought up in an atheist, communist, and republican family. Her paternal grandfather and grandmother were Republicans and Freemasons. Her father, Ítalo Ferrer dos Santos, was the first in his family not to be baptised as a Catholic. Her mother was Angelina Painço de Assis. In contrast to her father's parents, her mother's parents were very conservativ ...
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Stephan Palla
Stephan Maceda Palla (born 15 May 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Austrian Landesliga club ASK Voitsberg. Born in Austria, Palla spent his youth and early career with Rapid Wien before joining Wolfsberg. He then spent a season in Thailand with Buriram United before returning to Austria. At international level, he represented the youth teams of his birth country before switching to the Philippines, for whom he is eligible through his mother. He made his senior international debut in 2015. Club career Rapid Vienna Palla began his career with SC Mauerbach and joined in the year 1998 to the Academy from SK Rapid Wien. In the season 2007/2008 trained with the first team from Rapid Vienna and gave his debut on 29 March 2008 against Wacker Innsbruck. In summer 2008 was announced he will play on loan by FC Lustenau, he was not contract with the cooperations club and joined to the reserve team from Rapid Wien in January 2009. On 15 January 2010 left SK R ...
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Palla (other)
Palla may refer to: * Palla (garment), a women's headcloth or shawl from ancient Rome * ''Palla'' (butterfly), a brush-footed butterfly genus described by Jacob Hübner in 1819 * Palla (troubadour), a twelfth-century minstrel from Galicia * Palla, North 24 Parganas, village in West Bengal, India * ''Palla'', a tortrix moth genus invalidly described by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, nowadays considered a junior synonym of ''Pammene'' * Palla (fish), see Ilish * Palla (surname), a surname * Palla (game), a ball game from Tuscany (Italy) See also * Pall (other) * Pallium The pallium (derived from the Roman ''pallium'' or ''palla'', a woolen cloak; : ''pallia'') is an ecclesiastical vestment in the Catholic Church, originally peculiar to the pope, but for many centuries bestowed by the Holy See upon metropolit ...