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". He is best known today as the namesake of

zoysia ''Zoysia'' (;"Zoysia."
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grass, which was named by

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in 1801. The bellflower '' Campanula zoysii'' is also named after him. 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

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(german: Laibach). His brother was the natural scientist and patron of the arts

Sigmund Zois Sigmund Zois Freiherr von Edelstein, usually referred as Sigmund Zois ( sl, Žiga Zois, formerly Slovenized as ''Cojs'' or ''Cojz''; ) (23 November 1747 – 10 November 1819) was a Carniolan nobleman, natural scientist and patron of the arts. He ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zois, Karl von 1756 births 1799 deaths Scientists from Ljubljana Carniolan botanists