Jean-Baptiste Barla, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French botanist
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Place of Birth: Nice, Provence-Alpes-CĂ´te d'Azur, France
About Jean-Baptiste Barla
- Jean-Baptiste Barla (3 May 1817, Nice – 6 November 1896) was a French botanist. Barla was a man of independent means and dedicated himself to investigate the fungi and orchids of the South of France.
- "Cette végétation exceptionelle, doit évidemment sa richesse et sa variété à la configuration topographique, toute particulière, du bassin des Alpes-Maritimes.
- Dans ce pays favorisé par la nature, croissent la plupart des orchidées de France, d'Italie, d'Allemange, etc." (Introduction to illustrée de Nice et des Alpes-Maritimes). In 1846 with Jean Baptiste Vérany (1800–1865) he founded the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Nice where wax casts of thousands of mushrooms he made or had made were exhibited.
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