Peter René Oscar Bally

Peter René Oscar Bally (9 May 1895, in Schönenwerd, Switzerland – 26 July 1980, in Nairobi) was a Swiss botanical illustrator, botanist and taxonomist. The standard author abbreviation P.R.O.Bally is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. In 1957 he returned to Europe, working for some time on the Marnier-Lapostolle collection at the Jardin Botanique Lès Cedres in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, and then for some 12 years at the Conservatoire et Jardin Botanique in Geneva.

Peter René Oscar Bally

Peter René Oscar Bally (9 May 1895, in Schönenwerd, Switzerland – 26 July 1980, in Nairobi) was a Swiss botanical illustrator, botanist and taxonomist. The standard author abbreviation P.R.O.Bally is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. In 1957 he returned to Europe, working for some time on the Marnier-Lapostolle collection at the Jardin Botanique Lès Cedres in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, and then for some 12 years at the Conservatoire et Jardin Botanique in Geneva.