> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 61](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264788) of TL-2 Suppl. I
> Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12323-1) LSID 12323-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q724538) QID Q724538
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> [!example] See also [[Alboff (Albov), Nicolai Michailowitch|first entry]] for this author
### Author
\* Alboff, Nicolas Michailowitch (1866-1897), Russian botanist; studied at the universities of Moscow, St. Pétersbourg and Odessa, travelled in the Caucasus and Lazistan 1889-1892, worked at the Herbier Boissier, Genève, identifying his material 1893-1894, collected for Barbey-Boissier in the Caucasus Mai-Oct 1893, again the Caucasus 1894-1895, at the Museum of Natural History at La Plata, Argentina 1895-1897, collected at Tierra del Fuego.
**Abbreviated name**: *Alboff* \[standard form in IPNI: *Albov*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection LP|LP]]. – Further material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BP|BP]], [[Collection CORD|CORD]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection JE|JE]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection LP|LP]], [[Collection SI|SI]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 29 (b. 15 Oct 1866, d. 6 Dec 1897); BL 1: 254; BM 1: 25; Bossert p. 6; CSP 13: 52; Hortus 3: 1187; IH 1 (ed.6): 355, 2: 30; Kew 1: 31; Rehder 1: 347, 368, 370, 5(index): 9; TL-2/1: 27-28; Tucker 1: 32; Urban-Berl. p. 324; Zander ed. 10, p. 627, ed. 11, p. 712.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Bot. Jahrb. 18 (Beibl. 44): 42. 1894 (A. returned to Genève from Caucasus).
- Autran, E., Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 1.6: 81-84. 1898 (personal recollections); Anal. Mus. La Plata, Bot. 1 (pref., portr.), i-iv \[biogr.\], v-vi \[bibl.\]. 1902.
- Briquet, J., Biogr. bot. Genève, *in* Ber. Schweiz. bot. Ges. 50a: 2-4. 1940 (biogr., bibl., b. 15 Oct 1866 at Parolowo (Gvt. Nijni-Novgorod), d. 6 Dec 1897, La Plata, Argentina).
- Burkart, A., Darwiniana 2: 128. 1928 (coll. Arg. at SI).
- Bush, N.A., Bull. Jard. Bot. St. Pétersbourg 7: 173-174. 1907 (Russian, German summary, on e.g. A's coll. at LE).
- Castellanos, A. and R.A. Perez-Moreau, Lilloa 7: 365, 404, 472, 591. 1941 (bibl.).
- Davis, P.H. and J.R. Edmondson, Notes R.B.G. Edinburgh 37(2): 274. 1929 (refs. to publ. relevant to Turkey, p.p. additional to Autran's bibl.).
- Dörfler, I., Botaniker-Adressbuch ed. 3. 388. 1909 (at Museo de La Plata \[sic. d. 1897\]).
- Herder, F.G.T.M. von, Bot. Centralbl. 67(30): 114-115. 21. Jul 1896 (review of A's Dans les coins perdus du Caucase, 34 p., 1895; published as a supplement to l'Écho des Alpes, Dec 1895).
- Lipschitz, S.V., Fl. URSS font. nos 1285-1288, 1329. 1975.
- Lipschitz, S.V. and I.T. Vasilzenko, Central Herb. U.S.S.R. 88. 1968 (handwriting sample).
- Moore, D.M., Fl. Tierra del Fuego 7, 8, 9. 1983.
- Parodi, L.R., Bol. Soc. Arg. Bot. 9: 4, 20, 56. 1961.
- Radde, G., Grundzüge Pfl.-Verbr. Kaukasusländ. 9, 11-12. 1899 (18 titles of publ. on Caucasus); Botanik, *in* his *Die Sammlungen des kaukasischen Museums* 2. \[pl. with portr.\]. 1901.
- Reiche, H., Grundz. Pfl.-Verbr. Chile (Veg. Erde 8) 28. 1907.
- Schuster, C. and W. Schweitz, Generalreg. Bot. Jahrb. 2(31-56): 2. 1938 (list of reviews of A's publ.).
- Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 173. 1903, 3(3): 64, 187. 1905 (portr.).
### Publications
##### n.18.993. Rhamphicarpa et Dioscorea
**Title**
Deux genres nouveaux pour la flore du Caucase (*Rhamphicarpa et Dioscorea*)... Acta Horti Petropolitani... 1893. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 11-31 Jan 1893 (in journal; p. 443: 10 Jan 1893), p. \[1\]-11. *Copies*: B-S, G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Acta Horti Petrop. 12(9): 433-464. 1893. – In Russian.
##### n.18.994. Contributions à la flore de la Transcaucasie
**Title**
*Contributions à la flore de la Transcaucasie*... Genève (Imprimerie Romet,...) 1893. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mai 1893 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-32, *pl. 9-12* (uncol. liths. Alboff & Cuisin).
*Copies*: G, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Herb. Boissier 1(5): 237-268, *pl. 9-12.* 1893.
##### n.18.995. Énumeration des plantes
**Title**
*Énumeration des plantes* recueillies dans le vilayet *de Trébizonde* en 1891... Acta Horti Petropolitani... 1893. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1893, p. \[1\]-\[14\]. *Copy*: B (photocopy of separate). – Reprinted and to be cited from Acta Horti Petrop. 13(8): 109\[=3\]-120\[=14\]. 1893; p. \[i\] is t.p. reprint. – In Russian.
##### n.18.996. Nouvelles contributions à la flore de la Transcaucasie
**Title**
*Nouvelles contributions à la flore de la Transcaucasie*... \[Bull. Herb. Boissier. 1894-1895\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*1*: Feb 1894 (in journal), p. \[1\]-5. – Issued as and to be cited from Bull. Herb. Boissier 2(2): 114-118. 1894. – *Campanulae novae Caucasicae*.
*2*: Apr 1894 (in journal), p. \[1\]-12, *2 pl*. (uncol. liths.). – Id. 2(4): 247-258. 1894. – *Quelques plantes nouvelles du Caucase*.
*3*: Jun 1894 (in journal), p. \[1\]-8. – Id. 2(7): 448-455. 1894. – Id. Suite.
*4*: Oct 1894 (in journal), p. \[1\]-3. – Id. 2(10): 639-641. 1894. – Id. Suite.
*5*: Mar 1895 (in journal), p. \[1\]-8. – Id. 3(3): 89-96. 1895. – Id. Suite.
\[*6*\]: Mai 1895 (in journal), p. \[1\]-12. – Id. 3(5): 228-239. 1895. – *Une nouvelle Campanule remarquable*.
*Copies*: B, G, L, NY, U.
##### n.18.997. Rapport préliminaire
**Title**
*Rapport préliminaire* sur une Excursion botanique dans la *Sierra Ventana*... La Plata (Talleres de publicaciones del Museo) 1895. Qu.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1895, p. \[1\]-7. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Revista Mus. La Plata 7: 181-185. 1895.
##### n.18.998. La flore alpine des calcaires de la Transcaucasie occidentale
**Title**
*La flore alpine des calcaires de la Transcaucasie occidentale*... \[Bull. Herb. Boissier ... 1895\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Oct 1895 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-27. *Copies*: B, G(with cover-t.p.: the reprint), NY, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Herb. Boissier 3(10): 512-538. 1895.
##### n.18.999. La nature de la Transcaucasie occidentale
**Title**
*La nature de la Transcaucasie occidentale*.... \[Bull. Assoc. protection pl.... 1895\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1895, p. \[1\]-7. *Copy*: G. – Reprint (not identified in print) from Bull. Ass. protect. pl. 13: 64-70. 1895.
##### n.19.000. Dans les coins perdus du Caucase
**Title**
*Dans les coins perdus du Caucase* (Souvenirs d'un voyage au Caucase fait en 1894 ... Genève (Imprimerie W. Kündig & fils) 1896. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Coins perdus Caucase*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Early 1896 (as reprint), p. \[1\]-34, *1 pl. Copy*: G. – Reprint of a Supplément à l'Écho des Alpes, Dec 1895 (n.v.).
##### n.19.001. Les forêts de la Transcaucasie occidentale
**Title**
*Les forêts de la Transcaucasie occidentale*... Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier... 1896. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Feb 1896 (in journal; Nat. Nov. Mar (2) 1896), p. \[1\]-17. *Copies*: B, G, L, NY, U. – Issued as and to be cited from Bull. Herb. Boissier 4(2): 61-77. 1896.
##### n.19.002. Contributions à la flore de la Terre de Feu
**Title**
*Contributions à la flore de la Terre de Feu*... 1-2. La Plata (Talleres de Publicaciones del Museo \[de la Plata\]) 1896. Oct.
**Notes**
*1* (Obs. vég. canal Beagle): Sep-Dec 1896 (p. 6: 25 Aug 1896; Bot. Centralbl. 24 Mar 1897, Nat. Nov. Jun (2) 1897), p. \[1\]-32, *pl*. \[1-4\]. – Reprinted from Revista Mus. La Plata 7 (n.v.). *Copies*: G(2), MO, NY.
*2* (Énum. pl. canal Beagle): Oct-Dec 1896 (Bot Centralbl. 24 Mar 1897, Nat. Nov. Jun (2) 1897, p. 5: 1 Oct 1896), p. \[1\]-48, *pl. 0, 1-7.* – Id. 7 (n.v.). *Copies*: G(2), MO.
*Note*: Text in 2: \[41\]-48 contains *Cyperaceae et Gramineae* by Fr. Kurtz; these pages also reprinted with independend pagination \[1\]-8, at MO. – For Fritz Kurtz see TL-2/2: 705-707.
##### n.19.003. La naturaleza en la Tierra del Fuego
**Title**
*La naturaleza en la Tierra del Fuego*... La Plata (Talleres de publicaciones del Museo \[de La Plata\]) 1896. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Naturaleza Tierra d. Fuego*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Sep-Dec 1896 (lecture delivered 6 Sep 1896), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-16. *Copy*: G. – Published in the series Lecturas publicas, Museo de la Plata, no. 1, \[read:\] 6 Sep 1896.
##### n.19.004. Essai de flore raisonnée de la Terre de Feu
**Title**
*Essai de flore raisonnée de la Terre de Feu*. La Plata 1897, see TL-2/77.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1902 (ÖBZ Jul 1903; Bot. Centralbl. 24 Mar 1903). *Further copy*: L.
*Ref*.: Pilger, R., Bot. Jahrb. 33 (Lit.): 36-37. 8 Dec 1903 (review).