> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 286](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265013) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/416-1) LSID 416-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q536946) QID Q536946 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Balansa, Benedict (Benjamin)|first entry]] for this author ### Author Balansa, Benedict ("Benjamin") (1825-1891), French botanical explorer, born on a ship in the Canal du Midi, S. France, on the way to Narbonne, life-long traveller, first trip to Algeria (1847-1848), again Algeria 1850-1853, first trip to the orient (Smyrna, western Anatolia) 1854-1855, again in the Orient (Cappadoce) 1856, and 1857-1865 (collecting with Smyrna as base), Lazistan 1866, Morocco 1867, New Caledonia 1868-1872, to Paraguay 1873-1877 and 1878-1884, Tonkin and Java 1885-1889, and 1890-1891; died in Tonkin. **Abbreviated name**: *Balansa* \[standard form in IPNI: *Balansa*\] #### Herbarium and types TL-2/1: 107 and IH 2: 51; holdings not mentioned so far are at: [[Collection AWH|AWH]], [[Collection BHV|BHV]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection FI|FI]]-W, [[Collection GE|GE]], [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection H|H]] (also phanerogams), [[Collection JE|JE]], [[Collection LD|LD]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MPU|MPU]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection PAD|PAD]] (lich., fungi), [[Collection PAV|PAV]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 2(2): 384, 12(1): 265; Barnhart 1: 110; BJI 1: 3; BM 6: 51; Bossert p. 22; Clokie p. 124-125; CSP 1: 66, 7: 76, 12: 45, 13: 258; GR p. 304; Hegi 5(2): 993; Hortus 3: 1187; IH 2: 51; Kew 1: 137; Rehder 1: 509, 2: 58, 174; SK 1: 32-33 (documentation on Singapore and W. Java); TL-2/1: 107, see indexes; Urban-Berl. p. 273, 293, 326; Zander ed. 10, p. 630, ed. 11, p. 716. #### Biofile - Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 1: 44, 107-108. 1854, 2: 654-657. 1856 (letter from Cilicie), 3: 354-355. 1856, 4: 208, 431-432. 1857, 13(Bibl.): 93. 1866, 14(Bibl.): 46, 96. 1867, 16(Bibl.): 192, 323-324 (letter). 1869, 19(Bibl.): 97. 1872, 20(Bibl.): 184. 1873, 21(Bibl.): 240. 1875, 23(C.R.): 123-124 (letter). 1876, 39(C.R.): 78 (d.). 1892; J. Bot. (Morot) 6(2): 44. 1892 (d.); Rev. Bot. 10(110): 661-664. 1892 (obit.). - Astre, G., La vie de Benjamin Balansa, botaniste explorateur, Toulouse 1947, 200 p., *3 pl. *(main biography); Mém. Acad. Sci. Inscr. Belles-Lettres. Toulouse ser. 14, 3(124): 17-34. 1962 (documents on trip Tonkin, Java); Bull. Soc. Hist. nat. Toulouse 101: 170. 1966. - Boissier, P.E., Fl. orient. 1: xx. 1867. - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 393-394. 1880. - Coats, A.M., The plant hunters 28, 34. 1969. - Cosson, E. and M.C. Durieu de M., Expl. Sci. Algérie, Bot. 2: xx. 1868, \[Cosson\]; Comp. fl. Atl. 1: 16-17. 1881 (coll.). - Davy de Virville, A., Hist. bot. France 381 \[index\]. 1954. - Debeaux, O., Rev. Bot., Toulouse 10(118-119): 661-662. Oct-Nov 1892 (obit. not.). - Gagnepain, F., Fl. Indochine tome prél. 34. 1944. - Maire, R., Progr. connais. bot. Algérie 86-87, 92. 1931. - Reed, C.F., Bibliography to floras of Southeast Asia 11. 1969. - Roumeguère, C., Rev. mycol. 14(54): 88. 1 Apr 1892 (died at Hanoï, 18 Nov 1891, extract from last letter). - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 285-286. 1975 (herb. colls.). - Stevenson, J.A., Beih. Nova Hedwigia 36: 28-30. 1981 (mycol. coll.). - Wagenitz, G., Index coll. princ. herb. Gotting. 17. 1982 (material at GOET, biogr. refs.). #### Handwriting G. Astre, *La vie de Benjamin Balansa*, Toulouse 1947, figs. 4 and 5. #### Composite works - (1) With P.E. Boissier, *Description du genre Thurya*, see Boissier. ### Publications ##### n.20.044. Ascension du Mont Humboldt **Title** *Ascension du Mont Humboldt* (Cando des Néo-Calédoniens),... Extrait du Bulletin de la Société botanique de France... **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul (prim.) 1873 (in journal), p. \[303\]-311. *Copy*: G. − Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Soc. bot. France 19: 303-311. 1873. − The reprint contains also p. 312-329. ##### n.20.045. Catalogue des Graminées de la Nouvelle-Calédonie **Title** *Catalogue des Graminées de la Nouvelle-Calédonie*... \[Paris (Imprimerie de E. Martinet) s.d. \[1873\]\]. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul (prim.) 1873 (in journal; read 27 Dec 1872), p. \[315\]-329. *Copy*: G. − Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Soc. bot. France 19: 315-329. 1873. ##### n.20.046. Catalogue des Graminées du Lazistan **Title** *Catalogue des Graminées du Lazistan*, précédé de quelques considérations sur la végétation de cette contrée,... \[Extrait du Bulletin de la Société botanique de France... \[1874\]\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Feb-Apr 1874 and Mai (sero)-Jun (prim.) 1874 (in journal), p. \[331\]-334, \[on verso of 334: 10\]-19. *Copy*: G. − Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Soc. bot. France 20(CRS 3): 331-334. Feb-Apr 1874 and 21(CRS 1): 10-19 Mai (sero)-Jun (prim.). 1874. ##### n.20.047. Liste des Mousses du Paraguay **Title** *Liste des Mousses du Paraguay* distribuées en 1884... Extrait de la Revue Bryologique ... 1885. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1885, p. \[1\]-3. *Copy*: G. − Reprinted and to be cited from Rev. bryol. 1885: 17-19. ##### n.20.048. Catalogue des Graminées de l'Indo-Chine **Title** *Catalogue des Graminées de l'Indo-Chine* française... \[Paris (J. Mersch) 1890\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 16 Jan-1 Mai 1890 (in journal), p. \[1\]-43. *Copies*: B, G. − Reprinted with independent pagination from J. Bot. \[Morot\] 4: 27-32. 16 Jan, 76-84. 16 Feb, 109-116. 16 Mar, 135-145. 1 Apr, 161-172. 1 Mai 1890. *Ref*.: Taubert, P.H.W., Bot. Jahrb. 12(Lit.): 64. 23 Dec 1890 (rev.).