> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 107](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120238) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/31247-1) LSID 31247-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2634689) QID Q2634689 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Balbis, Giovanni-Batista (Jean-Baptiste in France) (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author ### Author Balbis, Giovanni-Batista (1765-1831), Italian physician and botanist at Torino, pupil of Allioni. **Abbreviated name**: *Balb.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Balb.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection TO|TO]]; plants from the Lyonnese period at [[Collection LY|LY]]. *Ref*.: IH 2: 51; Saccardo 2: 14. - Burnat, Bull. Soc. bot. France 30: cx-cxi. 1883. - Hawksworth, Mycologist's handb. 181. 1974. #### Bibliography and biography AG 2(1): 406, 5(2): 290; Barnhart 1: 110; BL 2: 194, 380; BM 1: 90-91, 6: 51; Bossert p. 22; CSP 1: 167-168; GR p. 513; IF p. 680; Jackson 200, 286, 320, 438; Kew 1: 137; LS 1586-1592; MD p. 50-52; MW p. 30; NI 70-71, 1448; PR 362-368; Saccardo 1: 20, 2: 14; Cron. p. xiv; Zander ed. 10, p. 630. - Anon., Flora 14: 240. 1831. - Anon., Alg. Konst- Letter-Bode 1831(2): 193-194. 1831. - Anon., Bibliot. Ital. (Milano) 61: 408-410. 1831. - Anon. \[S.\], Flora 14: 240. 1831. - Candolle, Bibl. Univ. sci. 46(2): 214-217. 1831. - Grognier, Bull. Sci. nat. 26(9): 281-285. 1831. - Colla, Elogio storico... G. B. Balbis. Torino 1832 (n.v., fide BMNH). - Colla, Mem. Accad. Sci. Torino 36(1): xxvii-liv. 1833. - Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon 1836 (frontispiece portr.) - Candolle, Mémoires et souvenirs 371-372, 129, 157. 1862. - Fournier, in Baillon, Dict. bot. 1: 354. 1876. - Burnat, Bull. Soc. bot. France 30: cx-cxi. 1883. - Wittrock, Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 108, 159. 1903. 3(3): 174. 1905. - Mangin, Bull. Soc. bot. Lyon 32: 4-5. 1907. - Mattirolo, Cronistoria orto bot. (Valentino) Torino liii-lv. 1929 (portr.) - Bollea et al., Enciclop. Ital. 5: 906. 1930. - Cavillier, Boissiera 5: 13-14. 1941. - Stafleu, *in* Daniels and Stafleu, Taxon 21: 66. 1972 (portr.) #### Composite works With D. Nocca: *Flora ticinensis*, q.v. #### Eponymy *Balbisia* A. P. de Candolle (1833); *Balbisia* Cavanilles (1804, *nom. cons.); Balbisia* Willdenow (1803, *nom. rej.*) #### Handwriting Candollea 27: 315-316. 1972. ### Publications ##### n.276. Elenco **Title** *Elenco* delle piante crescenti ni contorni di Torino compilato dal cittadino Giovanni Battista Balbis medico dell' armata francese in Italia. Torino anno 9° republicano \[1801\] dalla Stamperia filantropica. Oct. (in fours) **Abbreviated title**: *Elenco*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1801 (the 9th year of the Republic ran from 23 Sep 1800-17 Sep 1801; p. 4: 1 Nivôse an 9 = 22 Dec 1800), p. \[1\]-102, \[1, err.\] *Copies*: G, HH, NY. *Ref*.: BM 1: 90; Kew 1: 137; LS 1586; PR 362. ##### n.277. Catalogus plantarum **Title** *Catalogus plantarum* horti botanici taurinensis. A. reip. gall. xii. (1804) Ex typographia phylantropica. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. pl.* **Notes** *Ed. 1804*: (p. viii: 18 Dec 1803; an. xii = 24 Sep 1803-17 Sep 1804), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-50. *Copy*: *NY*. *Ed. 1807: Catalogus stirpium horti botanici taurinensis*, Torino (Ex typographia partitionis) 1807 (p. \[3\]: 1 Jan 1807) Oct. (in fours), p. \[1\]-63. *Copy*: HU. *Ed. 1810: Catalogas plantarum... ad annum 1810.* Torino (Typographia praefecturae) s.d. \[1810\] (p. 3: 15 Dec 1809), p. \[1\]-67. *Copies*: G, NY. *Ed. 1812*: *Catalogus stirpium... ad annum mdcccxii*. Torino (Vincenti Bianco) s.d. \[1812\] (p. 7: 1 Nov 1811; BF 4 Jan 1812), p. \[1\]-80, \[1, err.\]. *Copies*: M, NY. *Ed. 1813: Catalogus stirpium... ad annum mdcccxiii.* Torino (Vincenti Bianco) s.d. \[1813\] (p. 4: 1 Jan 1813; donated to Torino Acad. 8 Feb 1813; BF 12 Mar 1813), p. \[1\]-83. *Copies*: M, NY, US, USDA. *Ed. 1814*: *Ad catalogum stirpium horti academici taurinensis* editum anno mdeccxiii *appendix prima*. s.d., s.l. \[Torino 1814\] (p. 4: 1 Apr 1814, p. 18: mdccxiv), p. \[I\]-18. *Copies*: *M, *USDA. No information is available to us on issues for 1805 and 1811, mentioned, but not seen, by PR. *Ref*.: Kew 1: 137; PR 366. ##### n.278. Miscellanea botanica **Title** *Miscellanea botanica* ubi et rariorum horti botanici stirpium, minusque cognitarum descriptiones, ac additamentum alterum ad floram pedemontanam, et ad Elenchum plantarum circa taurinensem urbem nascentium; tum locorum natalium indicatio, ac observationes botanicae continentur. \[Torino 1804\]. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Misc. bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1803 or, more likely, 1804 (read 23 Jan 1803), p. \[i\], \[1\]-68, \[2 p. tab. expl.\], *11 plates*, reprinted with independent pagination and separate title page from "Mém. de l'Ac. des Sc. de Turin vol. 7" \[on plates\], which is 7(1): 317-386. 1804 \[an xii; 24 Sep 1803-17 Sep 1804\]. *Copies*: G, HH, MO. -The plates (nos 1-11) are uncoloured copper engravings by Chianale Amati et Tela, Torino. *Miscellanea altera botanica* \[Torino 1809\], p. \[1\]-43, *pl. 1-2*, no special t.p. but reprinted with independent pagination from Mem. Acad. Sci. Turin 1805-1808: 199-241. 1809; read to Academy on 19 Jan 1806. *Copies*: G, HH, HU, MO. *Ref*.: Kew 1: 137; LS 1588, 1589 \[34\]; PR 363. ##### n.279. Flora taurinensis **Title** *Flora taurinensis* sive enumeratio plantarum circa Taurinensem urbem nascentium. Torino (Ex typographia Johannis Giossi) 1806. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. taur.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1806, probably Jan-Mar (Balbis sent a copy to Dégerand on 1 Apr 1806 (MD), rev. Nuov. Giorn. Lett. Pisa ser. 2. 4: 439 Mai-Jun 1806, BH), p. \[i\]-xvi, 1-224. *Copies*: G, NY. *Ref*.: BM 1: 91; Kew 1: 137; LS 1590; MD p. 50; PR 365. - Schrader, Neues J. Bot. 3(1/2): 190-194. Apr 1809. ##### n.280. Horti academici taurinensis stirpium **Title** *Horti academici taurinensis stirpium* minus cognitarum aut forte novarum icones et descriptiones. Fasciculus primus. Torino (Ex typis Imperialis Academiae Scientiarum, Literarum, et Artium) 1810. Qu. †. **Abbreviated title**: *Hort. taur. stirp.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1810, p. \[1\]-28, *pl*. \[*1-7*\], \[1 expl. pl.\]. *Copies*: G, NY. – Expl. pl. and errata on p. 3 of cover. – Preprinted, with independent pagination, Jul-Dec 1810 (read on 2 Jun 1810) from Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Turin 18: 347-363, *pl. iv-ix.* 1811. In a letter (at G) from Balbis to Froelich dated 15 Jan 1811 Balbis writes: "Habebis cito... primum fasciculum plantarum horti hujusce." – Seven copper engravings by Angela Bottione. *Ref*.: Jackson 438; Kew 1: 137; NI 70; PR 367. ##### n.281. Flore lyonnaise **Title** *Flore lyonnaise*, ou description des plantes qui croissent dans les environs de Lyon et sur le Mont-Pilat. Lyon (C. Coque) 1827-1828, 2 vols. (in 3). Oct. (in fours) **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. lyon.* **Notes** *Vol. 1, part 1*: Oct-Nov 1827 (pref. p. xvi: Oct 1827, BF 21 Nov 1827), p. \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-471. *Copy*: B. *Vol. 1, part 2*: 21 Oct-21 Nov 1827 (errata: 21 Oct 1827, BF 21 Nov 1827), p. \[i-iii\], \[473\]-890, \[1, err.\], Tableau synopt.: \[1\]-30. *Copy*: B. *Vol. 2*: 1 Mai-5 Jul 1828 (preface 1 Mai 1828, BF 5 Jul 1828), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-371, \[372, err.\]. *Copy*: B. – Other state: errata on p. \[372\] lacking. *Supplement*, Anonymous, 1835, see Roffavier. *Ref*.: BM 1: 91;BL 2: 188; Kew 1: 137; Jackson p. 286; LS 1592; MD p. 51-52, PR 368; IDC 245. - Tucker, Cat. Arnold Arb. 1: 54. 1914.