> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 287](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265014) of TL-2 Suppl. 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|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Balbis, Giovanni-Batista \[Jean-Baptiste in France\] (1765-1831), Italian (Piemont) botanist, studied medicine, succeeded Allioni as professor at the University of Torino and director of its Botanical Garden 1802-1814; dismissed as such in 1814 because he had served the French, in Torino, during the Napoleontic occupation; retired to Pavia working with D. Nocca on a *Flora ticinensis*; director of the Botanical Garden in Lyon, France 1819-1830; in retirement in Torino. **Abbreviated name**: *Balb.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Balb.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection TO|TO]]; plants from the Lyonnese period at [[Collection LY|LY]]; further material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BASSA|BASSA]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BP|BP]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection FI|FI]]-W, [[Collection G|G]]-DC, [[Collection H|H]] (large set in herb. Steven), [[Collection LY|LY]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MOD|MOD]], [[Collection MPU|MPU]], [[Collection PAD|PAD]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection W|W]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 2(1): 406, 5(2): 290; Barnhart 1: 110 (b. 17 Nov 1765, Moretta, Saluzzo; d. 13 Feb 1831, Torino); BL 2: 194, 380; BM 1: 90-91, 6: 51; Bossert p. 22; CSP 1: 167-168; Frank 3(Anh.): 7; GR p. 513; GR, cat. p. 60; Hegi 6(2): 1304; Hortus 3: 1187; IF p. 680; IH 2: 51; Jackson p. 200, 286, 320, 438; Kew 1: 137; Lasègue p. 70, 342, 344; LS 1586-1592; MD p. 50-52; MW p. 30; NAF ser. 2. 2: 150; NI 70-71, 1448; PR 362-368, ed. 1: 424-431; Rehder 1: 61, 408, 424, 425; Saccardo 1: 20 (further biogr. refs.), 2: 14 (list herb.), cron. p. civ; Stevenson p. 1235; TL-1: 13; TL-2/1: 107-109, 6842 see C. Lortet, 9432 see G. Roffavier, see N.C. Seringe, K.P.J. Sprengel; Tucker 1: 54, 146; Urban-Berl. p. 293, 326, 414; Zander ed. 10, p. 630, ed. 11, p. 716. #### Biofile - Anon., Bibl. Ital. (Milano) 61: 408-410. 1831 (obit.); Alg. Konst- Letterbode 1831(2): 193-194. 1831 (obit.); Flora 3(1) Beil. 1: 3-4. 1820, 14: 240. 1831 (obit.); Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon 1923: frontisp. portr. 1924 (with caption). - Bollea et al., Enciclop. Ital. 5: 906. 1930. - Boyer, J., Dict. biogr. franç. 4: 1416-1417. 1948. - Burnat, E., Bull. Soc. bot. France 30 (sess. extraord.): cx-cxi. 1883 (brief biogr. account, list of publ., note on herb.). - Candolle, Alph. de, Mém. souvenirs 129, 157, 371-372. 1862. - Candolle, A.P. de, Bibl. univ. Sci. 46(2): 214-217. 1831 (obit., d. 13 Feb 1831; born at Moretta, Piémont). - Cavillier, F., Boissiera 5: 13-14. 1941. - Colla, L.A., Elogio storico... G.B. Balbis, Torino 1832 (n.v., fide BM(NH)); Mem. Accad. Sci. Torino 36(1): xxvii-liv. 1833. - Dal Vesco, G. et al., Allionia 28: 5-20. 1987-88 ("loci classici", types). - Dawson, W.R., Smith papers 10. 1934. - Forniers, G. et al., Allionia 28: 21-35. 1987-88 (catal. coll. B.), 29: 112. 1989 (corr. with Bellardi). - Fournier, E., *in* H.E. Baillon, Dict. bot. 1: 354. 1877. - Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 27(3): 202, 209. 1938 (dir. Torino bot. gard. 1801-1814, dir. Lyon bot. gard. 1819-20 Aug 1830). - Grognier, L.F., Bull. Sci. nat. géol. 26(9): 281-285. 1831 (obit., bibl.). - Hoefer, F., Nouv. Biogr. gén. 237. 1853. - Hawksworth, D., Mycol. handb. 181. 1974 (coll.). - Ilg, W., Hoppea 42: 318. 1984 (membership Regensb. bot. Ges. 1829). - Lack, H.W. and O. v. Sydow, Willdenowia 13: 411. 1983 (corr. with Froelich in UPS-UB). - Mangin, C.A., Bull. Soc. bot. Lyon 32: 4-5, 62, 125. 1907. - Mattirolo, O., Cronist. orto bot. (Valentino). Torino liii-lv. 1929 (portr.). - Mussa, E., Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Torino ser. 2. 65(2). 1916 (study of B's work on the flora of Torino). - Roux, C., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon 19: 207. 1912 (mss.). - Schmid, G., Chamisso als Naturforscher 303. 1942. - Stafleu, F.A., Taxon 21: 66. 1972 (portr.). - Stieber, M.T., Huntia 4(1): 32. 1981 (contents letter 31 Jun 1802, mentions Elenco 1801; already director Torino). - Urban, I., Symb. ant. 3(1): 18-19. 1902 (B. distributed Bertero's specimens Antilles Venezuela; name of collector Bertero often not mentioned; B. was not the collector). - Wittrock, V.B., Acta horti Berg. 3(2): 108, 159. 1903, 3(3): 174. 1905 (on portr.). #### Composite works - (1) Co-author, with D. Nocca, *Flora ticinensis* 1816-1821, 2 vols., TL-2/6842. ### Publications ##### n.20.049. Trois nouvelles espèces d'hépatique **Title** *Trois nouvelles espèces d'hépatique* à ajouter à la flore du Piémont... \[Mém. Acad. R. Sci. Torino... 1804\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1804, p. \[3\]-7, *2 pl*. (col. copp. engr. by Ghianate Amati & Tela). *Copy*: G. − Reprinted and to be cited from Mém. Acad. R. Sci. Turin 1802-1803, 15: 73-77, *2 pl*. 1804. ##### n.20.050. De Crepidis nova specie **Title** *De Crepidis nova specie*; adduntur etiam aliquot cryptogamae florae Pedemontanae ... \[Mém. Accad. R. Sci. Torino... 1805\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1805 (by inference; in journal; read 24 Nivose an 12, 15 Jan 1804), p. \[1\]-23, *pl. 1-2* (uncol. copp. engr. by Ch. Amati et Tela). *Copies*: G. MO. − Reprinted and to be cited from Mem. Acad. R. Sci. Turin 1803-1804, 16: 66-68. 1805, see CSP 1: 167-168. ##### n.20.051. Enumeratio plantarum officinalium **Title** *Enumeratio plantarum officinalium* horti botanici Taurinenses Augustae Gallorum imperatricis Josephinae... Taurini \[Torino\] (ex Typographia phylantropica) a. 13. (1805). Oct. (half sheets). **Abbreviated title**: *Enum. pl. off.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar-Aug 1805 (preface 15 ven. anno 13: 6 Mar 1805; Neue Leipz. Lit.-Z. 6 Sep 1805), p. \[1\]-62. *Copies*: G, NY. ##### n.20.052. Elenchus recentium stirpium **Title** *Elenchus recentium stirpium*, quas Pedemontanae florae addendas censet... \[Taurini (Torino)... 1816\]. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Elench. rec. stirp.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1816 (possibly available as preprint shortly after reading the text on 26 Mai 1816. However, Flora 6(2) Beibl. 3: 98. Nov-Dec 1823, sic, dates this at 1819. This, however may have been the date of the complete journal volume. The immediate post-Napoleontic publications are very difficult to date.), p. \[1\]-11. *Copy*: G. − Pages 10-11 have a text "Elenchus stirpium quas pedemontanae florae addendas... die 8 Juli 1806", sic. It is possible that this text was published as a preprint at the same time as p. 1-9. − Preprinted or reprinted from Mém. R. Acad. Sci. Turin 23: 102-11. 1818 or 1819. *Note*: LS (1591) dates p. 102-110 at 1816 and p. 111-112 at 1818, this assuming that the journal volume came out in 2 parts.