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### Author
Balfour, John Hutton (1808-1884), British botanist at Glasgow 1841-1845, King's botanist in Scotland, professor of botany in Edinburgh 1845-1879, father of I. B. Balfour.
**Abbreviated name**: *Balf.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Balf.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection E|E]], Scottish material also at [[Collection GL|GL]], [[Collection K|K]] and [[Collection PTH|PTH]].
*Ref*.: IH 2: 52.
- Kent, Brit. herbaria 41. 1953.
- Hedge and Lamond, Index coll. Edinburgh 57. 1970.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 112; BB p. 17; BL 2: 296-298, 306, 308, 309; BM 1: 92; Bossert p. 23; CSP 1: 170, 7: 77, 9: 108, 13: 262; GR p. 388-389; Jackson p. 518 \[index\]; Kew 1: 143-145; Langman p. 107; LS 1605-1606; MW p. 31; Proc.
- Linn. Soc. 1883-1884: 30; Zander ed. 10, p. 630.
- Britten, J. Bot. 22: 128. 1884.
- Babington, Memorials 471. 1897.
- I. B. Balfour, Notes Edinburgh Bot. Garden 2: 21-23. 1902.
- I. B. Balfour, *in* Oliver, Makers Brit. botany 293-300. 1913 (portr.)
- Desmond, DSB 1: 423. 1970.
#### Composite works
*Annals and Magazine of natural History*, editor, vol. 9-20, ser. 2. 1-20, 1842-1857.
#### Eponymy
*Balfourodendron* Mello ex D. Oliver (1877).
### Publications
##### n.287. Flora of Edinburgh
**Title**
*Flora of Edinburgh* being a list of plants found in the vicinity of Edinburgh by John Hutton Balfour... assisted by John Sadler... Edinburgh (Adam and Charles Black) 1863. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Edinburgh*.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: John Sadler (1837-1882), mosses, hepatics and lichens.
*Publ*.: 1863, p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-174, 2 maps. *Copies*: BM, NY.
*Ref*.: BL 1: 306; BM 1: 92; Jackson p. 252.