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### Author
Billberg, Gustaf Johan (1772-1844), Swedish "Hammarrättsråd" and botanist and zoologist.
**Abbreviated name**: *Billb.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Billb.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
at [[Collection S|S]]\[?\]; the herbarium of G. J. Billberg's son, Johan Immanuel B. \[1799-1845\], is at [[Collection S|S]].
*Ref*.: IH 2: 74 (G. J. Billberg).
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 2(2): 400; Barnhart 1: 186; BM 1: 163, 6: 92; CSP 1: 364; Jackson p. 499; Kew 1: 245; KR p. 83; NI (sub Svensk Botanik); PR 775.
- Wikström, Consp. 31-33. 1821.
- Wittrock, Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 6. 1905.
- Boëthius, Sv. biogr. Lex. 4: 351-352. 1924 (bibl.)
- Rickett, NAF 28B(2): 320. 1945.
#### Composite works
Palmstruch, Svensk Botanik, vol. 1 (ed. 2) 1815, vol. 7. 1812, vol. 8. 1819 (see Wikström, Conspectus p. 32 for reviews and criticism), vol. 9. 1822.
#### Eponymy
*Billbergia* Thunberg (1821).
### Publications
##### n.517. Botanicon Scandinaviae
**Title**
*Botanicon Scandinaviae* seu plantarum in Suecia et Norvegia sponte crescentium icones, plerumque ad vivum coloratae, cum descriptionibus succinctis, synonymis selectis et differentiis specificis, a... Ex opere Svensk Botanik dicto, ab ill. Olao Swartz elaborato. Stockholm, Uppsala, Carolstad, Arosia, Orebrö (E. Bruzelius) 1822, 2 fasc. Oct. †.
**Abbreviated title**: *Bot. Scand.*
**Notes**
*Fasc. 1*: *pl. 1-18*, each with 1 p. text. 1822. *Copy*: NY.
*Fasc. 2*: *pl. 19-36*, idem. *Copy*: NY. – The coloured plates are the same as those in Palmstruch, *Svensk Botanik* vol. 1, ed. 3, nos. 1-36. See Krok p. 83 and 99 for further details.
*Ref*.: KR p. 83, 99; NI (sub Svensk Botanik); PR 775.