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### Author
Re, Giovanni Francesco (1773-1833), Italian botanist; Dr. med. Univ. Torino; practicing physician at Susa; from 1818 professor of botany, chemistry and physics at the Veterinary College at Torino.
**Abbreviated name**: *Re* \[standard form in IPNI: *Re*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection TO|TO]] (Piemonte), formerly at Orto botanico Sassari, Sardinia (fide Mattirolo 1929).
#### Bibliography and biography
Backer p. 484 (epon. *Reana*); Barnhart 3: 133 (b. 27 Sep 1773, d. 2 Nov 1833); BL 2: 380, 706; BM 4: 1675; CSP 5: 113; De Toni 1: civ, 2: c; GR p. 537; Herder p. 179; Kew 4: 422; LS 21846-21849; MD p. 204-206; PR 7442-7444, ed. 1: 8400-8402; Rehder 5: 705; Saccardo 1: 136, 180, 2: 91, cron. xxx; TL-2/5701.
#### Biofile
- Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon 1847-1849: xiv. 1850 (d. 2 Nov 1833).
- Lessona, M., *in* G.F. Re, *La flora segusina* 1881, p. vii-xxv (biogr. Re; b. 27 Sep 1772).
- Barraja, E. et al., Il botanico Giovanni Francesco Re, Torino 1909, 127 p. (p. 53-75: O. Mattirolo, discussion of works; bibl.).
- Burnat, É., Boissiera 5: 74-75. 1941, Bull. Soc. bot. France 30: cxxvii. 1883.
- Caso, B., *in* G.F.Re, Fl. Segus. 1881 (biogr. notice in preface).
- Lessone, M., *in* B. Caso, ed., *Fl. segus.*, new ed. 1881, p. \[vii\]-xxx.
- Mattirolo, O., Pubbl. II. cent. fond. Orto bot. Torino, Torino 1929, p. xcvii (herb. Flora di Torino now at TO; had been left to Sassari).
- Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 85. 1980 (arch. mat. HU).
#### Eponymy
(journal): *Rea*, Bolletino di informazione del Giardino Sperimentale di acclimatazione per piante alpine ed erbacee perenni de San Bernardino di Trana, Torino, Italy. Vol. 1-x. 1968-x. – *Rea* Bertero ex Decaisne (1833) may honor this author, but no etymology was given.
### Publications
##### n.8711. Flora segusiensis
**Title**
*Flora segusiensis* sive stirpium in circuitu segusiensi necnon in Montecenisio, aliisque circumeuntibus montibus sponte enascentium enumeratio secundum Linneanum systema auctore J.e Francesco Re... Taurini \[Torino\] (ex Typographia Bernardini Barberis,...) \[1805\]. Oct. (*in fours*)
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. segus.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Sep-Dec 1805 (p. 6: 3 Sep 1805), p. \[1\]-93. \[94, err.\]. *Copies*: FI, G, NY.
*New ed*.: Sep-Dec 1881 (p. vi: Sep 1881; Nat. Nov. Feb(2). 1882; Bot. Centralbl. 13-17 Mar 1882; Bot. Zeit. 31 Mar 1882), p. \[i\]-xxx, \[xxxi\], 1-405. *Copies*: FI, HH, NY. – "*La flora segusina* di G. Francesco Re riprodotta nel metodo naturale di de Candolle e comentata da Beniamino Caso \[1824-1882\]... Torino (Angelo Baglione,...) 1881. Oct. – For further references see BL 2: 380. – Appendix: 1882, p. \[1\]-15 (p. \[3\]: Mar 1882).
*Ref*.: Mattirolo, O., La flora Segusina dopo gli studi di G.F. Re, Torino 1907, 84 p.(Mem. r. Acad. Torino). (TL-2/5701).
##### n.8712. Ad Floram pedemontanam appendix
**Title**
*Ad Floram pedemontanam appendix* doctoris Ioannis Francisci Re... Taurini \[Torino\] (ex Typographia Regia) \[1821\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Appendix*: 1821, p. \[1\]-62, \[1\]. *Copy*: G.
*Appendix altera*: 1827, Mem. r. Accad. Sci. Torino 31: 189-224. 1827. *Copies* (reprint with orig. pag.): FI, G, U. – "lecta die 20 junii 1824; volume of Memoria publ. 1827; Flora rd. Jul-Sep 1827.
*Appendix tertia*: 1829 (lecta 15 Martii 1829), Mem. r. Accad. Sci. Torino 35: 205-222. 1831.
##### n.8713. Flora torinese
**Title**
*Flora torinese* del dottore in medicina Giovanni Francesco Re... Torino (dalla Tipografia Bianco) 1825-1827, 2 vols. in 3. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. torin.*
**Notes**
*1*: 15 Jan-28 Dec 1825 (MD), p. \[1\]-372, \[1, err.\].
*2*(*1*): after 11 Feb 1826 (MD), p. \[1\]-172.
*2*(*2*): 1827, p. \[173\]-340.
*Copies*: FI, G, HH, M, MO. – For collation and further details see MD and BL.