Allioni, Carlo (1728-1804)

b. Turin, 23 Sep 1728; d. Turin, 28 Jul 1804.

Italian physician and botanist. Professor of Botany, and Director of the natural history cabinet at the University of Turin.

Herbarium & Types: TO. First acquired by G. B. Balbis (1765-1831), then by M. Bonafous (1794-1852), and subsequently to the Turin Academy of Agriculture. The Academy presented the herbarium to TO in 1891. Correspondence (20 vol.) at the Turin Academy of Sciences.

Bibliography & Biography:

Stafleu, F. A. & Cowan, R. S. TL2, 1: 34-36. 1976.

Tomasi, L. T., Immagine e scienze della natura nell’età dei lumi: L’Orto Botanico di Torino, Carlo Allioni e la sua Flora Pedemontana. In: Allioni, C., Flora Pedemontana 1: ix-xxi. 2003.

Caramiello, R. & Forneris, G., La Flora Pedemontana. In: Allioni, C., Flora Pedemontana 1: xxxvii-xxxix. 2003.