> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 155](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120286) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/584-1) LSID 584-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2641792) QID Q2641792 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Watson (recte Beatson), Alexander|second entry]] for this author ### Author Beatson, Alexander (1759-1833), Scottish soldier, Governor of St. Helena 1808-1813. **Abbreviated name**: *Beatson* \[standard form in IPNI: *Beatson*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 146; BB p. 26; BM 1: 117; DNB 4: 20; Jackson p. 353; Kew 1: 191. - Anon., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew add. ser. 3: 37. 1899 (the *Flora Sta. Helenica* listed under Beatson was written by Alexander Watson). #### Eponymy *Beatsonia* Roxburgh (1816). ### Publications ##### n.378. Tracts relative to the island of St. Helena **Title** *Tracts relative to the island of St. Helena*; written during a residence of five years. By Major-general Alexander Beatson, late governer, &c. &c. &c. Illustrated with views engraved by Mr. William Daniell, from the drawings of Samuel Davis, Esq. London (pr. W. Bulmer and Co., distr. G. and W. Nicol, J. Booth) 1816. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Tracts St. Helena*. **Notes** *Author* of botanical appendix: William Roxburgh (1751-1815). *Publ*.: Jan 1816 (p. v\*: 1 Jan 1816; Quart. Rev. Jan 1816), frontisp., p. \[iii\*-vii\*\], viii\*-xix\*, \[i\]-lxxxvii, 1-330, 7 *pl. Copy*: LC. – On p. 295-326: Appendix 1: An alphabetical list of plants seen by Dr Roxburgh growing on the island of St. Helena in 1813-1814. *Ref*.: Jackson p. 353; Kew 1: 191. - Anon., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew, add. ser. 3: 37. 1899.