> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 35](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265232) of TL-2 Suppl. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/15861-1) LSID 15861-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15994293) QID Q15994293 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Beckett, Thomas W. Naylor (1839-1906), British botanist, coffee planter in Ceylon, collected plants there 1882-1883, travelled and collected in the Himalayas circa 1900, in New Zealand 1903-1906. **Abbreviated name**: *Beckett* \[standard form in IPNI: *Beckett*\] #### Herbarium and types Fern herbarium (ca. 2000) from Ceylon, India and South Africa at [[Collection LIV|LIV]]; main general herbarium (ca. 12.000) at [[Collection CHR|CHR]]; further material in [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection H|H]]-Br (mosses), [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection MEL|MEL]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection PC|PC]], [[Collection TCD|TCD]], [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]]. #### Note The name used by Beckett was "Naylor Beckett" (not "Naylor-Beckett"). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 151; Clokie p. 129; Desmond p. 52 (d. Christchurch, 5. Dec 1906); IH 2: 64, 582; SBC p. 115; Urban-Berl. p. 294. #### Biofile - Allan, D.A., Handb. guide herb. coll. publ. mus. Liverpool 66-67. 1935 (on fern herb. at LIV). - Anon., Bryologist 11(2): 38. 1908 (obit. not.); New Zealand J. Bot. 9: 705, 740. 1971 (herb., portr.); Taxon 26: 160. 1977 (moss herb., orig. at CANRY transferred to CHR, 3000 New Zealand specimens, 9000 foreign specimens obtained by exchange). - Burkill, I.H., Chapters hist. bot. India 56, 181, 182. 1967. - Sayre, G, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 289. 1975 (on bryophyte colls.); Bryologist 80(3): 504. 1977 (bryol. coll.). ### Publications ##### n.20.678. On New Zealand mosses **Title** *On New Zealand mosses*... Transactions of the New Zealand Institute... 1894. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: mid 1895 (read 5 Sep 1894), cover \[identif.\], p. \[403\]-405, *pl. 28* (uncol. draw.). *Copies*: B, BKL. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. New Zealand Inst. 27(1894): 403-405, *pl. 28.* 1895. *Follow-up*: *On New Zealand mosses*, *in* id. 29: 441-445, *pl. 24-26* (uncol. draw.). 1897, 31: 426-437. 1899.