> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 38](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265235) of TL-2 Suppl. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/607-1) LSID 607-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2985757) QID Q2985757 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Beddome, Richard Henry|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Beddome, Richard Henry (1830-1911), British colonial army officer and forestry botanist; entered the Indian army 1848, ultimately quartermaster and interpreter to the 42nd Madras Infantry 1848-1856, assistant, later conservator with the Forestry Department, Madras 1857-1860, head of the Forestry Department S. India 1860-1882, retired to England 1883, continuing his interest in Indian ferns, freely associated with Kew and the British Museum. **Abbreviated name**: *Bedd.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Bedd.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]] (ca. 10.000 specimens), further material at [[Collection CAL|CAL]], [[Collection DD|DD]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LIV|LIV]], [[Collection MH|MH]], [[Collection SING|SING]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 152; BB p. 27; BM 1: 121, 6: 71; CSP 1: 242, 6: 581, 7: 122-123, 9: 168, 13: 400; Desmond p. 52 (b. 11 Mai 1830); GF p. 49; Hortus 3: 1188; IF p. 680-681, suppl. p. 75; IH 1 (ed.6): 355, 2: 64; Jackson p. 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 391, 520; Kew 1: 199; Langman p. 122; Morren ed. 10, p. 38 («Beddommé»); MW p. 39; NI 115-120; PR 554-557, 10.540; Rehder see indexes; TL-1: 24-25; TL-2/1: 162-164; Tucker 1: 70; Urban-Berl. p. 328; Zander ed. 10, p. 633, ed. 11, p. 719. #### Biofile - Allan, D.A., Handb. guide herb. coll. Liverpool 12, 66. 1935. - Anon., Kew Bull. 1911: 164-165 (obit., d. 23 Feb 1911), 278 (Mrs. Beddome presents fern coll. to K); Leopoldina 47: 62. 1911 (d. 23 Feb 1911); Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 49: 143. 1911. - Bhargavan, P., \[B's contr. to flora Penins. India\], *in* The Madras Herbarium 1853-1978, part 2, p. 41. 1978 (abstract); Bull. Bot. Survey India 23(1-2): 17-24. 1983. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 229.461, 269.61. 1980. - Buckland, C.E., Dict. Indian biogr. 33. 1906. - Burkill, I.H., Chapt. hist. bot. India 72, 74, 96, 97, 121, 161, 181, 232. 1965. - Drummond, J.K., Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1910-1911: 32-34 (obit.). - Frodin, D.G., Guide standard floras world 578. 1984 (index). - Holttum, R.E., Pteridologist 1(2): 70. 1985 (brief evaluation of B's work). - Sayre, G., Mem. New York bot. Gard. 19(3): 289. 1975 (coll.).