> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 1](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120094) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/28-1) LSID 28-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1063507) QID Q1063507 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Abbot, Charles (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author ### Author Abbot, Charles (1761-1817), British clergyman and botanist, vicar of Oakley Raynes and Goldington, Beds. **Abbreviated name**: *C. Abbot* \[standard form in IPNI: *C.Abbot*\] #### Herbarium and types First at Turvey Abbey, Beds., now at [[Collection LTN|LTN]] (see Dony), other material at [[Collection LINN|LINN]]. Letters at [[Collection BM|BM]]; manuscript catalogue Bedfordshire plants at [[Collection LINN|LINN]] (fide BB). *Ref*.: BB p. 1. - Pryor, J. Bot. 19: 40-46, 67-75. 1881 (study of the herb.) - Kent, Brit. herbaria 39. 1957. - Dony, Bedfords. Nat. 23: 27-29. 1969. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 2; BB p. 1; BL 2: 228; BM 1: 1; Dawson p. 3-5; DNB 1: 3; GR p. 387; Jackson p. 248; Kew 1: 2; LS 648; PR 1; SO 763a, 1233. #### Eponymy *Abbotia* Rafinesque (1836) is dedicated to John Abbot (1751-1840), English botanical and entomological painter. *Abbottia* F. von Mueller (1875) is dedicated to Francis Abbott (1834-1903), English born Australian botanist. *Neoabbottia* N. L. Britton & J. N. Rose (1921) is dedicated to William Louis Abbott (1860-x), American "patron of natural history." ### Publications ##### n.2. Flora bedfordiensis **Title** *Flora bedfordiensis*, comprehending such plants as grow wild in the county of Bedford, arranged according to the system of Linnaeus, with occasional remarks. Bedford (W. Smith) 1798. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. bedford.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1798-Apr 1799 (p. iv: 20 Nov 1798; Monthly Rev. Mai 1799), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-351, \[352, err.\], \[8, ind.\], *6 col. pl. Copies*: FH, HH, US, USDA. – A reissue London 1801 (n.v.) is mentioned by Phys. med. J. Sep 1802. *Ref*.: BL 2: 228; BM 1: 1; Henrey 378; Jackson p. 248; Kew 1: 2; LS 648; PR 1; SO 763a. - Sherborn, J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 1: 142. 1936.