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### Author
Coyte, William Beeston (1741-1810), British physician, clergyman and botanist, studied at the University of Cambridge, MA Cantab. 1763, practised medicine at Ipswich.
**Abbreviated name**: *Coyte* \[standard form in IPNI: *Coyte*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 391 (b. 1741, d. 3 Mar 1810, Ipswich); BB p. 75; BM 1: 396; Desmond p. 155 (d. Ipswich, Suffolk, 3 Mar 1810) (q.v. further details); DNB 12: 424; Henrey 3: 27; Jackson p. 13, 14, 412; Kew 1: 637; NI 1458; PR 1942-1943, ed. 1: 2035; Rehder 1: 53, 77.
#### Biofile
- Dawson, N.R., Smith papers 27. 1934.
- Freeman, R.B., Brit. nat. hist. books 1495-1900: nos. 843-844. 1980.
- Richardson, R., Extracts lit. sci. corr. 184. 1835.
- Sherborn, L.D., J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 1(5): 142. 1938 (book rd. at London library).
### Publications
##### n.28.018. Hortus botanicus gippovicensis
**Title**
*Hortus botanicus gippovicensis*; or, a systematical enumeration of the plants cultivated in Dr. Coyte's botanic garden at Ipswich... with occasional botanical observations. To which is added, an investigation of the natural produce of some grass-lands in high Suffolk ... Ipswich (printed by G. Jermyn) 1796. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Hort. bot. gippovic.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan 1796 (publ. before Feb 1796), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-158. *Copies*: BM, K.
*Ref*.: Anon., Nieuwe Alg. Konst-Letter-Bode 6(141): 85. 1796 (rd. 9-9-1796 "just out").
- Anon., Gentlem. Mag. 1796: 500. Jun 1796.
- Anon., Analytical Rev. 24(11): 469. Nov 1796 (rev.).
- Anon., Crit. Rev. ser. 2. 20: 323-327. 1797 (rev.).
- Anon., Monthly Rev. ser. 2. 22(2): 219-220. Feb 1797.
- Henrey 3: 27. 1975 (no. 584).
##### n.28.019. Index plantarum
**Title**
*Index plantarum*, or, an alphabetical arrangement of all the genera and species of plants hitherto described... London (J. White) 1807. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Ind. plant.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1807 ("Vol. 1" is all publ.), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-445, \[447, err.\]. *Copies*: BM, HH, K.
*Ref*.: Nichols, J., III. lit. hist. 18-th cent. 6: 878. 1831 (first volume only, class I-XVI).