> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 349](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33266026) of TL-2 Suppl. IV > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q945862) QID Q945862 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Copeland, Ralph (1837-1905), British astronomer, born at Woodplumton, Lancashire, Royal Astronomer for Scotland at the University of Edinburgh, with the second German North Pole expedition 1869/70, and with Lord Linsal 1874 to Mauritius to observe the transit of Venus 1874, collected plants on Trinidad. **Abbreviated name**: *R. Copel.* #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]] (Trinidad). #### Bibliography and biography AG 2(2): 485 (b. 3 Sep 1837); Barnhart 1: 378 (b. 1837, Lancashire, d. 27 Oct 1905, Edinburgh); BJI 1: 11; Desmond p. 149 (used for our caption); IH 2: 138; Kew 1: 615; Rehder 1: 198; Tucker 1: 170. ### Publications ##### n.27.499. Besuch **Title** Ein *Besuch* auf der Insel *Trinidad* im südatlantischen Ocean... \[Abhandlungen der Naturwissenschaftliche Vereine zu Bremen 1882\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1882, p. \[269\]-280, *pl. 19* (col. map). *Copies*: B, HH, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Abh. naturw. Ver. Bremen 7: 269-280, *pl. 19.* 1882. – Plants of Trinidad on p. 277-280. – Rehder 1: 498. *Ref*.: Engler, A., Bot. Jahrb. 4: 495-496. 25 Aug 1883 (rev.).