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### 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.).