> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 835](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190306) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8495-1) LSID 8495-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1701718) QID Q1701718 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Roe, John Septimus (1797-1878), English naval officer in the Royal Navy 1813-1827; surveyor general, W. Australia, 1829-1870; explorer and naturalist. **Abbreviated name**: *Roe* \[standard form in IPNI: *Roe*\] #### Herbarium and types Material at [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection K|K]] and [[Collection OXF|OXF]]. Manuscripts at the Public Library of Perth (Battye Library). #### Bibliography and biography Bamhart 3: 169; BB p. 260; Clokie p. 233; CSP 5: 251; Desmond p. 527 (b. 8 Mai 1797, d. 23 Mai 1878); DNB 49: 88; HR (q.v. for many further biogr. refs.); Lasègue p. 126, 281, 298, 308, 503, 506; SK 8: lxxxi. #### Biofile - Diels, L., Pfl.-Welt W.-Austr. 54-55, 60, 72. 1906. - Embacher, F., Lexik. Reisen 249. 1882. - Fedtschenko, B.A., Bot. Zhurn. 30: 40. 1945. - Hall, N., Bot. Eucalypts no. 1978. - Hooker, J.D., Fl. Tasmaniae 1: cxxi-cxxii. 1859. - Lee, I., Early explorers in Australia p. 310, 312, 322, 328, 338, 350- 351, 400, 442, 450, 461, 479, 484, 485. s.d. - Maiden, J.H., J.W. Austral. nat. Hist. Soc. 6: 25-26. 1909 (epon.). - Mercer, F.R., Amazing career; the story of Western Australia's first surveyor general, 1962, 189 p. - Miller, H.S., Taxon 19: 537-538. 1970 (ex Lambert herb. at G). - Norton, J., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 25: 777, 778. 1900. - Souster, J.E.S., W. Austral. Naturalist 1(6): 115. 1948 (bot. hist. King George's Sound). - Uren, M., Austral. dict. biogr. 2(1788-1850) (I-Z): 390-392. (extensive biogr.). #### Eponymy *Roea* Hügel ex Bentham (1837) is likely named for this author but no etymology was gven. ### Publications ##### n.9375. Report of a journey of discovery into the interior of Western Australia **Title** *Report of a journey of discovery into the interior of Western Australia* between 8th September 1848 and 3rd February, 1849... \[in W.J. Hooker, J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 1854-1855\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: a series of papers in W.J. Hooker, J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. as follows: 6: 42-48. Feb 1854, 78-88. Mar 1854, 117-123. Apr 1854, 146-151. Mai 1854, 174-180. Jun 1854, 212-217. Jul 1854, 241-247. Aug 1854, 339-345- Nov 1854, 337-380. Dec 1854, 7: 143-151. Mai 1855.