> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 176](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212218) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10443-1) LSID 10443-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7288153) QID Q7288153 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Tate, Ralph (1840-1901), British naturalist; science teacher at the Trade and Mining School Belfast; assistant curator of the Geological Society, London 1864-1867; visited Venezuela and Nicaragua 1867 as a mining expert; director of mining schools in Bristol, Darlington and Redcar ca. 1868-1874; Elder professor of Natural Science, Adelaide University 1875-1901; nephew of George Tate (1805-1866). **Abbreviated name**: *Tate* \[standard form in IPNI: *Tate*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection AD|AD]] (Australia), [[Collection BEL|BEL]], [[Collection BM|BM]] (N. Ireland, Shetland, Nicaragua), [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection K|K]] (Australia, Nicaragua); other material at [[Collection CGE|CGE]] (C. America), [[Collection E|E]] (C. America), [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]] (Austral.), [[Collection MEL|MEL]], [[Collection NY|NY]] (C. America), [[Collection OXF|OXF]] (Shetlands), [[Collection US|US]] (C. Amer.). – *Letters* at [[Collection MEL|MEL]]. #### Bibliography and biography Andrews p. 338; Barnhart 3: 361 (d. 20 Sep 1901); BB p. 296; BJI 1: 57; BL 1: 68, 70, 72, 77, 320, 2: 283, 722; BM 5: 2076, 8: 1288; Clokie p. 251; CSP 8: 1061-1062, 11: 555, 12: 721-723, 19: 32-33; Desmond p. 599-600; HR; IH 1 (ed. 6): 365; Jackson p. 248; LS 26362-26363; PH 98, 567; PR 9122; Quenstedt p. 423; Rehder 5: 836-837; Tucker 1: 679, 3: 304. #### Biofile - Alderman, A.R., *in* Austral. dict. biogr. 6(1851-1890) R-Z: 243-244. 1976. - Anon., Ann. Rep. Proc. Belfast Natural. Field. Club ser. 2. 5(1-2): 31-35. 1901-1903 (1907)(tribute), ser. 2. 6: 415-417. 1910-1911; Austral. Encycl. 1: 269, 6: 15, 8: 439-440. s.d. (ca. 1965); Brit. Mus. gén. cat. print. books 235: 120. 1964; Dict. Austral. biogr. 2: 408-409. 1949; Hedwigia 41: (142). 1902 (d.); Nature 65: 11. 1901 (obit. note); Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 26: 741-742. 1902; Science ser. 2. 19: 821. 1901 (d.); Vict. Nat. 18: 88-89, 112. 1901 (obit.). - Britten, J., J. Bot. 40: 75-76. 1902 (obit.). - Carr, D.J. & S.G.M., People and plants in Australia 64, 212, 288, 311. 1981. - Corry, T.H., Fl. N.-E. Ireland xxi-xxii. 1888. - Ferguson, J.A., Bibl. Australia 7: 581-582. 1969. - Freeman, R.B., Brit. nat. hist. books 336. 1980. - Hall, N., Botanists of the Eucalypts 126-127. 1978. - J.F.B., Geol. Mag. London ser. 2. 9: 87-95. 1902 (obit., bibl.). - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 81. 1957. - Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish Herb. 255. 1984. - Kraehenbuehl, D.N., S. Austral. Nat. 57(3). 1983. - Lett, H.W., Irish Natural. 22: 25-26. 1913; Ann. Rep. Proc. Belfast Natural. Field Club ser. 2. 6: 619-620. 1913. - Maiden, J.H., Australas. Ass. Adv. Sci. 1907: 177-178. 1909; Rep. Austral. Ass. Adv. Sci. 11: 171, 177-178, 186. 1907, 13: 235-236. 1912 (bibl.). - Praeger, R.L., Proc. R. Irish Acad. 7: cxlv. 1901; Botanist in Ireland 78. 1934; Some Irish naturalists 161-162. 1949. - Rogers, R.S., Intr. Stud., S. Austral. Orch. ed. 2. 49-50. 1911 (portr., biogr. sketch). - Stewart, S.A., Irish Naturalist 11: 36-39. 1902. - Stewart, S.A. & T.H. Corry, Fl. N.-E. Irealnd xxi-xxii. 1888. - Vallance, T.G., Alcheringia 2: 247-248. 1978 (Austral. paleont.). #### Eponymy *Talea* B.C. Seemann (1866); *Tatea* F. v. Mueller (1883). ### Publications ##### n.13.765. Flora belfastiensis **Title** *Flora belfastiensis*. The plants around Belfast, with their geographical and geological distribution... Belfast (G. Philipps and Sons) 1863. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. belfast.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1863 (p. iv: Nov. 1863), p. \[i\]-xix, \[xx\], \[1\]-92. *Copies*: DBN, HH, Liverpool City Libr. ##### n.13.766. The Yorkshire Lias **Title** *The Yorkshire Lias*... London (John van Voorst,...) 1876. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Yorks. Lias*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1876, p. \[i\]-viii, \[ix-xi\], \[1\]-475, \[i\]-xii, *pl. 1-19*, 4 charts. *Copy*: PH. – Plants on p. 474-475. ##### n.13.767. A census of the indigenous flowering plants **Title** *A census of the indigenous flowering plants* and ferns *of extra-tropical South Australia*... \[From the Transactions of the philosophical Society of Adelaide, 1880\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1880 (read 3 Feb 1880; Bot. Zeit. 29 Apr 1881; J. Bot. Apr 1881), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-45. *Copy*: HH. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. R. Soc. S. Australia 3: 46-90. 1880; continued in 4: 102-111. Jan 1882. *Ref*.: Behrens (Göttingen), Bot. Centralbl. 7: 41-43. 1881. - Engler, A., Bot. Jahrb. 3: 256-257. 1882. ##### n.13.768. A handbook of the flora of extratropical South Australia **Title** *A handbook of the flora of extratropical South Australia*, containing the flowering plants and ferns... Adelaide (published by the Education Department) 1890. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Handb. fl. extratrop. S. Australia*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1890 (p. vi: Oct 1889; J. Bot. Sep 1890; Nat. Nov. Sep(2) 1890), p. \[i\]-vi, \[vii\], \[1\]-303, map. *Copies*: B, G, HH, NSW, NY, USDA. – Mss. exercise books at Bot. Dept., Univ. Adelaide. *Ref*.: Anon., J. Bot. 28: 285-286. Sep 1890. ##### n.13.769. Elder Expedition **Title** \[*Elder Expedition*\] *Botany*. (Phanerogams and vascular cryptogams)... Reprinted from Transactions Royal Society. South Australia, vol. xvi. \[1896\]. Oct. **Notes** *Senior author*: Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller (1825-1896). *Publ*.: 1896 (Nat. Nov. Aug(1) 1896), cover-t.p., p. 333-383. *Copy*: FI, PH; IDC 8095(2). – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. R. Soc. S. Austral. 16: 333-383. 1896. ##### n.13.770. Botany **Title** *Botany* \[*Horn Expedition* to Central Australia\]... with an appendix by J.H. Maiden... \[1896\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar 1896, cover, p. \[117\]-197. *Copies*: G, NSW. – Reprinted and to be cited from the Report of the Horn Expedition to Central Australia 3: 117-197. Mar 1896. *Ref*.: E.G.B., J. Bot. 34: 403-405. Sep 1896 (rev.).