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### Author
Teesdale, Robert (ca. 1740-1804), British gardener and botanist at Castle Howard, Yorkshire; later junior partner in Minier, Mason and Teesdale, seedsmen, London.
**Abbreviated name**: *Teesd.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Teesd.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Some material at [[Collection YRK|YRK]], [[Collection LINN|LINN]], [[Collection LIV|LIV]]. – "Herbarium sold in sale of W.T. Aiton's effects by Foster and Son,... 4 Sep 1851" (Desmond).
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 365; BB p. 297; CSP 5: 927; Dawson p. 805; Desmond p. 602 (d. 25 Dec 1904); Dryander 3: 138; GR p. 416; Hegi 4(1): 72; LS 26406-26407; PR alph.; Rehder 1: 396; SO add. 754f; Tucker 1: 681.
#### Biofile
- Baker, J.G., Bot. Trans. Yorksh. Natural. Union 1: 198, 199. 1891.
- Blackwell, E.M., Naturalist 877: 54. 1961.
- Crackles, E., Naturalist, Yorks. 901: 37-47. Apr-Jun 1967 (plant records by T.).
- Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 81. 1957.
- Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 255-256. 1984 (coll.).
- Robinson, J.F., Flora East Riding Yorkshire 11, 13. 1902.
- Smith, J.E., Trans. Linn. Soc. 11: 283-287. 1815 (observation on the genus Teesdalia).
- Wilkinson, H.J., Ann. Rep. Counc. Yorksh. Philos. Soc. 1906: 53. 1907.
#### Note
*Plantae Eboracenses*: or, a catalogue of the more rare plants which grow wild in the neighbourhood of Castle Howard,... disposed according to the Linnean System, *in* Trans. Linn. Soc. 2: 103-125. 1 Mai 1794; *A supplement to the Plantae Eboracenses*... ib. 5: 36-95. 18 Feb 1800.
#### Composite works
Contributed to J. Sowerby & J.E. Smith, Engl. bot. 202, 2046, 2517.
#### Eponymy
*Teesdalia* R. Brown (1812); *Teesdaliopsis* Rothmaler (1940).