Beddome, R. H. (Richard Henry), 1830-1911
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found: nuc87-101656: The ferns of southern India, 1983(hdg. on DNAL rept.: Beddome, Richard Henry, 1830-1911; usage: R.H. Beddome)
found: LC data base, 1-25-89(hdg.: Beddome, Richard Henry, 1830-1911; usage: R.H. Beddome)
found: Wikipedia, viewed 2 May 2023(Colonel Richard Henry Beddome (11 May 1830 - 23 February 1911) was a British military officer and naturalist in India, who became chief conservator of the Madras Forest Department. In the mid-19th century, he extensively surveyed several remote and then-unexplored hill ranges in Sri Lanka and south India, including those in the Eastern Ghats such as Yelandur, Kollegal, Shevaroy Hills, Yelagiri, Nallamala Hills, Visakhapatnam hills, and the Western Ghats such as Nilgiri hills, Anaimalai hills, Agasthyamalai Hills and Kudremukh. He described many species of plants, amphibians, and reptiles from southern India and Sri Lanka, and several species from this region described by others bear his name.)
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1989-01-25: new
2023-05-03: revised
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