Alexander Clifford Beauglehole

Botanical Collections Beauglehole was reported to have had a private herbarium of over 23,000 specimens, and his numbering scheme indicates that over his lifetime he collected over 95,000 specimens. Roughly another 150 specimens from the Ballarat region are held at the Federation University Herbarium.

Museums Victoria holds 583 of zoological specimens of vertebrates and invertebrates, including type specimens, that were collected by Beauglehole in Victoria, Western Australia, New South Wales, South Australia, Northern Territory, and Queensland.

Published major works Beauglehole, A.C. 1979. The Distribution and Conservation of native vascular plants in the Victorian Mallee. (Portland: Western Victorian Field Naturalists Clubs Association.) Beauglehole, A.C. 1980. The Distribution and Conservation of vascular plants in the Corangamite – Otway area, Victoria. (Portland: Western Victorian Field Naturalists Clubs Association.) Beauglehole, A.C. 1981a. The Distribution and Conservation of vascular plants in the Alpine area, Victoria. (Portland: Western Victorian Field Naturalists Clubs Association.) Beauglehole, A.C. 1981b. The Distribution and Conservation of vascular plants in the East Gippsland area, Victoria. (Portland: Western Victorian Field Naturalists Clubs Association.) Beauglehole, A.C. 1982. The Distribution and Conservation of vascular plants in the North Central area, Victoria. (Portland: Western Victorian Field Naturalists Clubs Association.) Beauglehole, A.C. 1983a. The Distribution and Conservation of vascular plants in the Melbourne area, Victoria. (Portland: Western Victorian Field Naturalists Clubs Association.) Beauglehole, A.C. 1983b. The Distribution and Conservation of vascular plants in the Ballarat area, Victoria. (Portland: Western Victorian Field Naturalists Clubs Association.) Beauglehole, A.C. 1984a. The Distribution and Conservation of vascular plants in the South Gippsland area, Victoria. (Portland: Western Victorian Field Naturalists Clubs Association.) Beauglehole, A.C. 1984b. The Distribution and Conservation of vascular plants in South West Victoria. (Portland: Western Victorian Field Naturalists Clubs Association.) Beauglehole, A.C. 1985. The Distribution and Conservation of vascular plants in the Gippsland Lakes Hinterland area, Victoria. (Portland: Western Victorian Field Naturalists Clubs Association.) Beauglehole, A.C. 1986. The Distribution and Conservation of vascular plants in the Murray Valley area, Victoria. (Portland: A.C. and H.M. Beauglehole.) Beauglehole, A.C. 1987. The Distribution and Conservation of vascular plants in the Wimmera area, Victoria. (Portland: A.C. and H.M. Beauglehole.) Beauglehole, A.C. 1988. The Distribution and Conservation of vascular plants in the North East area, Victoria. (Portland: A.C. and H.M. Beauglehole.)

Honours and awards In 1971, Beauglehole was awarded the Australian Natural History Medallion by the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, becoming an Honorary Member of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria in 1982. In 1984 he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for his services to "botany, conservation, and ornithology" by the then-Prince Charles

Legacy The following plants, algae, and insect species have been named in his honour: Nitella tasmanica var. beaugleholii R.D.Wood

Lichen Heterodea beaugleholei Filson

Moss Phascum beaugleholei I.G.Stone

Vascular Plants Sclerolaena beaugleholei (Ising) A.J.Scott Caladenia beaugleholei D.L.Jones, now a synonym of Caladenia flavovirens G.W.Carr. Epilobium brunnescens subsp. beaugleholei K.R.West & P.H.Raven Lobelia beaugleholei Albr. Ornduffia umbricola var. beaugleholei (Aston) Tippery & Les Prasophyllum beaugleholei Nicholls, now a synonym of Genoplesium nudum (Hook.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. Solanum beaugleholei D.E.Symon Stylidium beaugleholei J.H.Willis Utricularia beaugleholei R.J.Gassin

Bees Exoneura (Brevineura) cliffordiella Rayment Hylaeus cliffordiellus Rayment Megachile cliffordi Rayment

Wasp Sericophorus cliffordi Rayment