During this expedition the Maclear's Rat on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean was named after him. He is also honoured in the specific epithet of Dicliptera maclearii, a plant in the family Acanthaceae which is endemic to Christmas Island…
Sir Thomas Maclear (17. března 1794 Newtownstewart, Irsko – 17. července 1879 Kapské Město, Jižní Afrika) byl irský astronom. [3 ] Svá pozorování prováděl jako královský astronom na mysu Dobré naděje v jižní Africe.
While she was in Cape Colony, she and her husband made over a hundred botanical paintings of wild flowers, which they brought back to Europe for study.
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