Dowe, John Leslie (2017) Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, the “Princeps of Australian Botany,” and a historical account of his Australasian palms. Palms, 61 (1). pp. 21-40.

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Abstract

Baron Ferdinand von Mueller was Australia’s most celebrated botanist of the nineteenth century. Although a broad-based plant taxonomist, he described 19 new palm taxa, including two genera and 15 species in Australia, and one species each in New Guinea and Fiji. Significantly, Mueller’s taxa represent about 25% of all the palms thus far recognized for Australia and its off-shore dependencies, and he remains the single most important taxonomist to have worked on Australian palms.

Item ID:	50189
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	2168-4596
Keywords:	Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, Australia, New Guinea, Fiji, taxonomist, palm, historical account
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2018 03:46
FoR Codes:	31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3104 Evolutionary biology > 310411 Plant and fungus systematics and taxonomy @ 50% 43 HISTORY, HERITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 4303 Historical studies > 430302 Australian history @ 50%
SEO Codes:	95 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING > 9503 Heritage > 950399 Heritage not elsewhere classified @ 50% 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9608 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity > 960803 Documentation of Undescribed Flora and Fauna @ 50%
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