Naturalised British Subject in South Australia and Victoria
Awards
Clarke Medal (1883) Royal Medal (1888)
Scientific career
Fields
botany, medicine, geography
Author abbrev. (botany)
F.Muell.
Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG (German: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Victora, Australia by Governor Charles La Trobe in 1853, and later director of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne. He also founded the National Herbarium of Victoria. He named many Australian plants.
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Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich vonMueller, KCMG (German: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and...
Solanum oligacanthum is a species of herbaceous perennial herb or subshrub which is spread throughout central east Australia (South-West Queensland, North-West...
Erythroxylum australe is a shrub or small tree endemic to northern Australia. The plant is known by a variety of names including Brigalow erythroxylon...
of the macadamia since the 2010s. The German-Australian botanist FerdinandvonMueller gave the genus the name Macadamia in 1857 in honour of the Scottish-Australian...
bark. Red-flowering gum was first formally described in 1860 by FerdinandvonMueller who gave it the name Eucalyptus ficifolia and published the description...
Backhousia citriodora, commonly known as lemon myrtle, lemon scented myrtle or lemon scented ironwood, is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It...
specialist nurseries. The plant was first described by FerdinandvonMueller. Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886) Australian Journal of Pharmacy 1: 447 "On the Daly-River;...
Syzygium eucalyptoides is a tree of the family Myrtaceae native to Western Australia and the Northern Territory. "Syzygium eucalyptoides". FloraBase. Western...
Lechenaultia divaricata was first formally described in 1862 by FerdinandvonMueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected near...
Cassia brewsteri, commonly known as Brewster's cassia, Leichhardt bean, cassia pea and bean tree is a species of shrubs or small trees, of the plant family...
previous year by, among other things, naming Mueller a Freiherr (baron), making him FerdinandvonMueller. The naming was his way of repaying the compliment...
Grevillea williamsonii, also known as Williamson's Grevillea, is a shrub which is endemic to a restricted area in the Grampians Ranges in western Victoria...
Brachychiton discolor is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It grows in drier rainforest areas. Scattered from Paterson, New South Wales (32° S) to...
mature. Kunzea pomifera was first formally described in 1855 by FerdinandvonMueller from specimens collected "on the sandy shores and on rocks at St...
Cucumis picrocarpus is a vine in the family Cucurbitaceae that is native to Western Australia through parts of the Pilbara and Kimberley regions. "Cucumis...
Adansonia gregorii, commonly known as the boab and also known by a number of other names, is a tree in the family Malvaceae, endemic to the northern regions...
botanist FerdinandvonMueller in 1861 in Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae and given the name Anthocercis hopwoodii. In 1876, vonMueller transferred...
well as director of its botanical garden. He was an instructor to FerdinandvonMueller (1825–1896), who would later be known for his botanical work in...
Portulaca bicolor is a succulent species of the family Portulacaceae with cylindrical leaves and red stems. Flowering all year the plant is common to coastal...
Swainsona tephrotricha was first formally described in 1853 by FerdinandvonMueller in the journal Linnaea. This species of pea grows on arid hillsides...
Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2014-04-10. Mueller, Ferdinandvon (April 2, 1858). Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /. Vol. v.1 1858-59...
Thismia rodwayi, also known as a fairy lantern, is a non-chlorophyllous plant belonging to the Burmanniaceae family, found in the southern states of Australia...
species was formally described by Victorian government botanist FerdinandvonMueller in 1876. An ambitious climber, best suited for a trellis, or hanging...
Metrosideros nervulosa, commonly known as the mountain rose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to Lord Howe Island...
Syzygium luehmannii is a medium-sized coastal rainforest tree native to Australia. Common names include riberry, small leaved lilly pilly, cherry satinash...
Dietes robinsoniana, the Lord Howe wedding lily, is found naturally only on Lord Howe Island, Australia. It grows on cliff faces, often in exposed locations...
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