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Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria |
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RAE, Frederick James |
1883-1941 |
Horticulturist, teacher, botanic gardens director, VIC |
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RAE, M.M. |
fl. 1950s-60s |
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RAEDER-ROITZSCH, J. |
fl. 1957-60 |
Collector of sub-alpine bryophytes |
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RAFFERTY, Muriel Alma |
1929-2021 |
Technician, Canberra Botanic Gardens Herbarium, ACT |
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RAINBIRD John |
1964 - |
Botanical illustrator, Perth Herbarium 1980s, WA |
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RALPH, Thomas Shearman |
1813-1891 |
Microscopist, author, VIC |
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RALSTON, Jack |
1922-2019 |
Forester, avocado grower, QLD |
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RAMEL, Prosper Vincent Izart |
1807-1880 |
French merchant, collected eucalypt seed, several visits to Aust, VIC |
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RAMSAY, Edward Pearson |
1842-1916 |
Zoologist, ornithologist, Australian Museum Director, plant collector, NSW, QLD, NT |
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RAMSAY, Helen Patricia |
1928- |
University bryologist, University of New South Wales, NSW |
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RAMSAY, Hilda Eileen, Mrs |
1886-1961 |
Farmer, naturalist, private herbarium, mallee, VIC |
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RAMSAY, Robert Garden |
~1856- |
Property owner, axeman, expeditioner, SA |
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RANDELL, Barbara Rae* (née REDGEN) |
1942- |
Botanist, Cassia, Eriachne, later children's book author, QLD, SA |
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RANDELL, Samuel Joseph |
1866-1942 |
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RANFORD, Clint Jay |
1963- |
Eucalypt collector, WA |
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RANKIN, Gillian Marea, Mrs* |
1947- |
Botanical illustrator, Qld Herbarium, QLD |
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RANKIN, Heather |
1949- |
Botanical illustrator, art teacher |
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RANKIN, Madeleine Ousby |
fl. 1973-84 |
Botanist, Commonwealth and NT governments, agronomist, 1,273 specimens, NT |
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RAO, C. |
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RAO, R., Dr |
fl. 1950 |
Palaeobotanist |
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RAPER, George |
fl. 1760s-90s |
Seaman, artist, First Fleet, NSW |
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RATKOWSKY, Ann Vanessa* |
1937- |
Educationist |
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RATKOWSKY, David Allen* |
1935-2025 |
US-born statistician, microbiologist, fungi, author, USA, TAS |
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RATTE, F. |
fl. 1880 |
Palaeobotanist |
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RAVEN, Peter Hamilton, Dr* |
1936- |
Botanist, Director of Missouri Bot. Gdns. USA; coll Aust 1970 |
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RAVEN, Tamra Engelhorn, Mrs* |
1945- |
Botanist |
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RAWES, Emma Maria |
1867-1974 |
Collected for Mueller in VIC |
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RAWLINSON, ?Thomas E. |
-1882 |
Algae collector |
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RAWSON, J.E. |
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RAY, Miss |
fl. 1840 |
Botanical artist, ?Glasgow, worked for Hooker, UK |
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RAYMENT, Tarlton |
1882-1964 |
Entomologist, naturalist, author, illustrator for Rica Erickson, WA |
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RAYMONT, Mabel |
fl. 1940s |
Botanical illustrator, Adelaide, SA |
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RAYNER, Joan |
fl. 1950s |
Botanical illustrator, 'Blackall & Greive', WA |
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RAYNER, Robert Donald* |
1930-2020 |
Draughtsman at Cadbury's, botanical photographic illustrator, TAS |
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RAYNOR |
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RAYSON, Patricia |
fl. 1950s |
Bot Dept Adelaide Uni, ecologist, helped Ray Specht, Dark Island Heath 1950s, SA |
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READER, Edward |
fl. 1880s |
Seaman, amateur botanist, fencer, collector for Mueller, NSW |
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READER [von REYDER], Felix Maximilian Franz |
1850-1911 |
Botanist, especially cryptogams, pharmacist, NZ, VIC |
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REDOUTE, Pierre Joseph |
1759-1840 |
Painter, lithographer, Luxembourg, France, Europe |
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REEDY, ?Michael |
fl. pre-1875 |
Gardener, expeditioner, NSW, ?PNG |
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REESE, L. |
1920s |
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REEVES, Hubert Trethowan |
1894-1963 |
Botanist and natural history photographer, fungi, VIC |
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REICHSTEIN, Thekla Anna Maud* |
1936- |
Horticulturist, Adelaide Botanic Gardens, SA |
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REID, Derek Agutter* |
1927-2006 |
UK-born botanist, mycologist, Kew, (Aust 1976), Basidiomycota, UK |
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REID, N.F. |
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RElNBOLD, (Karl August) Theodor |
1840-1918 |
German phycologist, (never in Aust), EUROPE |
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REINECK, Eduard Martin |
1869-1931 |
German gardener, collected Brazil (1896-1899), bryophytes, BM |
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REISACHER, G. |
fl. 1915 |
Botanical lithographer for K.Domin, Prague, Europe |
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REISS, A. |
fl. 1926-27 |
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REMY |
?fl.1830s-40s |
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RENFREY, Elizabeth (Lizzie), Miss |
fl.1888 |
Collected for Mueller near Heywood, Portland Bay, VIC |
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RENNER, Gerhard |
fl. 1840s |
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RETALLACK, Gregory, Dr |
fl. 1960-85 |
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REYDER, F.M. von, see READER |
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REYNOLDS, Sally T., Miss |
fl. 1970s-80s |
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RICHARDS, Anne (Annie) Frances, (née CRAFTER) |
1845-1930 |
Collected for Mueller in SA |
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RICHARDS, Bryant, Dr |
fl.1970s |
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RICHARDS, Christopher |
fl. 1870s |
Assistant to Mueller, collected for his exsiccatae in VIC |
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RICHARDS, J. |
fl.1880s |
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RICHARDS, J. |
fl. 1913-39 |
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RICHARDS, Thomas Paul |
1842-1915 |
Police trooper, outback SA |
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RICHARDSON, David Horsfall Stuart, Dr |
c.1942- |
Botanist, lichenologist |
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RICHARDSON, John Matthew |
?1797-1882 |
Convict, gardener, expedition collector, NSW, NZ, TAS, NT, Timor |
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RICHARDSON, Mark M. |
fl. 1980s |
Botanist, botanic garden curator, consultant, SA, ACT, NT |
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RICHARDSON, Robert G. |
1944- |
Agricultural scientist, weed ecologist, author, VIC |
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RICHARDSON, Roxanne M., (née SAWITSKY) |
c.1950- |
Botanist, lichen collector |
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RICHARDSON-BUNBURY, Amelia Matilda, Mrs (née PRIES) |
1863-1956 |
Horse breeder, wood carver |
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RICHARDSON-BUNBURY, Diana, Miss |
1811-1898 |
Plant and algal collector, WA |
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RICHE, Claude Antoine Gaspar |
1762-1797 |
Naturalist on French D'Entrecasteaux voyage, WA |
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RICHTER, Henry Constantine |
1821-1902 |
English illustrator and lithographer, worked for John Gould, UK |
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RIDLEY, Henry Nicholas |
1855-1956 |
Singapore Botanic Garden Director, collected Christmas Island, CI |
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RIDLEY, W. |
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RIECK, H. |
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RIEDERER, L. |
fl. 1962 |
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RIEDERER, R. |
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RIEDLE, Anselme |
1775-1801 |
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RIETMANN, Othmar |
1831-1869 |
Swiss collector and author, arrived in Sydney 1858, NSW |
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RIETZ, [Du RIETZ], Gustaf Einar |
1895-1967 |
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RIGBY, John Francis |
1927-2019 |
Palaeobotanist, Jurassic, Mesozoic, Gondwana, athlete, QLD |
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RILEY, A.R. |
fl. 1860s |
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RILEY, John J. |
fl. 2000s |
Shearer, botanical artist Australian orchids |
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RINGROSE, R.C. |
fl. 1917 |
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RIPPEY, Elizabeth |
fl.1990s-2000s |
Zimbabwe-born artist/geographer, coast-islands, WA |
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RITTER, von, see HOCHSTETTER |
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ROADKNIGHT, W. |
fl. 1892 |
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ROBBINS, Frank |
1902-1985 |
Teacher, botanist, geologist |
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ROBBINS, Ross Gordon |
1919-1997 |
Botanist, botanic gardens curator, collector, NSW, PNG |
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ROBERTS, J.F. |
1880s |
Collected in New Caledonia, 300+ colls in MEL |
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ROBERTS, Ian Thomas |
1952- |
Farmer, bird and botanical artist, eucalypt arboretum planter, SA |
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ROBERTS, Jane M.M. |
1947- |
Botanist, wetland ecologist, aquatic plants, SA, NSW, ACT |
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ROBERTS, Lewis |
1950- |
Naturalist, botanical illustrator, especially orchids, QLD |
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ROBERTSON |
fl. 1880s |
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ROBERTSON, Colin Charles |
-1946 |
Sth African forester, briefly visited Australia looking at Eucalypts |
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ROBERTSON, Enid Lucy, Mrs, (née ASHBY*) |
1925-2016 |
Botanist, phycologist, ecologist, SA |
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ROBERTSON, James |
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ROBERTSON, John George |
1803-1862 |
Scotish-born pastoralist, collector, specimens at Kew, TAS, VIC, SA |
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ROBERTSON, Rutherford Ness, Sir |
1913-2001 |
Australian botanist, plant physiology, Adelaide Uni, ANU, NSW, SA, ACT |
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ROBERTSON, William Naismith |
-1844 |
Gardens Superintendent |
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ROBINSON, Adelaide Victoria |
1884-1963 |
Collected for Mueller in VIC |
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ROBINSON, Barrie |
fl.1950-80 |
Teacher |
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ROBINSON, Charles Stuart |
1941-1978 |
British-born agronomist, ecologist, SA, NT |
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ROBINSON, Christopher John |
1952- |
Botanist, Kings Park BG, Herbarium curator, park surveys, WA |
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ROBINSON, G.D. |
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ROBINSON, George Augustus |
1788-1866 |
Protector of Aborigines, TAS |
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ROBINSON, Gerald H. |
fl.1890s-1908 |
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ROBINSON, Isaac |
fl.1884 |
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ROBINSON, Les |
fl. 1990s |
Lawyer, cartoonist, author botanical illustrator, NSW |
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ROBINSON, Miss |
fl.1894-99 |
Collected for Mueller in VIC |
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ROBINSON, Thomas Alfred |
1852-1943 |
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ROCKLEY, Alicia Margaret, Lady, (nés AMHERST) |
1865-1941 |
English horticultural writer, collector, artist, (Aust 1927), UK |
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ROCKLEY, Christine |
fl. 2010s |
Botanical and natural history artist, NSW |
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RODD, Anthony Norman (Tony) |
1940- |
Herbarium botanist, author, photographer, consultant, NSW |
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RODEN, Robert [Bob] |
fl. 1982 |
Illustrator |
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RODGER, Geoffrey James |
1894-1982 |
Forester, Director-General, SA; Forestry • Timber Bureau, Canberra, SA, ACT |
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RODWAY, Frederick Arthur, Dr |
1880-1956 |
Medical officer, TAS, NSW |
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RODWAY, Leonard |
1853-1936 |
Dentist, botanist, author Tasmanian Flora, TAS |
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RODWAY, Olive (née Barnard) |
1883-1947 |
Naturalist, botanical photographer, herbarium curator, TAS |
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ROE, John Septimus |
1797-1878 |
Surveyor-General, explorer, WA |
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ROE, R. |
fl. 1940s |
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ROGERS, Frederick James Charles* |
1927-1996 |
Teacher, naturalist, SGAP, author Acacia, VIC |
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ROGERS, Jean Scott |
fl. 1926 |
Naturalist, wife of Richard Sanders Rogers, orchids, SA |
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ROGERS, Keith Churchill |
1896-1978 |
Field naturalist, bushman, author, Gippsland, VIC |
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ROGERS, Richard Sanders, Dr |
1862-1942 |
Physician, orchidologist, SA |
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ROGERS, Roderick Westgarth* |
1944- |
Ecologist, lichenologist, botanist, SA, QLD |
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ROGERS, Thomas |
1827-1901 |
English naturalist, pawnbroker, cryptogams, (never visited Aust), UK |
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ROHRLACK, K.D. |
fl.1950s-1990s |
Plant collector, Aboriginal land rights, SA |
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ROMERO, Edgardo Juan |
1936- |
Argentinian botanist, paleobotanist, (visited Aust 1983), S.America |
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ROOM, R.D. |
fl. 1980s |
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ROPER, A. Miss |
fl.1889 |
Collected for Mueller in TAS |
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ROSE, Steven David |
1950-2015 |
Nurseryman, explorer, gold-prospector, New Guinea, WA |
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ROSENSTROM, Gustav (Gus) |
1868-1949 |
Swedish-born bushman, collector, orchids, north QLD |
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ROSIER, Stanley Bruce, Rt Rev.* |
1928- |
Anglican Bishop, naturalist |
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ROSS, Agnes R. |
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ROSS, Elese, Mrs |
fl. 1960s |
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ROSS, Estelle M., Mrs* |
1952- |
Botanist |
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ROSS, James Henderson, Dr |
1941- |
Taxonomic botanist, VIC |
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ROSS, Mary, née KEYES (also as 'Miss Mary ROSS) |
1840-1872 |
Collected for Mueller in QLD |
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ROSS, William John Clunies-, see CLUNIES-ROSS |
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ROSS-CRAIG, Stella |
1906- |
Artist, botanical illustrator, London, UK |
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ROSSER, Celia Elizabeth* |
1930- |
Botanical illustrator, artist |
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ROSSETTO Maurizio |
fl. 2000s |
Geneticist, evolutionary ecologist, NSW |
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ROSSITER family |
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ROSSITER, Elizabeth |
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ROSSITER, Olive Blanche, Mrs |
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ROTH, Walter Edmund, Dr |
1861-1933 |
Anthropologist, explorer |
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ROTHERHAM, Edward Russell* |
1923-2009 |
Professional photographer, wildflower photos, illustrator, author, VIC |
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ROTHERY, Henry Cadogan |
1817-1888 |
Pteridologist |
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RÖTHIG, Karl (Carol) |
1807-1844 |
Artist, engraver, Germany, never came to Aust. |
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ROWAN, Marian Ellis, Mrs, (née RYAN) |
1847-1922 |
Flower painter, Aust, PNG, USA, based in VIC |
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ROWELL, Alison M. |
fl.1980s-90s |
Assisted Eichler with Roepera coll. 1970s-80s, Environmental consultant, ACT |
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ROWLAND, Barbara Reinette |
fl.1980s-1990s |
Migrated to Aust from southern Africa, botanist, coastal plants, WA |
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ROWLANDS, Evan J. |
1934-1971 |
Teacher, lecturer |
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ROY, Shishir Kumar (S.K. Roy) |
1928-2022 |
Indian cytologist, worked on Aust ferns, 1970s-80s, INDIA, NSW |
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ROYCE, Robert Dunlop* |
1914-2008 |
Botanist, phycologist, Herbarium Curator, WA |
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ROYEN, Pieter van |
1923-2002 |
Indonesian/Dutch herbarium botanist, PNG, Hawaii; PNG, Aust, USA |
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ROZEFELDS, Andrew C.F. |
1960- |
Botanist, palaeobotanist, palaeontologist |
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RUBENACH, Leslie Francis |
1931- |
Postmaster, orchid collector, photographer, TAS |
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RUDDER, Augustus |
1828-1904 |
Forestry officer, NSW |
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RUDDER, Edward John |
~1939-2019 |
Forester, QLD |
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RUDDER, W. |
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RUDGE, Anne |
fl. 1800s-1920s |
English botanical artist, UK |
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RULE, Kevin James |
1941- |
Teacher, interested in eucalypts, VIC |
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RUMMEL, L. |
?1837-1904 |
Botanical illustrator for Mueller, VIC |
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RUMMERY, Edward George |
1877-1958 |
Forester, north coast NSW |
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RUMSEY, Herbert John |
1866-1956 |
Lecturer, seedsman, seed seller, NSW |
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RUPP, Herman Montague Rucker, Rev. |
1872-1956 |
Anglican clergyman, orchidologist, TAS, VIC, NSW |
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RUSDEN, G.W. |
fl. 1859 |
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RUSSELL, Hugh |
fl. 1896 |
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RUSSELL, Vance Seymore |
1928-2012 |
Forester, Parks & Gardens, SA, ACT |
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RUTTER, Alfred |
fl. 1894-95 |
Teacher |
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RYAN, Kathleen Emily Margaret |
1890-1970 |
Collected for Mueller in WA. |
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RYAN, Clara Oakley, Mrs, (née GRAHAM) |
1866-1945 |
Collected for Mueller in WA |
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RYDER, V., Miss |
fl.1920-30 |
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RYE, Barbara Lynette, Dr, (née POWELL*) |
1952- |
Herbarium botanist, WA |
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RYLAND, Annie Eliza |
1850-1934 |
Collected for Mueller in VIC |
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RYLAND, James Herman |
fl.1880s |
Collected for Mueller in VIC |
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RYLEY, Malcolm John |
1953- |
Plant pathologist, collected fungi, QLD |
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RYMER, Julia L. |
fl.1980s |
Seedbank manager, researcher, ANBG, ACT |
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Surnames (Family names) starting with:
A B C
D E F
G H I
J K L
M N O
P-Q R S
T U-V W
X-Y-Z
* = information contributed by the collector/illustrator themselves (to Willis et al) pre 1986
^^ = information from: George, A.S. (2009) Australian Botanist's Companion, Four Gables Press, WA.
Last Updated on 24 April, 2025 by CHAH webmaster (cpbr-info@anbg.gov.au)
