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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Société Impériale Zoologique d'Acclimatation, Paris, 1863-03-25 [63.03.25e]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1860-9/1863/63-03-25e-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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Letter not found. The text given here is from Bulletin de la Société Impériale Zoologique d'Acclimatation, vol.10 (1863), p. 352.
[M. le docteur Mueller, par une lettre de la même date, exprime les mêmes sentiments de reconnaissance de la Société de Victoria, dont il est vice-président, et demande à M. le Président l'autorisation de lui dédier, comme témoignage de sa gratitude personnelle, un des magnifiques arbres qu'il a découverts dans le nord-ouest de l'Australie, et auquel il a donné le nom de
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[Dr. Mueller, by a letter of the same date, expresses the same feelings of gratitude from the Victorian Society, of which he is vice-president, and asks of the President permission to dedicate to him, as testimony of his personal gratitude, one of the magnificent trees that he discovered in the north-west of Australia, to which he has given the name
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No botanical genus named for Drouyn de Lhuys has been found. The summary of the letter may have misinterpreted M's intent: M named a species Podocarpus drouynianus (64.02.01, p. 86 and t. XXXI) with the following dedication:
Speciem viro illustri et excellenti Drouyn de Lhuys, Imperii Gallici summo Ministro, Instituti membro, Imperialis Societatis Acclimationis Praesidi, in summae observantiae publicam tesseram exilem quidem sed perpetuam dicavi.’ [I have dedicated the species to the illustrious and distinguished Drouyn de Lhuys, senior minister of the French Empire, Member of the Institute, President of the Imperial Acclimatisation Society, with greatest respect, a public token, meagre indeed but lasting.]
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