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71.02.10aPreferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Sociedad Rural Argentina, 1871-02-10 [71.02.10a]. 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/1870-9/1871/71-02-10a-final.odt>, accessed June 9, 2026
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Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Semillas de Australia' [Australian
seeds],
Anales de la Sociedad Rural Argentina, 1871, vol. 5, p. 197.
Segun la lista que acompaña, las semillas que envía son las siguienttes:
2
The list is given below the translation. These species are listed again, some with
one or more of common name, location where they grow naturally, and their use, in 'Semillas de Australia' [Australian seeds],
Anales de la Sociedad Rural Argentina
, 1871, vol. 5, pp. 275-6. In a few cases the name errors noted here have been corrected, or given in a new incorrect
reading. There is no indication of the source of the additional information, although
it is possible that it was with the seeds.
[Lastly, another communication has been received from that gentleman,
dated
10
February. in which he reports having shipped a collection of seeds of fast-growing
trees from Australia on the ship "Loch Fay" directed to the
Agent
General of Victoria, in London,
Mr Ge
orge Verdon, with a request
to send it to the Argentine Rural Society, wishing
their
culture to be tested in different localities of this country in order to better
test
the
result.
3
The text follows on from the announcement of a previous letter from M; see M to the
Sociedad Rural Argentina, 1 January 1871.
According to the accompanying list, he sends the following seeds:]
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Acacia lophanta
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Wenet.
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Typesetter's error for Willd. (=Willdenow)? The typesetter or editor clearly had difficulty with M's hand; where a misreading
is the probable cause of the error, this explanation is suggested in the notes. In
some cases, while such an error is likely, it is possible that M's text contained
a misspelling, and a reading is suggested without further comment.
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Acacia siligna
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Wenet.
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Acacia longifolia
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Wenet.
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Acacia mollísima
5
Typesetter's error for
A. mollissima?
6
The typesetter appears to have omitted
Acacia
before a misread
decurrens
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Wenet.
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Acacia homalophilla
7
A. homalophylla; corrected in later list, see note 2 above.
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Cunn.
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Acacia melonosylon
8
Typesetter's error for
A. melanoxylon? Corrected in later list, see note 2 above.
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Br.
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Acacia implesa
9
Typesetter's error for
A
.
implexa
?
Corrected in later list, see note 2 above.
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Benth.
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Acacia retinoides
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Schl.
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Acacia reynantha
10
Typesetter's error for
A. pycnantha
?
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Benth
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Aralia spinosa
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N. Zeal.
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Atriples
11
Typesetter's error for
A
triplex?
Corrected in later list, see note 2 above.
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Poir.
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Atriples nummulaciam
12
Typesetter's error for
A
triplex
nummularia
?
This name was given as
A. nummulacia
in the later notes, see note 2 above.
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Lin.
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Atriples semibaccateam
13
Typesetter's error for
Atriplex semibaccat
a? Corrected in later list, see note 2 above.
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Br.
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Bursania
14
Typesetter's error for
Bursaria? Corrected in later list, see note 2 above.
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Caron.
15
Typesetter's error for
Cavan (=Cavanilles)?
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Cusuarina
16
Typesetter's error for
Casuarina?
Corrected in later list, see note 2 above, but
leptoclada
is given there as
heptoclada.
17
Typesetters misalignment and misreading?
Casuarina
leptoclada
was named by Miquel (=Miq);
Casuarina
suberosa
was attributed to Miquel (perhaps abbreviated to 'M', but read as 'W'; see Miquel
(1868), p 337) although previously named by Otto & Dietrich (1841), p. 155.
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W
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Corypha australis
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Br
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Dodonaea cuneata
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Given as
Dodonaca
in the later list, see note 2 above.
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Smith
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Euchylaena
19
Typesetter's error for
Enchyleana? Corrected in later list, see note 2 above.
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tomentosa.
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Br
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Eremphilla
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Eremoph
il
a? Given as
Eremophyla
in the later list, see note 2 above.
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F. V. Mueller
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Eucaliptus
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Eucalyptus; the spelling used here is frequent in Spanish, but corrected in the later list,
see note 2 above.
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Typesetter's error for
E. fissilis; corrected in later list, see note 2 above. This is a
nominum
nudum
in Guilfoyle (1877), p. 25, where in his list of native woods he attributes it to M and notes that it is allied to
E. obliqua.
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F. V. Mueller
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Eucaliptus globulus
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Labill.
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Eucaliptus obliqua
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Hent.
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Typesetter's error for
Hert. (=L'Héritier)? The plant name is given as
E. oblicua
in the later list, see note 2 above.
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Eucaliptus marginata
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Smith
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Exocarpus cupressiformis
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Labill.
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Grevillea robusta
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Cunn.
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Hakea laurina
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Br.
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Hibiscus splendens
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Tras.
25
Typesetter's error for
Fras. (=Charles Fraser, see APNI under the species name).
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Hymenus porum flavum
26
Typesetter's error for
Hymenosporum flavum? Given as
Hymenosporum
floru
m
in
the later list, see note 2 above.
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F. V. Mueller
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Kochia sedifolia
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F. V. Mueller
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Knunzea leptus permoides
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Kunzea leptospermoides? Corrected in later list, see note 2 above.
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F. V. Mueller
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Melaleuca ericifolia
28
Given in the later list as
Medalena ercifolia, see note 2 above.
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Smith
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Phomium senat
29
Typesetter's error for
Phormium tenax?
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Forst.
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Pittosporum crasifolium
30
Pittosporum crassifolium?
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Banks
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Pittosporum eugenoides
31
Pittosporum eugeinoides?
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Cunn.
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Pittosporum nigricans
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Port.
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Typesetter's error for
Hort. (=Horticultural)? Given as 'Port' in later list, see note 2 above.
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Pittosporum sennifolium
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No plausible name for which this might be a typesetter's error has been found. The only
Pittosporum
species named by Banks listed in IPNI is
P.
crassifolium
(accessed 23 November 2019)
.
The later list gives its locality as 'De Neuva Zelandia' [From New Zealand], see note
2 above.
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Banks
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Pittosporum medulatum
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Typesetter's error for
P. undulatum? Given as
P. nudulatum
in the later list, see note 2 above.
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Katinat.
35
Typesetter's error for
Ventenat?
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Plagianthus pulchellas
36
Typesetter's error for
P. pulchellus? Corrected in later list, see note 2 above.
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A. Gray
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Podocarpus ferruginens
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Typesetter's error for
P
.
ferrugineus
?
Corrected in later list, see
note 2 above. However,
catalogues
list this
species
as
described by Don, not Richards;
see IPNI
and Ngā Tipu o Aotearoa— New Zealand Plants (both accessed 23 October 2019).
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Richards
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Pemaderris
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Typesetter's error for
Pomaderris? Corrected in later list, see note 2 above.
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Labill.
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Ptycospernia
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Typesetter's error for
Ptychosperma?
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F. V. Mueller
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Sida retusa
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Given
as Sila retusa
in later list, see note 2 above.
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L
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Tetragona espansa
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Typesetter's error for
T. expansa? Given as
T. spansa
in later list, see note 2 above.
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Murray
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Acacia diurrens
Acacia implesa
Acacia longifolia
Acacia lophanta
Acacia melonosylon
Acacia mollísima diurrens
Acacia homalophilla
Acacia retinoides
Acacia reynantha
Acacia siligna
Aralia spinosa
Atriples cinereum
Atriples nummulaciam
Atriples semibaccateam
Bursania spinosa
Corypha australis
Cusuarina leptoclada
Cusuarina suberosa
Dodonaea cuneata
Eremphilla longifolia
Eucaliptus finitis
Eucaliptus globulus
Eucaliptus marginata
Eucaliptus obliqua
Euchylaena tormentosa
Exocarpus cupressiformis
Grevillea robusta
Hakea laurina
Hibiscus splendens
Hymenus porum flavum
Knunzea leptus permoides
Kochia sedifolia
Melaleuca ericifolia
Pemaderrisapetala
Phomium senat
Pittosporum crasifolium
Pittosporum eugenoides
Pittosporum medulatum
Pittosporum nigricans
Pittosporum sennifolium
Plagianthus pulchellas
Podocarpus ferruginens
PtycosperniaAlexandrae
Sida retusa
Tetragona espansa