The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: [In a letter that has been received by the most dignified inspector of the Botanic Garden of Coimbra, Mr Ed. Goeze, Baron F. von Mueller of Melbourne announces to him two new plants that he describes....

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Colmeiroa
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Ferdinand von Mueller to Edmund Goeze, 1872-01 [72.01.00c]. 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/72-01-00c>, accessed September 11, 2025

Letter not found. The text given here is from Jornal de horticultura practica, vol. 3, p. 60. The letter is dated to January 1872 as the latest likely date that it could have been written in time to be summarized for publication in the March issue of the Jornal.

[N'uma carta que recebeu ha dias o dignissimo inspector do Jardim Botanico de Coimbra, o snr. Ed. Goeze, annuncia-lhe o barão F. von Mueller, de Melbourne, duas novas plantas que descreve.

A primeira é o Iris (Moraea) Robinsoni, gigantesca Iridea, cujas folhas medem dous metros de comprido. Foi descoberta nas ilhas de Lord Howe e o nome especifico foi-lhe dado em honra ao novo governador de New South Wales, Sir Hercules Robinson.

Pelo exame d'esta planta fica provado que o genero Moraea (segundo Endlicher mas não segundo Thunberg) não pode estar separado do género Iris, havendo d'este modo um genero muito natural, que se estende mais no orbe terrestre que o genero .

O snr. von Mueller recebeu tambem da mesma ilha uma planta pertencente á familia das Saxifragaceas com a qual formou um novo genero — — em homenagem ao professor de botanica de Madrid, o snr. Colmeiro.

Na família das Euphorbiaceas já havia este genero que tinha sido estabelecido por Reuter, porém o monographo d'esta família eliminou-o no «Prodromus.»]

[In a letter that has been received by the most dignified inspector of the Botanic Garden of Coimbra, Mr Ed. Goeze, Baron F. von Mueller of Melbourne announces to him two new plants that he describes.

The first is the Iris ( Moraea ) Robinsoni , a gigantic Iridea, whose leaves measure two metres long. It was discovered in Lord Howe island and the specific name was given to it in honor of the new governor of New South Wales, Sir Hercules Robinson.

Iris robinsoniana, described in B71.12.03, p, 153, under the names of Charles Moore and M.

By examining this plant it is proved that the genus Moraea (according to Endlicher but not according to Thunberg)

Endlicher (1836-40), p. 166; Thunberg (1787), that is the twelfth of Thunberg's dissertations, cited by M in B71.12.03, p. 154, as 'Thunb. Diss. 12'.

can not be separated from the genus Iris , thus having a very natural genus, which extends more in the terrestrial world than the genus .

Mr von Mueller also received from the same island a plant belonging to the family with which he formed a new genus - - in honor of the professor of botany at Madrid, Mr Colmeiro.

M erected (C. carpodetoides) in B71.12.03, p. 149.

In the family this genus already had been established by Reuter, but the monograph of this family eliminated it in the "Prodromus."

G. F. Reuter's genus was sunk into Securinega in J. Müller (1866), p. 446.

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