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Linnean Society of London, Archives, Guard Book 1880-85, f. 133. 82.06.27

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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to B. Daydon Jackson, 1882-06-27. 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/1880-9/1882/82-06-27-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

27/6/82
Would you oblige, dear Mr Jackson, by refering to Scopoli’s “Introductio ad historiam naturalem” (1777)
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Scopoli (1777).
and let me kindly know whether in this work, to which I have no access, any species of
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are indicated, if even only impliedly .
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IPNI (acessed 10 September 2020) lists no species of
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formally named by Scopoli, although he is the author of the genus, the name of which has been conserved. The Library of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne has a copy of this work inscribed ‘Baron v Müller’.
With regardful remembrance
Ferd. von Mueller.
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Annotations:
R 16 Aug
28 Dec no species
R 3 Jan