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Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators (U-V)

 1700s – 2000

Based on the list  published by J.H. Willis, D. Pearson, M.T. Davis, and J.W. Green, Western Australian Herbarium Research Notes Number 12, August 1986.
Enhanced with information from George, A.S. (2009) Australian Botanist's Companion, Four Gables Press, WA.

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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

UHLHERR, Peter

fl. 1969-70

Botanist

 

 

UNWIN, Ernest Ewart

1881-1944

Botanist

 

 

UPTON, Walter T.

1922-2012

Orchid collector, breeder, illustrator, NSW

notes

portrait

URBAN, (Evelyn) Anne (née Fannin)

1926-2012

Author of "Wildflowers and Plants of Central Australia ", plant photographer, sister of Peter Fannin

   

URQUHART, Miss

 

 

 

 

URVILLE, J.S.C.D.d', see D'URVILLE

 

 

 

 

VALDER, Peter

fl. 1980s

Botanist, mycologist

 

 

VAN ALTENA, August Constant

1920-2015

Dutch-born forester, Aust from 1952, QLD

notes

portrait

VAN BALGOOY, Max Michael Josephus*

1932

Java-born botanist/collector, Pacific flora, incl. Aust., based in Leiden, the Netherlands..

notes

portrait

VAN DILLEWIJN, C.

fl. 1952

Botanist, physiologist

 

 

VAN STEENIS, Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan, Prof. Dr

1901-1986

Botanist, author,  Leiden, the Netherlands.

notes

portrait

VAN ZANTEN, Bernard Otto, Dr

1927-

Bryologist, botanist

 

 

VANE, N.

fl. 1950s-60s

 

 

 

VEITCH, James Herbert

1868-1907

Nurseryman, commercial plant collector, UK, WA, NZ

notes

portrait

VEITCH, John Gould

1839-1870

Nurseryman, commercial plant collector, UK, NSW

notes

portrait

VENNING, Julianne, Dr

1953-

Botanist, ecologist, flora writer, Cupressaceae, SA

notes

portrait

VENTURI

fl. 1888-92

Botanist

 

 

VERDCOURT, Bernard

1925-2011

British botanist worked mainly Africa and Kew

notes

portrait

VERDON, Douglas

1920-2000

Canberra Bot.Gdns. herbarium technician, lichenologist, ACT

notes

portrait

VERNON, Lee*

1955-

Collected in Kimberley region in 1980s, WA

 

 

VERNON, William

1811-1890

Gardener, collector, UK, NSW

notes

portrait

VERREAUX, Jules Pierre

1807-1873

French naturalist, lichenologist, 1842-44 TAS, 1844-46 NSW, QLD,

notes

 

VICARY, Nathaniel, Major

fl. 1835-59

Army officer, India, NSW,

notes

 

VICKERY, Joyce Winifred, Dr*

1908-1979

Herbarium botanist, agrostologist, NSW

notes

portrait

VICTOR

fl. 1816-1829

Botanical engraver, France

notes

 

VIDLER, Edward Alexander

1863-1943

Naturalist, bookman, literary adviser

 

 

VINCENT, Adele V.

fl. 1920-30

Palaeobotanist

 

 

VINCENT, Drewe Thomas

1963-

Nurseryman

notes

 

VINK, Wilhelm, Dr*

1931-

Dutch botanist, ex Leyden, worked in New Guinea, some time with Roy Pullen, PNG

 

portrait

VIRRKI

fl. 1950

Palaeobotanist

 

 

VITT, Dale Hadley*

1944-

An American (US) bryologist and peatland ecologist, USA, Aust, NZ.

notes

portrait

VLAMINGH, Willem de

fl. 1697

Dutch explorer, west coast WA

notes 

 

VOGAN, Arthur James

1859-1948

NZ born artist, photographer, journalist and taxidermist, Aust, PNG, NZ

notes

portrait

VON BLANDOWSKI, J.W.T.L., see BLANDOWSKI

 

 

 

 

VON FERNSEE, H.R.W., see WAWRA von FERNSEE

 

 

 

 

VON GUERARD, Eugene

1811 - 1901

Artist, traveller, master at Victorian art school, VIC

notes

portrait

VON GOEBEL, K.I.E., see GOEBEL

 

 

 

 

VON HUGEL, K.A.A.F., see HUGEL

 

 

 

 

VON LENDENFELD, R. see LENDENFELD

 

 

 

 

VON MARTENS, G.M., see MARTENS

 

 

 

 

VON MUELLER, F.J.H, see MUELLER

 

 

 

 

VON MYGIND, F., see MYGIND

 

 

 

 

VON SCHOMBURGK, M.R., see SCHOMBURGK

 

 

 

 

VON SZENT-LELER, J.K., see KOVATS

 

 

 

 

VOS, Hubertus

1933-2013

Dutch-born nurseryman, forestry technician, CSIRO, ACT, QLD

notes

 

VROLAND, Anton William Rutherford

1874-1957

School teacher, educational reformer, bushman, VIC

notes

 

 

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.


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