William Baeuerlen

{{Short description|German-born Australian botanist and explorer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox scientist | name = William Baeuerlen | image = Wilhelm Baeuerlen arms folded.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1840|10|27|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Niedernhall]], [[Germany]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1917|10|28|1840|10|27|df=y}} | death_place = [[Sydney]], Australia | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = | ethnicity = | field = [[botany]] | work_institutions = | alma_mater = | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = Botanical collector & explorer | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | prizes = | religion = | footnotes = | signature = }}

'''William Baeuerlen''' (1840 – 1917) was a German botanical collector and explorer.<ref name=melb>{{cite web |title=''Bäuerlen, William'' (1840 - 1917)|url=https://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/archives/P002095a.htm|author = |work = Bright Sparcs Archival and Heritage Sources|publisher = University of Melbourne|accessdate=2021-06-16}}</ref> He was born in [[Niedernhall]] as Leonhard Carl Wilhelm Bäuerlen. He became [[Ferdinand von Mueller]]'s botanical collector in Australia from the 1880s, and later the collector for [[Joseph Maiden]] in [[Sydney]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Baeuerlen, William (1840 - 1917)|work=Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria - Australian National Herbarium|publisher = Australian Government|accessdate=June 14, 2021|url=https://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/baeuerlen-william.html}}</ref>

Baeuerlen travelled extensively in eastern Australia, particularly in [[New South Wales]], collecting many thousands of specimens. There are 4,404 records currently attributed to Baeuerlen. He was part of the [[New Guinea Exploration Expedition (1885)|Bonito Exploration]] of 1885 to [[New Guinea]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Baeuerlen, William (1840 - 1917)|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Australian Science|publisher = |author1= McCarthy, G.J. |author2=Walsh, N. |author3=Moje, C.R.|accessdate=June 14, 2021|url=https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002095b.htm}}</ref> In 1891, he published a book "Wildlfowers of New South Wales", co-authored by [[Gertrude Lovegrove]].<ref name=trove>{{cite web |title=Wildlowers of New South Wales|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-33528793/view?partId=nla.obj-33528801#page/n0/mode/1up|author =|work = Trove|publisher=Australian Government|accessdate=2021-06-16}}</ref> His name is honoured as [[Binomial nomenclature|specific epithets]] in several species. Such as [[Correa baeuerlenii]], [[Eucalyptus baeuerlenii]] and [[Acacia baeuerlenii]].<ref name=plantnet>{{cite web |title=''Acacia baeuerlenii'', PlantNET - NSW Flora Online|url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~baeuerlenii|author = P.G. Kodela|accessdate=2021-06-16}}</ref>

Specimens collected by Baeuerlen are cared for at the [[National Herbarium of Victoria]] (MEL), [[Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria]].<ref name="MEL">{{Cite web| url = https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?q=collector_text%3A%22B%C3%A4uerlen%2C+W.%22+AND+collection_uid%3Aco55| title = AVH: The Australasian Virtual Herbarium| website = Atlas of Living Australia| access-date = 15 November 2024}}</ref>

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