# William Baeuerlen

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German-born Australian botanist and explorer

William Baeuerlen Born (1840-10-27)27 October 1840 Niedernhall, Germany Died 28 October 1917(1917-10-28) (aged 77) Sydney, Australia Known for Botanical collector & explorer Scientific career Fields botany

**William Baeuerlen** (1840 – 1917) was a German botanical collector and explorer.[1] He was born in [Niedernhall](/source/Niedernhall) as Leonhard Carl Wilhelm Bäuerlen. He became [Ferdinand von Mueller](/source/Ferdinand_von_Mueller)'s botanical collector in Australia from the 1880s, and later the collector for [Joseph Maiden](/source/Joseph_Maiden) in [Sydney](/source/Sydney).[2]

Baeuerlen travelled extensively in eastern Australia, particularly in [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), collecting many thousands of specimens. There are 4,404 records currently attributed to Baeuerlen. He was part of the [Bonito Exploration](/source/New_Guinea_Exploration_Expedition_(1885)) of 1885 to [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea).[3] In 1891, he published a book "Wildlfowers of New South Wales", co-authored by [Gertrude Lovegrove](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gertrude_Lovegrove&action=edit&redlink=1).[4] His name is honoured as [specific epithets](/source/Binomial_nomenclature) in several species. Such as [Correa baeuerlenii](/source/Correa_baeuerlenii), [Eucalyptus baeuerlenii](/source/Eucalyptus_baeuerlenii) and [Acacia baeuerlenii](/source/Acacia_baeuerlenii).[5]

Specimens collected by Baeuerlen are cared for at the [National Herbarium of Victoria](/source/National_Herbarium_of_Victoria) (MEL), [Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Victoria).[6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-melb_1-0)** ["*Bäuerlen, William* (1840 - 1917)"](https://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/archives/P002095a.htm). *Bright Sparcs Archival and Heritage Sources*. University of Melbourne. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Baeuerlen, William (1840 - 1917)"](https://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/baeuerlen-william.html). *Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria - Australian National Herbarium*. Australian Government. Retrieved 14 June 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** McCarthy, G.J.; Walsh, N.; Moje, C.R. ["Baeuerlen, William (1840 - 1917)"](https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002095b.htm). *Encyclopedia of Australian Science*. Retrieved 14 June 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-trove_4-0)** ["Wildlowers of New South Wales"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-33528793/view?partId=nla.obj-33528801#page/n0/mode/1up). *Trove*. Australian Government. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-plantnet_5-0)** P.G. Kodela. ["*Acacia baeuerlenii*, PlantNET - NSW Flora Online"](https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~baeuerlenii). Retrieved 16 June 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-MEL_6-0)** ["AVH: The Australasian Virtual Herbarium"](https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?q=collector_text%3A%22B%C3%A4uerlen%2C+W.%22+AND+collection_uid%3Aco55). *Atlas of Living Australia*. Retrieved 15 November 2024.

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