Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria
Australian National Herbarium
BIOGRAPHY
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Born in Queensland 9 February 1879, died Brisbane 5 May 1964.
Born in Qld, one of nine children, to a pastoralist, Walter John Biddulph (d.1905), and Harriette Sophia née Foot (1839-1940).
The Biddulphs ran 'Mount Playfair Station', 1878-1903, and then 'Birtley Station' near Springsure. Florence collected (numbered) MEL specimens (as 'Miss F. Biddulph' and 'Miss Biddulph') at 'Cungelella Station', 'Mount Playfair Station', Nogoa River, Springsure, Springsure Creek, and Tambo, 1890.
Florence's sister ALICE CAROLINE BIDDULPH, mother HARRIETTE SOPHIA BIDDULPH, and aunts, ELLEN CAROLINE BIDDULPH and ADA FOOT, also collected MEL specimens.
Florence died in Brisbane in 1964 aged 85. She did not marry.
Source: Maroske, Sara and Vaughan, Alison (2014) 'Ferdinand Mueller's female plant
collectors: a biographical register', Muelleria Vol.32 [consult for source references]