Clement, Emile Louis Bruno (1844 - 1928)
He was born in Muskau in Prussia, Silesia in 1844 (now situated in the German
Federal State of Saxony on the border
with Poland); he died at Hove in Sussex, UK, on 4 August 1928, aged 84.
Throughout his life, he
pursued a variety of occupations,
including archaeologist, teacher, naturalist, mining engineer, ethnographer, children's book author, and
ethnographic dealer.
He made three trips to Western Australia: 1895; 1896-1898; and 1899-1900.
These trips related to his
involvement with establishing and later managing a number of gold mines around the Towranna and Roebourne
regions, WA. Among these mines were the Towranna Gold Mines of WA Ltd lease at Towranna and leases held by the
Lydia Exploration Syndicate on the Lower Nickol field northwest of Roebourne, WA.
As well as the ethnographic and archaeological material, Dr Clement contributed substantial quantities of botanical
material from north-west Australia to the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew between 1898 and 1900, as well as to
herbaria in Leiden and Berlin.
Malcolm Trudgeon points out, with regard to his Australian herbarium specimens, that:
"Several of his collections are types but all have the same vague location ("Between the Ashburton and De Grey Rivers"). . .
. . . the dots on the AVH map for Clements specimens as far as I can see are just different interpretations of "Between the Ashburton and De Grey Rivers" when specimens have been given geocode at a herbarium which have then migrated it to AVH."
Herbaria holding signifiant plant collections from E. Clement:
Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany
Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden
Australian flora named after E. Clement:
Acacia clementii Domin (currently Acacia pyrifolia)
Acacia clementii Maiden & Blakely (as 'clementi) (currently Acacia xiphophylla)
Alysicarpus muelleri var. clementi Schindler
Amaranthus clementii Domin (as 'Amarantus')
Brachyscome clementii Domin (as 'Brachycome')
Convolvulus clementii Domin
Erythraea clementii Domin
Euphorbia clementii Domin
Goodenia clementii K.Krause
Helipterum clementii Domin
Hibiscus campylochlamys var. clementii Domin
Justicia clementii Domin (as 'Justicea') (currently Rostellularia adscendens var. clementii (Domin) R.Barker)
Mimulus clementii Domin
Neptunia dimorphantha var. clementii Domin
Neurachne clementii Domin
Panicum clementii Domin
Paspalidium clementii (Domin) C.E.Hubb.
Polygala stenoclada var. clementi Domin
Psoralea clementii Domin
Rumex clementii Domin
Sida clementii Domin
Stackhousia clementii Domin
Tephrosia clementii Skan
Tephrosia rosea var. clementii Domin
Tribulus angustifolius var. clementii Domin
Trichinium clementii Farmar (as 'Clementi') (currently Ptilotus clementi)
Triumfetta bartramia var. clementii Domin (currently Triumfetta clementi)
Source: Extracted from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Clement
Pers. Comm. Malcolm Trudgen, (2024)
Portrait Photo: Wikipedia
Collecting localities for 'Clement, E.' from AVH (2024)
Data from 63 specimens held in Australasian herbaria (see comment above)