Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria |
Initiator (with Martius) of Flora Brasiliensis, and author of a number of works describing Australian plants, of which the most notable are probably Prodromus Florae Norfolkicae (1833), Genera Plantarum (1836-1840), Enumeratio Plantarum... Hügel (1837), Stirpium Australasicum... Hügeliani (1838) and Enchiridion Botanicum (1841). His Types and main collection are at W with other specimens at P.
Extracted from: A.E.Orchard (1999) A History of Systematic Botany in Australia, in Flora of Australia Vol.1, 2nd ed., ABRS. [consult for source references]