Zimmer, Walter John (1898 - 1967)

Apart from spasmodic records by visiting Melbourne naturalists, the vast Murray Mallee was not properly described until Chief Forester W. J. Zimmer's Flora of the Far North-West of Victoria, published by the Forests Commission in 1937. Mr. Zimmer worked the country from Hattah to the South Australian border and north to the Murray during his ten-year residence at Mildura; he has classified all his species (almost 500 vascular plants) on an ecological basis, the vegetational types being closely correlated with soil profiles.

Source: Willis, J.H. (1949) Botanical pioneers in Victoria - III. Victorian Naturalist 66:123-128

Collecting localities for 'Zimmer, W.J.' from AVH (2021)

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