Person

Crawford, Alexander Robert (1840 - 1912)

Born
21 February 1840
Dublin, Ireland
Died
27 March 1912
Moona Plains nr Walcha, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Botanical collector and Station manager

Summary

Managing Cunderang Station in his younger years, Crawford later collected plant specimens for Ferdinand von Mueller, who was very satisfied with his work. Joseph Maiden contacted Crawford after the death of von Mueller to secure his collections for the National Herbarium, Sydney. Crawford discovered one of the then named Eucalyptus globulus growing in the New England district of New South Wales.

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Chronology

1922
Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus crawfordii Maiden & Blakely (a reputed hybrid between E. acaciformis and E. saligna (Pryor & Johnson, 1971; Chippendale, 1988)) was named for Crawford.

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Christine Moje and Neville Walsh

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