Person
Bleeser, Florenz August Carl (1871 - 1942)
- Born
- 5 July 1871
Woodside, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 1 November 1942
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Naturalist
Summary
Florenz Bleeser worked in the South Australian Post-Master General's Department before embarking on a 52-year career at the Darwin Post Office. He developed an interest in the native vegetation of far northern Australia and started collecting plant specimens. He sent specimens to the Kew Herbarium, England, the National Herbarium in Melbourne, the Berlin Herbarium, and to William Blakely at the Sydney Herbarium. One species of eucalypt, Eucalyptus bleeseri, and two grasses, Eragostis bleeseri and Eriachne bleeseri, are named in his honour.
Details
Chronology
- ? - 1889
- Career position - Worked at the South Australian Postmaster-General's Department
- 1889 - c. 1941
- Career position - Worked at the Darwin Post Office
- 1927
- Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus bleeseri Blakely was named in his honour.
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Smith, Ailie; Moje, Christine; Rigby, Rebecca, The Study of Australian Eucalypts, eScholarship Research Centre, 2013, http://www.eoas.info/eucalypts/index.html. Details
Resources
- 'Bleeser, Florenz August Carl (18710705-19421101)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1491607. Details
See also
- Blakely, W. F., 'Descriptions of nine new species of Eucalyptus', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, 61 (1927), 149-178. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/113499. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 26 April 2012, Last modified: 9 April 2014
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