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Lhotsky, Johann (1795 - 1866)

Born at L'vov, Ukraine, in 1795, died in London, England, in November 1866.

Collected in Brazil 1830­1832, before arriving in New South Wales in mid-1832. In 1834 he undertook a 3-month expedition to the Alps of New South Wales. From 14 October 1836 to 1 April 1838 he visited Tasmania, being engaged briefly by Governors Frankland and Franklin to collect specimens and carry out minor surveys around Hobart and the Tasman Peninsula. His herbarium was sold and dispersed. His Australian collections can be found, in part, at BM, with some in B, CN, FI, G-DEL, HAL, KIEL, LE, LY, LZ, MEL, OXF, P, W.

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]