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Clara Christine Maria Wehl | |
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| Born | Clara Christine Maria Mueller 1833 |
| Died | 31 July 1901 |
| Nationality (legal) | German, Australian |
| Occupation | botanist |
| Known for | botanical collection |
Clara Christine Maria Wehl (née Mueller) (1833 – 31 July 1901) was a German-born Australian botanist. She is known for her contributions to botany via her scientific collections in Australia. The genus Wehlia and the species Gigartina wehliae are named in her honour.
Early life[edit]
Wehl was born in Rostock Mecklenburg, now in Germany, in 1833. She was the daughter of Louise Mertens (1797-1840) and her husband Friedrich Müller (1794-1835), a customs official.[1] Clara emigrated to South Australia in 1847 accompanied by her sister Bertha and brother Ferdinand Mueller.[1]
Botanical collecting[edit]
In 1848, not long after arriving in Australia, Wehl collected botanical specimens in the Bugle Ranges.[1] She also collected in the Barossa Range.[1] In 1866 Wehl sent algae specimens collected near Mount Gambier to her brother while he was at the Melbourne Botanic Gardens.[2] Wehl's algae specimen collecting assisted the research of other botanists including William Henry Harvey, Otto Sonder and Jacob Agardh.[3] Wehl's botanical collecting extended over a period of at least 46 years.[4]
Family[edit]
On 14 October 1853 at Richmond, Victoria Wehl married her husband Eduard Wehl (1823-1876), a physician.[5][1] Her interest in botany and botanical collecting continued after her marriage.[2] During her marriage Wehl gave birth to 15 children, at least three of whom would become botanical collectors.[1]
Honours[edit]
The genus Wehlia was named in honour of Wehl and her husband.[5][6] The algae species Gigartina wehliae is also named in her honour.[7]
Death[edit]
Wehl died on the 31st of July 1901.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "Mueller / Müller, Clara Christine Maria (later Mrs Wehl) (1833 - 1901)". The Australasian Virtual Herbarium. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ a b Monteath, Peter (2011). Germans: Travellers, Settlers and Their Descendants in South Australia. Kent Town, South Australia: Wakefield Press. p. 214. ISBN 9781862549111.
- ^ Dowe, John; May, Tom W.; Maroske, Sara; Smith, Lucy T. (2020). "The Wehl family of South Australia and their botanical connections with "Dear Uncle" Baron Ferdinand von Mueller". Swainsona. 34: 1–79.
- ^ Sara Maroske; Alison Vaughan (2014). "Ferdinand Mueller's female plant collectors: a biographical register". Muelleria. 32: 92–172. doi:10.5962/P.295690. ISSN 0077-1813. Wikidata Q101072613.
- ^ a b c "Wehl, Clara Christine Maria (1833 - 1901)". www.eoas.info. Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1876). Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ. Vol. 10. Melbourne: Auctoritate Gubern. Coloniæ Victoriæ, Ex Officina Joannis Ferres. p. 22. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.287. OCLC 5956876.
- ^ Sonder, Otto (1871). "Die Algen des tropischen Australiens". Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften / hrsg. vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg. 5 (2): 62. Retrieved 28 June 2023 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
