''Muelleria'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal on

botany Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek w ...

published by the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. It focuses on topics relating to plants, algae, and fungi in the southern hemisphere and Australia in particular. The journal was named in honour of Victorian Government botanist Ferdinand von Mueller. ''Muelleria'' commenced publication in 1955 with funding from the Maud Gibson Trust. The trust was initiated in 1945 following the donation of £20,000 by Maud Gibson, a daughter of William Gibson, founder of the

Foy & Gibson Foy & Gibson (also known as Foy's) was one of Australia's largest and earliest department store chains. A large range of goods were manufactured and sold by the company including clothing, manchester, leather goods, soft furnishings, furniture, ...

department store chain. ''Muelleria'' was one of a number of botanical journals initiated by Australian

herbaria A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study. The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sheet of paper (called ...

after World War II, reflecting the increased level of botanical research undertaken at this time.

James Hamlyn Willis James Hamlyn Willis (28 January 1910 – 10 November 1995) was an Australian botanist. He described 64 new species of plants, and published more than 880 works including the landmark two-volume ''A Handbook to plants in Victoria'' between 1962 ...

was the editor of the three initial issues.

Editors-in-chief

The following persons have been or are editor-in-chief: *

(Vol 1. 1956–1967) *

Rex Bertram Filson Rex Bertram Filson (born 1930) is an Australian lichenologist who made major contributions to knowledge of lichens in Australia and Antarctica. Early in his career Filson worked as a carpenter in various places around Australia, and from 1961 to ...

(Vol. 2-Vol. 3, no. 3. 1969–1976) * Helen Isobel Aston (Vol. 3, no. 4-Vol. 6. 1977–1988) *

Donald Bruce Foreman Don Foreman was an Australian botanist who worked on the Monimiaceae and Proteaceae of Australia. He also helped with the editing of selected Flora of Victoria and Flora of Australia Volumes. Career After Foreman graduated from the Univers ...

(Vol. 7-Vol. 9. 1989–1996) *

James Walter Grimes James Walter Grimes, known as Jim Grimes, is an American botanist. Career Grimes can be attributed to over 240 taxa names, either as sole author or co-author. Grimes worked at the New York Botanical Garden studying Fabaceae. In 1996 Grimes m ...

(Vol. 10-Vol. 15. 1997–2001) * Marco Duretto and Teresa Lebel (Vol. 16–17. 2002–2003) * Teresa Lebel (Vol 18–30. 2004–2012) * Teresa Lebel and Daniel J. Murphy (botanist) (Vol 26 no. 1. 2008. Acacia Special Issue) * Teresa Lebel and Tom May (mycologist) (Vol 31. 2013) * Tom May (mycologist) (Vol 32. 2014) * Tom May (mycologist) and Teresa Lebel (Vol 33. 2014–2015) * Teresa Lebel (Vol 34–36. 2015–2018) *

Alastair Robinson Alastair S. Robinson (born 1980) is a taxonomist and field botanist specialising in the carnivorous plant genus ''Nepenthes'', for which he is regarded as a world authority.Ellison, A. & Adamec, L. eds., 2017. Contributing Author Information ...

(Vol 37-current. 2018–current)

References

External links

* Botany journals of Australia Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria English-language journals Publications established in 1955 Annual journals 1955 establishments in Australia {{botany-journal-stub