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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-06-28 human Rebecca Rigby and Neville Walsh updated 2025-11-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005173b.htm person Behr Hermann Hans Dr (MD) AACR2 18 August 1818 6 March 1904 Place of Birth Goethen, Germany Place of Death San Francisco, California, United States of America Botanical collector Medical practitioner Pharmacist Hermann Hans Behr qualified as a doctor in Berlin in 1843 but travelled to Australia the year after to pursue his interest in anthropology, botany and entomology. From 1844 to 1845 and from 1848 to 1849 he lived in South Australia observing and documenting the culture of local Aboriginal nations, and collecting insect and plant specimens. He described many new insect species and most of his plant specimens were sent to and described by his friend Ferdinand Mueller. Behr later lived and worked in California and was involved in the introduction of Australian plants to that region. He described Eucalyptus odorata Behr (1847), and his name is commemorated in the Californian genus Behria (Liliaceae) and about 40 species of Australian plants. The National Herbarium of Victoria holds over 300 of Behr's specimens. 1844 1845 Career event - Collected insect and plant specimens in South Australia 1847 1847 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus odorata Behr 1848 1849 Career event - Collected insect and plant specimens in South Australia 1855 1855 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus behriana F.Muell. was named for Behr in acknowledgement of his collecting work Wilson, Charles Algernon (1818 - 1884) National Herbarium of Victoria (1896 - )

The Herbarium holds over 300 Behr specimens

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 'Behr, Hermann Hans', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Behr, Hermann Hans Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Changes in the fauna and flora of California Behr, H. H. Changes in the fauna and flora of California 1888 Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 2 1 94-99 Book: Synopsis of the genera of vascular plants in the vicinity of San Francisco, with an attempt to arrange them according to evolutionary principles Behr, H. H. Synopsis of the genera of vascular plants in the vicinity of San Francisco, with an attempt to arrange them according to evolutionary principles San Francisco Payot, Upham 1884 Journal Article: Dr. H. H. Behr's Two Visits to South Australia in 1844-45 and 1848-49 Kraehenbuehl, D. N. Dr. H. H. Behr's Two Visits to South Australia in 1844-45 and 1848-49 1981 Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 3 1 101-123

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 Journal Article: Hans Hermann Behr (1818 - 1904): botanist, entomologist, anthropologist, humorist and dangerous? Brelag, Allan H. Hans Hermann Behr (1818 - 1904): botanist, entomologist, anthropologist, humorist and dangerous? 2016 Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 150 1 23-30 Journal Article: Suedaustralische Pflanzen. II. Bestimmung und Beschreibung der von Dr Behr in Suedaustralien gesammelten Pflanzen. Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von Suedaustralische Pflanzen. II. Bestimmung und Beschreibung der von Dr Behr in Suedaustralien gesammelten Pflanzen. 1847 Linnaea 20 545-672 Book: A doctor in the garden: nomen medici in botanicis: Australian flora and the world of medicine Pearn, John Hemsley A doctor in the garden: nomen medici in botanicis: Australian flora and the world of medicine Herston, Qld Amphion Press 2001 Book: Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Hall, Norman Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Melbourne CSIRO 1978

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