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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2014-03-04 human Christine Moje and Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005437b.htm person Wilhelmi Johann Friederich Carl AACR2 Wilhelmi, Carl 1829 1884 Place of Birth Dresden, Germany Place of Death Dresden, Germany Botanical collector Botanist Carl Wilhelmi was a botanist and plant collector who was in South Australia between 1849 and 1855, during which time he made extensive botanical explorations along the Murray River, Kangaroo Island and the Eyre Peninsula. After moving to Victoria in 1855 he became Acting Government Botanist at the Botanical Museum of Melbourne while the incumbent, Ferdinand Mueller, was participating in the North Australian Exploring Expedition. On Mueller's return Wilhelmi remained at the Museum as Mueller's assistant. Wilhelmi's principal collecting areas in Victoria were the Grampians (of which he was the first to publish a detailed account), the Dandenong Ranges, the Pyrenees and Corner Inlet. In 1863 he made a brief visit to New South Wales. Besides his botanical work he studied aboriginal use of native plants. He returned to Germany in 1869 where set up business as seedsman. Wilhelmi's collections, mainly from South Australia and Victoria, are in the National Herbarium of Victoria. 1849 1849 Life event - Migrated to South Australia 1853 1853 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus cladocalyx F.Muell. (1853). Wilhelmi collected the type. 1855 1855 Life event - Moved to Victoria 1856 1857 Career position - Acting Government Botanist, Botanical Museum of Melbourne 1857 1868 Career position - Assistant Botanist, Botanical Museum of Melbourne 1869 1869 Life event - Returned to Germany Botanical Museum of Melbourne, Colony of Victoria (1853 - 1896)

Acting Government Botanist 1855 - 1856

 National Herbarium of Victoria (1896 - )

Over 1,000 specimens collected by Wilhelmi are in the Herbarium

 Wilhelmi, Johann Friederich Carl (1829-18841231)

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 'Wilhelmi, Johann Friederich Carl', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wilhelmi, Johann Friederich Carl Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: My Journeys in South Australia: Lecture by Carl Wilhelmi, 14 September 1857 (translated and introduced by Thomas A. Darragh) Wilhelmi, Carl My Journeys in South Australia: Lecture by Carl Wilhelmi, 14 September 1857 (translated and introduced by Thomas A. Darragh) 2003 Journal of Friends of Lutheran Archives 13 5-24 Conference Paper: Carl Wilhelmi, the Seedsman from Dresden: His Botanical Endeavour in South Australia and Victoria Kraehenbuehl, Darrell N. Carl Wilhelmi, the Seedsman from Dresden: His Botanical Endeavour in South Australia and Victoria Melbourne Australian Systematic Botany Society 1990 History of Systematic Botany in Australasia: Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the University of Melbourne, 25-27 May 1988 Short, P.S. 115-120 Journal Article: Notes on some edible and useful Australian plants Wilhelmi, C. Notes on some edible and useful Australian plants 1857 Hooker’s journal of botany and Kew garden miscellany 9 265-9 Journal Article: Die Pflanzen des australischen Continentes, welche vorzugsweise ihrer medicinischen Eigenschaften wegen Verwendung finded Wilhelmi, J. F. C. Die Pflanzen des australischen Continentes, welche vorzugsweise ihrer medicinischen Eigenschaften wegen Verwendung finded 1873 Sitzungs-Berichte der Naturwissenschaften Gesellschaft Isis (Dresden) 1873 195-7 Journal Article: Verzeichniss der am Murray-Flusse gesammelten Pflanzen Wilhelmi, J. F. C. Verzeichniss der am Murray-Flusse gesammelten Pflanzen 1873 Sitzungs-Berichte der Naturwissenschaften Gesellschaft Isis (Dresden) 1873 40-45 Journal Article: Eine Excursion in die Grampians, Victoriagebirge und Pyrenäen von Australien Wilhelmi, J. F. C. Eine Excursion in die Grampians, Victoriagebirge und Pyrenäen von Australien 1870 Sitzungs-Berichte der Naturwissenschaften Gesellschaft Isis (Dresden) 1870 160-3 Journal Article: Manners and customs of the Australian natives, in particular of the Port Lincoln district Wilhelmi, J. F. C. Manners and customs of the Australian natives, in particular of the Port Lincoln district 1860 Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria 5 164-203 Book Section: Germans at the Melbourne Botanic Garden and Herbarium, 1853-96 Maroske, Sara Germans at the Melbourne Botanic Garden and Herbarium, 1853-96 Bundoora, Victoria La Trobe University 2000 Baron von Mueller's German Melbourne Ellen I. Mitchell 24-34 Resource: Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Fagg, Murray Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH) 2010 Journal Article: Noted colonial German scientists and their contexts McMullen, Gabrielle Noted colonial German scientists and their contexts 2015 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 127 1 9-16