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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-11-20 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-11-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007921b.htm person Crouch Maria AACR2 Telford, Maria Gedge, Maria c. 1841 11 September 1889 Place of Birth Cupar, Fife, Scotland Place of Death Armadale, Victoria, Australia Botanical collector Maria Crouch was a plant collector during the 1870s in northern regions of Western Australia, at Nickol Bay, Fortescue and Harding Rivers, and Champion Bay. She sent these specimens, which included a number of types, to Ferdinand von Mueller, the Victorian Government Botanist, at the Botanical Museum of Victoria. The National Museum of Victoria holds over 200 of her specimens: other specimens are in the state Herbaria of Western Australia and New South Wales. The species plant Hedyotis crouchiana (Rubiaceae) was named by Mueller in her honour. 1853 1853 Life event - Migrated to Western Australia with her family 1861 1861 Life event - Married Charles James Crouch 1873 1873 Life event - Married William Benjamin Gedge 1874 1876 Life event - Collected botanical specimens in Western Australia National Herbarium of Victoria (1896 - )

The Herbarium holds over 200 specimens collected by Crouch

 'Crouch, Maria', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Crouch, Maria Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Additions and corrections to a biographical register of Ferdinand Mueller's female plant collectors, and observations on the limits of specimen databases Maroske, Sara, Vaughan, Alison snd Le Get, Rebecca Additions and corrections to a biographical register of Ferdinand Mueller's female plant collectors, and observations on the limits of specimen databases 2025 Muelleria 44 11-22 Journal Article: Ferdinand Mueller's Female Plant Collectors: a Biographical Register Maroske, Sara and Vaughan, Alison Ferdinand Mueller's Female Plant Collectors: a Biographical Register 2014 Muelleria 32 92-172