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Nuytsia
The journal of the Western Australian Herbarium

Mueller’s ‘The plants indigenous to the colony Victoria’ – Is volume 2 effectively published?
COURT, A.B., COWAN, R.S. AND MASLIN, B.R.

Historical notes are provided to support the conclusion that the second volume of this work was not effectively published and the new names it included are therefore invalid. A summary is appended that will be of assistance to librarians and bibliographers in understanding the chronology and content of the several publications concerned.