Muelleria (journal)

*Muelleria*
Discipline	Botany
Language	English
Edited by	Alastair Robinson
Publication details
History	1955–present
Publisher	Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (Australia)
Frequency	Annually
Open access	Yes
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	Muelleria
Indexing;
CODEN	MAJBAC
ISSN	0077-1813;
LCCN	95655014
OCLC no.	01641190
Links
	Journal homepage;

Front Cover of Muelleria Volume 1 Issue 1 (1955)

Front cover of the Acacia Special Issue. Volume 26(1) (2008)

Muelleria is a peer-reviewed scientific journal on botany published by the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne.^[1] It focuses on topics relating to plants, algae, and fungi in the southern hemisphere and Australia in particular.^[2] The journal was named in honour of Victorian Government botanist Ferdinand von Mueller.^[3] Muelleria commenced publication in 1955 with funding from the Maud Gibson Trust.^[3] 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 department store chain.^[4]

Muelleria was one of a number of botanical journals initiated by Australian herbaria after World War II, reflecting the increased level of botanical research undertaken at this time.^[3] James Hamlyn Willis was the editor of the three initial issues.^[5]

Editors-in-chief[]

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

James Hamlyn Willis (Vol 1. 1956–1967)^[6]
Rex Bertram Filson (Vol. 2-Vol. 3, no. 3. 1969–1976) ^[6]
Helen Isobel Aston (Vol. 3, no. 4-Vol. 6. 1977–1988) ^[6]
Donald Bruce Foreman (Vol. 7-Vol. 9. 1989–1996)
James Walter Grimes (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 (Vol 37-current. 2018-current)

References[]

^ "Muelleria; an Australian Journal of Botany. Melbourne". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
^ "Muelleria". Science publications. Royal Botanic Gardens. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hewson, Helen (1999). Australia: 300 years of botanical illustration. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-643-06365-5.
^ "£20,000 Gift for Botanic Gardens". The Argus. Melbourne. 25 July 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 28 July 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Provenance 1 – James Hamlyn Willis". The University of Melbourne. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cohn, Helen M. (2009–2012). History of the National Herbarium of Victoria. State Botanical Collection, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. MSS 729: Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) CS1 maint: location (link)