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- ↑ PERTH: Index herbariorum code for the Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ↑ Marchant, Neville (2005) Documenting a flora: a History of the Western Australian Herbarium and its Collections, Early Days: Journal of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society, vol. 12, 2005, pp. 566-83
- ↑ Underwood, Roger (Roger John); Western Australia. Department of Environment and Conservation; Underwood, Roger (2011), A botanical journey : the story of the Western Australian Herbarium, Dept. of Environment and conservation, ISBN 978-1-921703-12-6
- ↑ Green, J. W. "History of early Western Australian herbaria". In Short, P. S. (ed.). History of systematic botany in Australasia. Australian Systematic Botany Society. pp. 23–27. ISBN 0-7316-8463-X.
- ↑ https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005335b.htm Alex George entry in the Encyclopedia of Australian Science
- ↑ https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006565b.htm Arthur Weston entry in the Encyclopedia of Australian Science
- ↑ Western Australia. Department of Agriculture; Western Australia. Department of Conservation and Land Management; Western Australian Herbarium (1988), Kingia, Western Australian Herbarium, Dept. of Agriculture, ISSN 0819-1247
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