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- 1 2 Ferdinand von Mueller (1889). "Descriptions of some new Australian plants". The Victorian Naturalist . 6: 54–55. ISSN 0042-5184. Wikidata Q124825709.
- 1 2 Ferdinand von Mueller (1892). "Descriptions of new Australian plants, with occasional other annotations (Continued)". The Victorian Naturalist . 8: 177–180. ISSN 0042-5184. Wikidata Q124826895.
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- ↑ "Australian Natural History Medallionists" (PDF). Field Naturalists Club of Victoria. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ↑ Barrow, Elizabeth. "Dobson, Frank Stanley (1835–1895)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538 . Retrieved 20 October 2012.
