William Baeuerlen

{{Short description|German-born Australian botanist and explorer}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1840|10|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Niedernhall, Germany

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| death_place = Sydney, Australia

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William Baeuerlen (1840 – 1917) was a German botanical collector and explorer.{{cite web |title=Bäuerlen, William (1840 - 1917)|url=https://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/archives/P002095a.htm|author = |work = Bright Sparcs Archival and Heritage Sources|publisher = University of Melbourne|accessdate=2021-06-16}} He was born in Niedernhall as Leonhard Carl Wilhelm Bäuerlen. He became Ferdinand von Mueller's botanical collector in Australia from the 1880s, and later the collector for Joseph Maiden in Sydney.{{cite web |title=Baeuerlen, William (1840 - 1917)|work=Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria - Australian National Herbarium|publisher = Australian Government|accessdate=June 14, 2021|url=https://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/baeuerlen-william.html}}

Baeuerlen travelled extensively in eastern Australia, particularly in New South Wales, collecting many thousands of specimens. There are 4,404 records currently attributed to Baeuerlen. He was part of the Bonito Exploration of 1885 to New Guinea.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Baeuerlen, William (1840 - 1917)|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Australian Science|publisher = |author = MCCARTHY, G.J., WALSH, N. & MOJE, C.R.|accessdate=June 14, 2021|url=https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002095b.htm}} In 1891, he published a book "Wildlfowers of New South Wales", co-authored by Gertrude Lovegrove.{{cite web |title=Wildlowers of New South Wales|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-33528793/view?partId=nla.obj-33528801#page/n0/mode/1up|author =|work = Trove|publisher=Australian Government|accessdate=2021-06-16}} His name is honoured as specific epithets in several species. Such as Correa baeuerlenii, Eucalyptus baeuerlenii and Acacia baeuerlenii.{{cite web |title=Acacia baeuerlenii'', PlantNET - NSW Flora Online|url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~baeuerlenii|author = P.G. Kodela|accessdate=2021-06-16}}

Specimens collected by Baeuerlen are cared for at the National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL), Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.{{Cite web| url = https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?q=collector_text%3A%22B%C3%A4uerlen%2C+W.%22+AND+collection_uid%3Aco55| title = AVH: The Australasian Virtual Herbarium| website = Atlas of Living Australia| access-date = 15 November 2024}}