Born: 23 July 1828, United Kingdom
Died: 21 December 1915
Country most active: Australia
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Fanny Charsley was an English botanical artist and collector for Ferdinand Von Mueller who spent a decade in Australia (1856 – 1866). Shortly after she returned to England she published a book of her work on Australian wild flowers titled “The Wild Flowers around Melbourne” (1867). The National Gallery of Victoria holds a copy of this book and some of her other botanical illustrations. Ferdinand Von Mueller named a wildflower after her, Asteraceae Helipterum Charsleyae, since reclassified as Rhodanthe charsleyae, the flower is a species of paper daisy.
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