Euphrasia collina muelleri (Wettst.) W.R. Barker, 1982:209
Mueller's eyebright, Purple eyebright (species)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered in the 1980's
Still listed as Extinct by (WCMC, 1992:222).
Distribution & Habitat
New South Wales & Victoria, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Barker, W. R. (1982). Taxonomic studies in Euphrasia L. (Scrophulariaceae). A revised infrageneric classification, and a revision of the genus in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 5: 1-304.
Other references:
Barker, W. R. (1987). Taxonomic studies in Euphrasia L. (Scrophulariaceae). V. New and Rediscovered taxa, typifications, and other notes on the genus in Australia. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 10(2): 201-221.
Barker, W. R. (1999). Scrophulariaceae. Flora of Victoria. Volume 4, Dicotyledons Cornaceae to Asteraceae. ed by N.E. Walsh and T.J. Entwisle. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
DEECA [Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action]. (2023). Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 Threatened List: June 2023. Published report by The State of Victoria Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, Melbourne, Victoria.
DEECA [Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action]. (2025). Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 Threatened List: March 2025. Published report by The State of Victoria Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, Melbourne, Victoria.
Keith, David A., Chalson, Jane M. and Auld, Tony D. (1997). Assessing the status of threatened plants: A new methodology and an application to the vascular flora of New South Wales. Project No. 450, Endangered Species Program. Canberra: Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia.
Murphy, Anna H. and Downe, Judy. (2006). National Recovery Plan for the Purple Eyebright Euphrasia collina subspecies muelleri. Department of Sustainability and Environment, Melbourne.
Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.
WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1992). Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's living resources. London: Chapman & Hall. xx + 594 pp.