Complex sentence: The Gippsland waratah was first formally described by the Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1861 in "Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae", from material collected in rugged mountainous country around Nungatta Creek, a tributary of the Genoa River in south-eastern New South Wales.
Split into simpler sentences: The Gippsland waratah was first formally described by the Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1861 in "Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae". The type material was collected in rugged mountainous country around Nungatta Creek, a tributary of the Genoa River in south-eastern New South Wales.