Handbook of the New Zealand Flora 2 Volume Set
A Systematic Description of the Native Plants of New Zealand and the Chatham, Kermadec's, Lord Auckland's, Campbell's, and Macquarrie's Islands
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2011
Cambridge University Press
9781108030410 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press
9781108030410 (ISBN)
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Compiled by the celebrated Victorian botanist and explorer Joseph Hooker, this two-volume catalogue of flora in New Zealand was the first major study of plant life of the area. Published in 1864-1867, it includes a meticulous description and categorization of New Zealand flora encountered on the voyage.
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911), botanist, explorer, and director of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, is chiefly remembered as a close friend and colleague of Darwin, his publications on geographical distribution of plants supporting Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. In 1839 Hooker became an assistant surgeon on HMS Erebus during Ross' Antarctic expedition. The boat wintered along the New Zealand coast, Tasmania and the Falkland Islands, enabling Hooker to collect over 700 plant species. Drawing heavily on Hooker's illustrated Flora Novae Zelandiae (1854–1855), this two-volume work (1864–1867) contains a comprehensive list of New Zealand plant species as well as those of the Chatham, Kermadec, Auckland, Campbell and Macquarrie Islands. As the first major study of New Zealand flora, Hooker's handbook remained the authority on the subject for half a century.
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911), botanist, explorer, and director of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, is chiefly remembered as a close friend and colleague of Darwin, his publications on geographical distribution of plants supporting Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. In 1839 Hooker became an assistant surgeon on HMS Erebus during Ross' Antarctic expedition. The boat wintered along the New Zealand coast, Tasmania and the Falkland Islands, enabling Hooker to collect over 700 plant species. Drawing heavily on Hooker's illustrated Flora Novae Zelandiae (1854–1855), this two-volume work (1864–1867) contains a comprehensive list of New Zealand plant species as well as those of the Chatham, Kermadec, Auckland, Campbell and Macquarrie Islands. As the first major study of New Zealand flora, Hooker's handbook remained the authority on the subject for half a century.
Volume 1: Preface; Outlines of botany; Glossary of terms; Classifications of orders and genera; 1. Class I: Dicotyledons; 1. Class II: Monocotyledons; 3. Class III: Cryptogramia. Volume 2: 4. Class III: Cryptogramia (continued); Additions, corrections, etc.; List of the principal naturalized, or apparently naturalized, plants of New Zealand; Alphabetical list of native and vernacular names; Index of genera and species.
| Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 1240 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik |
| ISBN-13 | 9781108030410 / 9781108030410 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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