Handbook of the New Zealand Flora - A Systematic Description of Native Plants of New Zealand Chatham,

Published in 1864 and 1867, this two-volume botanical index provides a detailed and thorough description of New Zealand flora.

List of contents

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.

Summary

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. First published in 1867, Volume 2 continues Hooker's meticulous description and categorization of New Zealand flora.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Dalton Hooker
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.04.2011
• EAN: 9781108030403
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03040-3
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture; Handbook of the New Zealand Flora 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, New Zealand, Botany & plant sciences, Botany and plant sciences, New Zealand / Aotearoa