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Klappentext An extensive study from 1928! based on years of research in the field! of the plant life of New Zealand. Zusammenfassung Botanist Leonard Cockayne (1855–1934) undertook a commission from a German publisher for this volume, spending nearly a decade on fieldwork before the first edition was published in 1921. In this 1928 edition, Cockayne updates the work, adding to his comprehensive account of New Zealand's plants and botanical history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Preface to the second edition; Part I. Introduction: 1. Preliminary remarks; 2. History of botanical investigation; 3. Bibliography; 4. Sketch of the leading physiographical features of the region; 5. The climate of New Zealand; Part II. The Vegetation of Primitive and Semi-Primitive New Zealand: Section I. The Vegetation of the Sea-Coast: 1. General observations on the coastal-vegetation; 2. The leading physiognomic plants and their life-forms; 3. The autecology of the coastal plants; 4. The plant communities; Section II. The Vegetation of the Lowlands and Lower Hills: 1. Introductory remarks; 2. The leading physiognomic plants and their life-forms; 3. The autecology of the lowland plants; 4. The plant committee; Section III. The Vegetation of the High Mountains: 1. General remarks; 2. The leading physiognomic plants and their life-forms; 3. The autecology of the high-mountain plants; 4. The plant communities; Section IV. The Vegetation of the Outlying Islands: 1. The vegetation of the Kermadee Islands; 2. The vegetation of the Chatham Islands; 3. The vegetation of the subantarctic islands; Part III. The Effect of Settlement upon the Plant-Covering of New Zealand: 1. The introduced plants growing wild without cultivation; 2. The new vegetation; 3. Agriculture and horticulture in New Zealand; Part IV. The Flora of New Zealand, its Distribution and Composition: 1. The botanical subdivisions of the region; 2. The families, genera and elements of the flora; Part V. The History of the Flora: General; The problematical history of the flora; Index....
