| 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 Aucklan Contributor(s): Hooker, Joseph Dalton (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108030416 ISBN-13: 9781108030410 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $107.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Botany |
| Dewey: 581.9 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture |
| Physical Information: 2.05" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (2.73 lbs) 894 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |