Browsing Natural Sciences Journal Articles by Subject "history of botany"
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The earliest collection of an elusive alien? Evidence of early introduction of Chenopodium ficifolium (Chenopodiaceae) in New Zealand
(M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2020-04-29)Historical records and the current status of Chenopodium ficifolium (Chenopodiaceae) in New Zealand are considered. This species of Eurasian origin was and still is occasionally reported in New Zealand as a casual alien ... -
The endemic that never was — resolving the status of Coprosma solandri (Rubiaceae)
(Singapore Botanic Gardens, 2019-09-27)Coprosma solandri, an enigmatic species known only from the type collection, was described in 1897 by New Zealand botanist Thomas Kirk, based on material included in a duplicate set of Banks & Solander specimens, sent at ... -
The hunt for Ramalodium dumosum (Pannariaceae, lichenised ascomycetes) - an enigmatic lichen endemic to the southern Waitakere Ranges
(New Zealand Plant Conservation Network, 2014-02)John Bartlett (1945–1986) was without any stretch of the imagination a botanical iconoclast. Over a period of 10 or so years, he collected a vast number and range of vascular plants, liverworts, lichens and mosses (Galloway ...