Article ID: CBB882020675

The Banks and Solander Collections—a Benchmark for Understanding the New Zealand Flora (2012)

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About 350 species of New Zealand vascular plants were collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander during Cook's Endeavour voyage in 1769. Although the botanical results of the expedition were never published, the collections provide a vital benchmark for understanding the New Zealand flora. European colonisation resulted in massive changes, with plant introductions from all over the world. Just 240 years after the voyage, the number of naturalised plants exceeds that of natives. The Endeavour collections provide a verifiable record of plants growing in New Zealand before European settlement. These are assumed to be indigenous, except for a few species brought by Polynesian migration. Today the specimens continue to influence taxonomic research, and are admired by herbarium visitors as a tangible connection with Cook's visit.

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Authors & Contributors
Gill, B. J.
Barton, Ruth
Baytop, Asuman
Chambers, Neil A.
Cooper, Vivienne Cassie
Kelly, Michael J.
Journals
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Records of the Auckland Museum
Tuhinga
Archives of Natural History
Journal of the History of Collections
Osmanli Bilimi Arastirmalari: Studies in Ottoman Science
Publishers
Brill
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Edifir
University of Pittsburgh Press
University of Washington Press
British Pteridological Society
Concepts
Collections
Natural history
Botany
Collectors and collecting
Plants
Museums
People
Banks, Joseph
Cook, James
Solander, Daniel Charles
Aldrovandi, Ulisse
Haast, Julius von
Jacquin, Nikolaus Joseph von
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
20th century
17th century
Renaissance
Places
New Zealand
Great Britain
Caribbean
India
Austria
Italy
Institutions
Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh
Royal Society of London
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