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.
Chacko, Xan Sarah
Robin JH Clark
T. Z. Robinson
Steve A. Trewick
McCracken, Patricia A.
Concepts
Collections
Natural history
Botany
Plants
Collectors and collecting
Museums
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
17th century
Places
New Zealand
Istanbul (Turkey)
England
Amazon River Region (South America)
Madagascar
South America
Institutions
London Missionary Society
United States. Department of Agriculture
Royal Society of London
Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh
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