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The Flora Novae-Zelandiae is a description of the plants discovered in New Zealand during the Ross expedition written by Joseph Dalton Hooker and published by Reeve Brothers in London between 1853 and 1855. Hooker sailed on HMS Erebus as assistant surgeon.
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- 1851
novae-zelandiae from the Kermadec Islands is said to have uniformly green fronds lacking red colour when fresh, and sometimes lacks black spots in the stipe and rachis scales (de Lange 2020). It is not recognised here as a distinct taxon, but may warrant further investigation.
Description. Rhizome creeping, rooting at nodes and there emitting solitary "phyllodes" or few together; internodes us. short. "Phyllodes" up to ± 12 cm. long, us. shorter, linear to spathulate. Umbels 3–4-fld, on peduncles up to ± 2 cm. long. Involucral bracts up to c. 3 mm. long; pedicels ± 6 mm. long. Fr. ovoid, ± 1·25 × 1·5–2 mm ...
Cunningham, A. 1838: Florae insularum Novae Zelandiae precursor; or a specimen of the botany of the islands of New Zealand. Annals of Natural History 1 : 376–381.
Flora Novae-Zelandiae Volume 2 of The Botany [of] the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror, in the Years 1839-1843: Under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark...
Publication info. London, Reeve Brothers, 1844-1860. Notes. Plates have printers chop "Antarctica Expedition." Designs for plates were originally done by Hooker and Fitch. Contents: I. Flora Antarctica. 3 v. -- II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. 2 v. --III. Flora Tasmaniae. 2 v. Pritzel (2nd) | 4199. Stafleu (2nd) | 2964.
The first published English language synopsis of the flora of New Zealand was Allan Cunningham’s Florae Insularum Novae Zelandiae Precursor (hereafter Precursor ), which appeared in 17 parts in two different journals over a period of 2 years and 9 months, beginning in 1837 (Cunningham 1837–1839 ).
