Botany: Aotearoa New Zealand Botany Resources
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Aotearoa New Zealand Flora
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NZ Flora
The electronic Flora of New Zealand covers flowering plants, gymnosperms, ferns, and bryophytes, including naturalised and indigenous plants.
Ngā Rauropi Whakaoranga - Māori traditional use of plants
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Ngā Rauropi Whakaoranga
Easy access to detailed information on Māori traditional uses of New Zealand native plants and other organisms.
New Zealand scientific indexes, research publications, and data
The following websites are a good starting point for New Zealand-specific botany resources:
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Department of Conservation Publications
Search DOC publications including Science & Technical and Conservation Reports -
Digital New Zealand
New Zealand digital content from government departments, publicly funded organisations, the private sector, and community groups. Includes NZ Research. -
NZ Science (Knowledge Basket)
Indexed records of New Zealand science papers and reports from DSIR, Department of Conservation, NIWA, HortResearch and GNS. Particularly useful for pre-1990s publications.
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Identification keys and guides to plants
ID keys and guides to Aotearoa's plants, algae, and fungi. -
Key to flowering plant genera of New Zealand
Identify Aotearoa's flowering plants to genus.
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NZPCN Plant Identification resources
Information on how to identify plants.
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Botanical Society of Otago
The Botanical Society of Otago is for anyone interested in botany, especially native plants and the natural environment of Otago. -
New Zealand Botanical Society
The national society for botany in Aotearoa. -
New Zealand Plant Conservation Network (NZPCN)
Protecting Aotearoa's indigenous flora.
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New Zealand Society of Plant Biologists (NZSPB)
Promotes the teaching and research of plant biology in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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New Zealand Journal of Botany
Royal Society of New Zealand. 1963+ -
New Zealand Natural Science Journal
School of Biological Sciences University of Canterbury. 1973+. Previous title Mauri Ora (1973-1987). -
New Zealand Regional Botanical Society Journals
New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. 1941+
Aotearoa New Zealand Books
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Treasures of Tāne
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This book discusses traditional Māori uses of native plants of the South Island of New Zealand.
Call Number: Science Library Books [Floor 2] ; QK463 .T57 2018ISBN: 9781775502951Publication Date: 2018-06-30 -
Identification guide to the ferns and lycophytes of Aotearoa New Zealand
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Compiled and written by Te Papa's foremost fern experts, this fully illustrated guide is for anyone wanting to understand, identify and distinguish 201 of the most commonly encountered species of ferns and lycophytes found across Aotearoa.
Call Number: Science Library Books QK531.5 .PD47 2024ISBN: 9781991165558Publication Date: 2024 -
Plant heritage New Zealand = te whakapapa o nga rakau : interpreting the special features of native plants
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Call Number: Science Library Books QK463 .FR35 2012ISBN: 9780473219123Publication Date: 2012 -
Threatened Plants of New Zealand
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Call Number: Science Library Books QK86.N5 TH27ISBN: 9781877257568Publication Date: 2010
