Plant heritage New Zealand = te whakapapa o nga rakau : interpreting the special features of native plants / Tony Foster.

By:

Foster, Tony, 1957- [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780473219123
0473219123

Other title:

Whakapapa o nga rakau [Parallel title]
Te whakapapa o nga rakau : interpreting the special features of native plants [Parallel title]

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: Plant heritage New ZealandDDC classification:

581.993 23

LOC classification:

QK463 .F67 2012

Contents:

Preface -- Introdyction to New Zealand's remarkable plants -- New Zealand plants in the landscape -- The characteristics of New Zealand's flora -- What's in a name? Classifying plants -- Māori and the plant world -- The plants -- Conifers -- Angiosperms: dicotyledons (flowering trees, shrubs and climbers) -- Angiosperms: monocotyledons (flowering grasses, sedges and allies) -- Ferns.

Summary: "Plant heritage New Zealand looks at the unique characteristics of New Zealand's plants, what makes them so special. It delves into the origins and evolution of the plants, how they have inspired songs, poems and works of art, Māori myths, stories and proverbs associated with them, and their many uses as a natural resource"--Cover flap.

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This edition published by Bushmans Friend Ltd, 2019. First edition published by Penguin Group (NZ), 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Plant heritage New Zealand looks at the unique characteristics of New Zealand's plants, what makes them so special. It delves into the origins and evolution of the plants, how they have inspired songs, poems and works of art, Māori myths, stories and proverbs associated with them, and their many uses as a natural resource"--Cover flap.

Chiefly in English with some Māori.

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