num_pages: 304
description: This book brings together the stories of 250 people commemorated in New Zealand botanical names, not only of flowering plants, but also ferns, seaweeds, mosses, lichens and fungi. Arranged chronologically from the Greek philosopher Aristotle, 384 BC322 BC, (Aristotelia serrata makomako or wineberry) to contemporary New Zealand botanists, Common Ground includes early European physicians and herbalists, later explorers and scientists, New Zealand pioneer settlers and visitors, and locally born and educated naturalists. Each biographical entry is on a separate page, accompanied by relevant colour image and plant information. A social and botanical history with an amazing number of connections is revealed.
title: Common Ground Who's Who in New Zealand Botanical Names
publisher: Wordsmith