New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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Botany of Arthur's Pass National Park South Island, New Zealand I. History of botanical studies and checklist of the vascular flora

C. J. BURROWS

Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences
University of Canterbury, Private Bag Pass
Chnstchurch, New Zealand

AbstractThe paper begins with a brief survey of the history of study of the vascular plants of Arthurs Pass National Park Taxa first described from the area of the Park are listed The important work of Julius von Haast, Leonard Cockayne and other early botanists ,s outlined. The mam part of the paper is a flonstic list Distribution records are given for each species by subregions altitudinal zones and the main habitats occupied. The list includes a total of 660 indigenous species, 8 sub-species, and 55 hybrids. Among these species are 1 psilopsid 6 1ycopsids, VOfihcopsids 13gyrnnosperms, and 575 angiosperms A total of 154 advenlive species (all angiosperms) is listed. Separate sections discuss rare and locally distnbuted species, hybrids, and adventive species.

KeywordsArthur's Pass National Park; vascular flora; history; Leonard Cockayne; checklist; species; local species; hybrids; adventive species

Received 12 November 1984; accepted 5 August 1985
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1986, Vol. 24: 9-68
0028-825X/86/2401-0009$2.50/0 © Crown copyright 1986

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