$64.00
- Hardcover
448 pages
- Release Date
8 October 2025
Summary
Aotearoa has at least 2,200 native species of flowering plants that have evolved in our unique conditions, and the vast majority of them grow nowhere else on earth. This has made New Zealand a natural laboratory for studies of flower biology and a vibrant wonderland of gardens and bush for Maori and Pakeha to enjoy.
He Puawai is a natural history of New Zealand flowers, focusing on 100 native species to represent the full range of flower phenomena of Aotearoa - from familiar …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781776711680 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1776711688 |
| Author: | Philip Garnock-Jones |
| Publisher: | Auckland University Press |
| Imprint: | Auckland University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 8 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 2.30kg |
| Dimensions: | 270mm x 240mm x 38mm |
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Critics Review
‘I hadn’t seen most of the flowers in He Puāwai in any dimensions, let alone three.’
– Rebekah White, New Zealand Geographic‘[The flowers] look like little sculptures through the 3D lenses. There are orchid stems that looks like some jewels by Fabergé … . William Blake wrote about seeing a world in a grain of sand and “a heaven in a wild flower” was his next line. I think that’s what Philip Garnock-Jones has managed.’
– David Little, Nine to Noon, RNZAbout The Author
Philip Garnock-Jones
Philip Garnock-Jones is a botanist, emeritus professor, and former chair of botany at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. He is an internationally renowned expert on plant diversity and the author of over 100 scientific articles for local and international journals.
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