An exhibition of images and ephemera celebrating 100 years since Thomas Frederick Cheeseman published his definitive Manual of the New Zealand Flora in 1906. An exhibition of images and ephemera celebrating 100 years since Thomas Frederick Cheeseman published his definitive Manual of the New Zealand Flora in 1906.Cheeseman (FLS, FZS, FNZI - 1845-1923) was the Auckland Institute and Museum botanist and sole Curator (director) for nearly 50 years (1874-1923). He was one of New Zealand's greatest botanists, and the first with a New Zealand education. During his career, Cheeseman described three plant genera, some 140 species, 67 varieties and one forma. A genus and 29 plant species from New Zealand and Cook Islands were named after him. He published the Manual of the New Zealand Flora (1906, 2nd ed. 1925) and Illustrations of the New Zealand Flora (1914), as well as countless scientific articles, primarily on botany, but also included zoology and ethnology. Amongst his accolades he was elected fellow of the Linnean Society of London and received their prestigious gold medal in 1923.

When:17 November 2006 - 4 March 2007
Where:Tamaki Gallery, Ground Floor, Auckland Museum
Entry included in admission donation

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Image: Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman (1906). Banks' Florilegium plate 501; Banks and Solander collected this shrub in the Firth of Thames, November 1769.