Overview
Johannes Flügge (1775–1816) was a German botanist who established Hamburg's first botanic garden. More than 3000 species were cultivated there, but in 1813, the gardens were destroyed by Napoleon’s army.
Samples of some of the plants cultivated there made their way to New Zealand as part of a large collection purchased from The British Museum in 1865 by Sir James Hector (Director of the Colonial Museum, Te Papa's predecessor).
Recent work on Hector Foreign Herbarium Acquisition has resulted in the discovery, registration and imaging of these specimens and their labels. Notes on the labels indicate the collection year along with the abbreviation "M.F.". Other numbers are likely to indicate where (row, bed) in the garden the plant was cultivated.
To see images of these specimens scroll down to "Related Objects" below.