Overview
Te Papa holds the principal collections of several important botanical collectors: Nancy M. Adams, Bernard C. Aston, Patrick J. Brownsey, John Buchanan, Leonard Cockayne, William Colenso, Thomas Kirk (snr.), Charles Knight, William Martin, Joseph H. McMahon, Wendy A. Nelson, W. Reginald B. Oliver, Donald Petrie, and George O.K. Sainsbury.
The contributors with the most databased collections (more than 3000 as at 29 June 2024): W. Reginald B. Oliver (15676 collections), Donald Petrie (13093), Patrick J. Brownsey (11675), Leon R. Perrie (10314), Thomas Kirk (snr.) (8022), Peter Beveridge (6418), Wendy A. Nelson (5972), Lara D. Shepherd (5881), William Colenso (4694), David Glenny (4503), George O.K. Sainsbury (4451), Barry V. Sneddon (4150), Bernard C. Aston (3881), Rodney Lewington (3826), Peter N. Johnson (3446), Colin C. Ogle (3326), and Nancy M. Adams (3128).
Te Papa also has significant collections of other notable botanists including J. Banks & D. Solander, S. Berggren, A. Cunningham, V.W. Lindauer, J.D. Lovis, and H.H. Travers.
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- Nancy Adams CBE
- Bernard Cracroft Aston
- Sir Joseph Banks
- Professor Sven Berggren
- Peter Beveridge
- Dr Patrick Brownsey
- John Buchanan
- Warren Burke
- Dr Leonard Cockayne FRS
- Reverend William Colenso
- Allan Cunningham
- Dr David Glenny
- Bruce Hamlin
- Dr Cameron Hay
- Sir Joseph Hooker
- Dr Peter Johnson
- Thomas Kirk FLS
- Dr Charles Knight
- Victor Lindauer
- William Martin
- Joseph McMahon
- Dr Wendy A. Nelson
- Colin Ogle
- Dr W. Reginald B. Oliver
- Leon Perrie
- Dr Donald Petrie
- Barbara Polly
- George Sainsbury
- Dr Barry Sneddon
- Dr Daniel Solander
- Henry Travers