Details - Original notebooks of the botanist, volumes 15 - 16, Hawaiian Islands group

Original notebooks of the botanist, volumes 15 - 16, Hawaiian Islands group

Title

Original notebooks of the botanist, volumes 15 - 16, Hawaiian Islands group

Title Variants

Alternative: Original notebooks of the botanist, volumes 1 - 16, Peru, New South Wales (Australia), Samoa Islands group, Tonga Islands group, Fiji Islands group, and Hawaiian Islands group (William Dunlop Brackenridge) (15-16)

Related Titles

Contained In: United States Exploring Expedition Collection, 1838-1885

Series: Biodiversity Heritage Library Field Notes Project

Series: SIA RU007186

By

Brackenridge, William D. (William Dunlop), 1810-1893

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1838-1842

Notes

The 2 notebooks document William Dunlop Brackenridge's botanical collecting efforts in the Hawaiian Islands during the United States Exploring Expedition Collection, 1838-1842. Pages are numbered. The notebooks are lists of observed plants. May include collected specimens. Details include name of the plant, physical description, location found, sometimes information about terrain (i.e. woods, mountains, ), and whether an introduced species. There are references to Samoa, Tahiti, and Tonga. Locations referenced included Lanai, Oahu, Maui.The second notebook includes lists of plants in area in and around craters at: Sunday Station, Puna, and Mauna Roa. Plant lists are completed, and headed by location. These include but are not limited to: Pahuhali, Lahaina, Wailuku, Diamond Head, Honolulu, and Waianae.