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### Author
Buchanan, John (1819-1898), English botanist and geologist active in New Zealand from 1859, botanist to the Geological Survey of Otago, draughtsman and botanist with the Geological Survey of New Zealand 1866 at Wellington
**Abbreviated name**: *Buchanan* \[standard form in IPNI: *Buchanan*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection OTA|OTA]] (plants, mss., drawings); further material at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BP|BP]], [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection K|K]] (1048), [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection MEL|MEL]], [[Collection WELT|WELT]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 273 (d. 18 Oct 1898); BB p. 51-52; BL 1: 79, 82, 101; BM 1: 274; CSP 7: 291, 9: 385, 12: 129, 13: 886; Desmond p. 101 (d. New Zealand 18 Oct 1898); GR p. 392; Hortus 3: 1189; IH 2: 104; Jackson p. 403; Kew 1: 407; LS 4348-4350; Morren ed. 10, p. 151; NI 277; Rehder 1: 130-131; Tucker 1: 120; Zander ed. 10, p. 641, ed. 11, p. 728-729.
#### Biofile
- Cassie, V., N. Zeal. J. Bot. 19: 389. 1981.
- Cheeseman, Th.F., Man. New Zealand fl. xxviii-xxix. 1906.
- McKenzie, E.H.C., Arch. nat. Hist. 11(2): 235. 1983 (fungi coll.).
- St. George, I., Botanical artists of New Zealand orchids: 12. John Buchanan, Orchids New Zealand 13(6): 174-176. 1988 (gives year of death as 1898).
- Tregear, E., Trans. Proc. N.Z. Inst. 31: 718-719. 1898 (brief obit., d. 18 Oct 1898).
### Publications
##### n.23.476. Sketch of the botany of Otago
**Title**
*Sketch of the botany of Otago*... Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1868. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mai 1869 (in journal), p. \[22\]-53. – In Trans. Proc. New Zealand Inst. 1(3): 22-53. 1869. – No reprint seen.
*Second edition* (of journal): 1875, p. 181-212. *Copy*: KNAW (in journal:) Trans. Proc. New Zealand Inst. 1(3): 181-212. 1875.
##### n.23.477. Indigenous grasses of New Zealand
**Title**
*Indigenous grasses of New Zealand*... New Zealand (by Authority: George Didbury, ... Wellington) 1880. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Indig. grass. N. Zeal.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1880 (preface Jun 1880, possibly issued in parts 1878-1880), p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-13, *pl. 1-58 *plus *17-2*, *26-2*, *29-2*, *33-2*, *34-2*, *36-2* (uncol. liths.). *Copies*: B, MO.
##### n.23.478. Manual of the indigenous grasses of New Zealand
**Title**
*Manual of the indigenous grasses of New Zealand*... Wellington (printed at the Office of James Hughes,...) 1880. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Man. grass. N. Zeal.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Feb-Jun 1880 (p. v signed Jan 1880, Nat. Nov. Jul (2) 1880), p. \[i\]-xiv, \[xv, xvii\], \[1\]-174, \[175\], *87 pl*. (see index of plates). *Copies*: G, L, MO, NY.
*Ref*.: Koehne, B.A.E., Bot. Centralbl. 7(27): 11-12. 1881.
- N.L., Bot. Zeit. 38: 607. 27 Aug 1880.
##### n.23.479. new native plants
**Title**
On some *new native plants*... \[Trans. N. Zealand Inst.... 1887\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mai 1887 (in journal, read 19 Jan 1887), p. \[213\]-216, *pl. 14-18* (uncol. liths.). *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Proc. New Zealand Inst. 19: 213-216, *pl. 14-18.* 1887.