> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 829](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355916) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7132-1) LSID 7132-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2033290) QID Q2033290 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Oliver, Walter Reginald Brook (1883-1957), New Zealand ornithologist, malacologist and botanist; Dr. sci. Univ. New Zealand 1933; from 1920 with the Dominion Museum, Wellington, from 1928-1947 as director. **Abbreviated name**: *W. Oliver* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.R.B.Oliv.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection WELT|WELT]]; other material at [[Collection AK|AK]], [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection CHR|CHR]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MEL|MEL]]. #### Bibliography and biography Andrews p. 310; Barnhart 3: 28; BL 1: 77, 81, 83, 102, 103; Bossert p. 293; GR p. 777; Hirsch p. 219; Hortus 3: 1201 ("W. Oliver"); IH 2: (in press); Kew 4: 186; LS 20483; TL-2/1095. - Anon., Taxon 26: 159. 1977 (plants at CHR). - Gilbert, P., Comp. biogr. lit. deceased entom. 280. 1977. - Merrill, E. D., B. P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 144: 145. 1937; Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 30(1): 231. 1947. - Salmon, J. T., Proc. R. Soc. New Zealand 85: lx-lxiv. 1958 (portr., bibl., d. 16 Mai 1957). #### Composite works Edited F. F. Cheeseman, *Man. New Zealand Fl.* ed. 2, 1925. ### Publications ##### n.7060. Vegetation of the Kermadec Islands **Title** From Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, volume xlii, 1909. *Vegetation of the Kermadec Islands*... Wellington (John Mackay,...) 1910. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Jun 1910 (in journal; we have no information that the reprint was earlier), p. \[i\], \[118\]-175, *pl. 12-23. Copy*: NY. – Reprint with special t.p.; to be cited from Trans. Proc. New Zealand Inst. 42: \[118\]-175, *pl. 12-23.* 1910. ##### n.7061. The vegetation and flora of Lord Howe's Island **Title** *The vegetation and flora of Lord Howe's Island* \[Trans. Proc. New Zealand Inst. 49, 1917\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Veg. Lord Howe's Isl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 6 Jul 1917 (separately; fide note in journal publ.), Trans Proc. New Zeal. Inst. 49: 94-161, article viii issued separately 6 Jul 1917, in issue of Transactions 20 Dec 1917. ##### n.7062. The genus Coprosma **Title** *The genus Coprosma*... Honolulu, Hawaii (Published by the \[Bernice P. Bishop\] Museum) 1935. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Coprosma*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 6 Mai 1935 (p. ii\*), \[i\*-ii\*\], i-ii, \[3\]-207, *pl. 1-59. Copy*: USDA.