John Buchanan (botanist)

John Buchanan, 1883–1890, Dunedin, by John Richard Morris. No Known Copyright Restrictions. Te Papa (O.041253)

John Buchanan (13 October 1819 – 1898) was a New Zealand botanist and scientific artist. He was a fellow of the Linnean Society.

Works

• Botanical notes on the Kaikoura Mountains and Mount Egmont (1867)
• Manual of the indigenous grasses of New Zealand (1880)

Buchanan also had some 29 publications in the Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, including his identification of new species.

Artworks

• Contributed woodcuts to Buller's Manual of New Zealand Birds
• Contributed scientific illustrations to Hutton's Fishes of New Zealand

Portrait of John Buchanan, New Zealand, by Henry Morland Gore. Gift of the New Zealand Institute, 1885. No Known Copyright Restrictions. Te Papa (1992-0035-1685)

External links

• Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
• National Library of New Zealand
• Artworks in the collection of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa