Thomas Kirk
1828–1898
(Person)
Botanist, teacher, public servant, writer, churchman.
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- Art. XLII.—On the New Zealand Forms of Cheilanthes., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLIV.—Notice of a remarkable Arborescent Fern on Ngongotaha., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXXII.—Description of a new Pine., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LI.—A Revision of the New Zealand Species of Hymenanthera, R. Br., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XX.—On Epacris Purpurascens, Br., in New Zealand; with remarks on Epacris Pauciflora, A Rich., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LX.—Notes on Plants from Campbell Island, in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LIII.—A revised Arrangement of the New Zealand Species of Dacrydium, with Descriptions of new Species., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XVII.—On Grasses and Other Plants adapted for pasturage in the Province of Auckland, especially with regard to indigenous kinds., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXXIII.–Description of a new Species of Lycopodium., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. I.—The Displacement of Species in New Zealand., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XV.—Description of Arid Island, Hauraki Gulf., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXXVI.–Descriptions of New Plants., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXX.—Botanical Notes.* These notes accompanied specimens in illustration of art. xxviii., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLV.—On a New Mistletoe., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXX.—Notes on Mr. Hamilton's Collection of Okarito Plants., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XV.—On the Botany of the Thames Gold-fields., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLVIII.—On the Botany of Antipodes Island., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. L.—On the Macrocephalous Olearias ofNew Zealand with Description of a New Species., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXXXI.—Description of a New Species of Pilularia., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XL.—Further Notes on the Nativity of Polygonum aviculare, L., in New Zealand, in reply to Mr. Travers., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXV.—On the Ferns and Fern Allies of Stewart Island., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXXVII.—Description of a new Species of Fagus., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLIII.—Descriptions of new and rare New Zealand Plants., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXXI.—Notice of the Occurrence of a Species of Rhagodia at Port Nicholson., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- An Enumeration of recent Additions to the New Zealand Flora, with Critical and Geographical Notes., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LVI.—On the New Zealand Olives, in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLIX.—Description of New Species of Centrolepis, Labill., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLIV.—Notes on the Local Distribution of Certain Plants common to the British Islands and New Zealand., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. L.—On the Botany and Conchology of Great Omaha., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXIII.—Description of New Cyperaceous Plants, chiefly from the Nelson Provincial District., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXXXIX.—On New Forms of Celmisia, Cass., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLVI.—On the Habit of the Rata (Metrosideros robusta)., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XI.—A Revision of the New Zealand Gentians., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLVI.—On the Botany of the Snares, in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LV.—Notice of the Occurrence of Juncus glaucus, L., in New Zealand., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LVII.—On Hymenophyllum villosum, Colenso., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXI.—Contributions to the Botany of Otago., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXVII.—An Account of an Undescribed Pittosporum and Loranthus, in the Herbarium of the Colonial Museum, Wellington., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXVI.—On the Flora of the Isthmus of Auckland and the Takapuna District., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LIII.—Additional Contributions to the Flora of the Nelson Provincial District., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXIV.—Notes on the Botany of Certain Places in the Waikato District, April and May, 1870., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LIX.—Notes on Panax lineare, Hook., f., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. IX.—Notes on the Plants best Adapted for the Reclamation of Sand Wastes., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXIX.—Notes on Botrychium lunaria., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXVI.—On the Naturalized Plants of the New Zealand, especially with regard to those occurring in the Province of Auckland. * On the subject of Introduced Plants in New Zealand, see Paper by Dr. Hooker, F. R. S., and W. Locke Travers, F. L. S., in “Natural History Review,” Vol. iv., pp. 123 and 617, 1864.—, in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXI.—List of Plants found in the Northern District of the Province of Auckland., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLII.—Notes on the Flora of the Lake District of the North Island., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LI.—On the Naturalized Plants of Port Nicholson and the adjacent District., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXXI–Notes on the Botany of Waiheke, Rangitoto, and other Islands in the Hauraki Gulf., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXXIX.—Remarks on Gunnera “ovata,” Petrie, and G. flavida, Colenso, in Reply to Mr. Petrie., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LIX.—On the Occurrence of Juncus lamprocarpus, Ehr., in New Zealand., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXIV.—Remarks on the New Zealand Sow-thistles, with Description of a New Species., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LI.—-Notes on Certain Species of Carex in New Zealand., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLIV.—Notice of the Occurrence of Australian Orchids in New Zealand., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLIII.—A Comparison of the Indigenous Floras of the British Islands and New Zealand., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLII. — Notes on the New Zealand Asteliads, with Descriptions of New Species., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LIX.—On Nephrodium decompositum,. Br., and N. glabellum, A. Cunn., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXIV.—On the Flowering Plants of Stewart Island., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LVI.—Description of a new Species of Hymenophyllum., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LII.—On the New Zealand Species of Phyllocladus., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXIV.—Descriptions of New Plants., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LII.—Notes on Certain Veronicas, and Descriptions of New Species., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXII.—Description of a New Species of Pimelea., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXIII.—Notice of the Discovery of Monoclea forsteri, Hook., in New Zealand., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXX.—Descriptions of New Plants., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLVI.—Description of a new Species of Senecio., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LIV.—On the Occurrence of a Variety of Mitrasacme montana, Hook. f., in New Zealand., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art X.—Notes on Indigenous Materials for the Manufacture of Paper., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LVIII.—On Lindsaya viridis, Colenso., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXXV.—On Lycopodium varium, R. Br., and L. billardieri, Spring., with Description of a new Form., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLIV.—A Revision of the New Zealand Species of Colobanthus, Bartling., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLVII.—Notes on Dactylanthus taylori, Hook. f., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XVIII.—On the occurrence of Orobanche; a genus new to the Flora of New Zealand., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LVIII.—A Revision of the New Zealand Lepidia, with Descriptions of new Species, in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLV.—On the New Zealand Species of Pittosporum, with Descriptions of New Species., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLVIII.—Notes on the Botany of the East Cape District., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LVIII.—Descriptions of new Flowering Plants., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. X.—On the Botany of the Great Barrier Island., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXXVIII.—On the Preparation and Preservation of Botanical Specimens., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXXI.—Notes on the Economic Properties of certain Native Grasses., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LVIII.—Description of a new Species of Isoëtes.—, in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LX.—On the Botany of the Bluff Hill., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLV.—On a Remarkable Variety of Asplenium umbrosum, J. Sm., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXXVIII.—Description of a New Species of Drimys., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LV.—Description of a New Species of Chenopodium—C. buchanani., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LIV.—Notice of the Occurrence of a Variety of Zostera nana, Roth, in New Zealand., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXVIII.—Notes on Certain New Zealand Plants not included in the “Handbook of the New Zealand Flora.”, in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XI.—On the neglected Forest Products of New Zealand., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXIV.—On the Naturalized Dodders and Broom-rapes of New Zealand., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LX.—Notice of the Occurrence of Lagenophora emphysopus, and other unrecorded Plants in New Zealand., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LVII.—Notice of the Occurrence of Triodia and Atropis in New Zealand with Descriptions of new Species, in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXXII.–On the Export of Fungus from New Zealand., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. L.—Report of a Committee of the Canterbury Philosophical Institute on Native and Introduced Grasses., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. L.—Notice of the Occurrence of an Undescribed Palm-lily on the Auckland Peninsula., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXXII. Descriptions of Two New Species of Veronica., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLII.—Descriptions of New or Remarkable Plants from the Upper Waimakariri., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXII.—Notes on three dried Specimens of Matai (Podocarpus spicata., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXX.—Description of a new species of Rumex., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXXV.–Notes and Suggestions on the Utilization of certain neglected New Zealand Timbers., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLIX.:—On the History of Botany in Otago., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXXIV.–Description of a new Species of Hymenophyllum., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- [Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 1st October, 1884.], in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XVI.—An account of the Puka (Meryta Sinclairii, Seem.), in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXXVI.—On the Punui of Stewart Island, Aralia lyallii, n.s., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXXI.—On Heterostyled Trimorphic Flowers in the New Zealand Fuchsias, with Notes on the Distinctive Characters of the Species., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LIX.—Notes on recent Additions to the New Zealand Flora., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXXIII.—Description of new Plants collected on Stewart Island., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXIX.— On the Botany of the Northern Part of the Province of Auckland., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLI.—On the New Zealand Species of Gunnera, L., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXXXII.—Descriptions of New Plants., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLI.—Notes on the Naturalized Plants of the Chatham Islands., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLI.—Notice of an Undescribed Species of Cordyline., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLIII.—Descriptions of New Plants from the Vicinity of Port Nicholson., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLVII.—On Carmichaelia, Corallospartium, Huttonella, and Notospartium., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLVII.—On Pleurophyllum; Hook. f., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LIX.—Description of a new Species of Cladophora., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXV.—On the Occurrence of Littoral Plants in the Waikato District., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXXIV.—Notice of the Discovery of Amphibromus in New Zealand, with Description of a new Species., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- On the Occurrence of Morchella esculenta., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XL.—On the Flora of the Isthmus of Auckland and the Takapuna District., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLVI.—Remarks on Paratrophis heterophylla, Bl., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLI.—On the Nativity in New Zealand of Polygonum aviculare, L., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLVI.—Notes on MS. Descriptions of Collections made during Captain Cook's First Voyage., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Subject of Texts
- Additions to the New Zealand Tick Fauna
- A Guide to Morphological Characteristics for use in the Description of Extant and Fossil Dicotyledonous Leaves
- A Note on the Occurrence of Small Fishes in Sponges
- Prey and Prey Capture in the Tunnel Web Spider Porrhothele Antipodiana
- Some Ethological and Biological Observations on the Tuatara in Laboratory Conditions
- Thomas Kirk
- Tuatara: Volume 20, Issue 2, March 1973
- Zoogeography and Taxonomy
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- Botanical Discovery in New Zealand: The Resident Botanists
- Early New Zealand Botanical Art
- Exotic Intruders
- Manual of the New Zealand Flora.
- New Zealanders and Science
- New Zealand Plants and their Story
- Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook
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