A fern connection between New Zealand offshore islands and mountains of Borneo and New Guinea
2021-03-22
Botany curator Leon Perrie describes how a New Zealand fern’s closest relative has turned up in an unexpected place.Read more
What can kōwhai tell us about the location of New Zealand’s forests during the ice ages?
2017-03-14
Science researcher Lara Shepherd explores kōwhai trees, one of New Zealand’s most widely recognised native plants and our unofficial national flower.Read more
DNA-fingerprinting fierce lancewood
2009-06-30
Aside from ferns, my main research interest is the group of trees known as Pseudopanax, for which I collaborate with Lara Shepherd from the Allan Wilson Centre. Pseudopanax includes the lancewoods and five-fingers. Several of the species are popular in cultivation, including fierce lancewood (Pseudopanax ferox). This species is soRead more