Te Papa Te Taiao Nature Series: Native Plants of Aotearoa
A handy introduction to the unique flora of Aotearoa New Zealand, for the backyard, bach, and backpack.
Heidi Meudt
Dr Heidi Meudt is Curator Botany at Te Papa whose collections-based research focuses on the evolution and classification of native New Zealand flowering plants, especially forget-me-nots, plantains, hebes and foxgloves.
Her research aims to update the taxonomy and conservation status of the native plants she studies using morphology, DNA, pollen and other data. She is an active member of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy's Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants and the Australasian Systematic Botany Society, and she is also an enthusiastic Wikimedian and iNaturalist curator.
Heidi Meudt
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Native Plants of Aotearoa: Author biographies and 10 questions
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Three New Zealand forget-me-nots discovered
Three species of forget-me-nots new to science have just been formally described by Te Papa Botany Researcher Heidi Meudt and colleagues.
Forget-me-nots (Myosotis)
The forget-me-nots (Myosotis, Boraginaceae) are often small rosette herbs. There are over 45 native species of Myosotis in Aotearoa New Zealand – find out more about these species and their habitats, botanical art, and Te Papa’s research in this area.
