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Leon Perrie is Curator Botany at Te Papa and was the lead science curator for Te Papa’s long-term exhibition Te Taiao | Nature. Leon specialises in plant taxonomy, and the collection and curation of plant specimens. His research focuses on New Zealand’s ferns: their numbers, locations and identification, and using DNA analyses to understand how ferns are related to one another and to species overseas. He was a contributing author for the Ferns and Lycophytes series for the online Flora of New Zealand.
Leon Perrie. Photo by Yoan Jolly. Te Papa
The definitive visual guide for anyone wanting to understand, identify and distinguish 201 of the most commonly encountered species of ferns and lycophytes found across Aotearoa.
Leon Perrie discusses Identification Guide to the Ferns and Lycophytes of Aotearoa New Zealand with Te Papa Press.
Ponga, mamaku, kātote, whekī, and whekī ponga are the most common tree ferns you’d encounter in New Zealand’s bush. Fern expert Leon Perrie tells us how to tell the difference.
