Overview
In February 2011, Curator Carlos Lehnebach and Collection Manager Antony Kusabs explored the Crown, Pisa and Remarkable Ranges of the Otago lake district.
Seven native Myosotis species were located. A herbarium specimen and leaf samples for DNA research were collected for each species to help address key research questions as part of Te Papa's Myosotis research program.
Other indigenous and naturalised species were also collected as part of general Te Papa collection development to improve our knowledge of what grows where in New Zealand.
Some of the collection records and photos of plants we collected on this trip can be seen here (scroll down to "Related Objects" below).