Overview
In December 2018, Research Scientist Heidi Meudt, and VUW Summer Student Justin Liu made botanical collections from the Richmond Range and nearby Mt Starveall in the South Island.
They were joined in their search at different places by DoC Scientist Sam Rowland, and Botanists Phil Garnock-Jones, Jane Gosden, and Chris Ecroyd.
Four 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.
Read more about this trip on the Te Papa blog:
Most of the collection records and photos of plants we collected on this trip can be seen here (scroll down to "Related Objects" below).