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Leon Perrie

@LeonPerrie

Botany curator at Te Papa. Only intermittently on Twitter, so best contacted at NZferns on facebook, or [email protected]

 Wellington, New Zealand
facebook.com/NZferns
Joined September 2014
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After our epic 20 hour(!) day on Saturday we took things easy yesterday. We went to Mt Koghis with some local botanists to teach them about ferns and still managed to find some species we hadn't seen before. @Te_Papa #fieldwork #newcaledonia
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Mad about #NaturalHistory? keen to work @Te_Papa along #botanists in a collection of 300K specimens? want to know more bout #taxonomy #herbarium #DNA #evolution? Apply to a Summer Research Scholarship @VicUniWgtn frm 2 Sept. read Justin's last year project victoria.ac.nz/science/about…
Image from Botany Curator (@CarlosLehnebach)
Image from Botany Curator (@CarlosLehnebach)
Image from Botany Curator (@CarlosLehnebach)
Image from Botany Curator (@CarlosLehnebach)
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You wouldn't eat a kiwi – so why is whitebait okay? thespinoff.co.nz/food/16-08-…
You wouldn’t eat a kiwi – so why is whitebait okay? | The Spinoff

You wouldn’t eat a kiwi – so why is whitebait okay? | The Spinoff

Whitebait season is here, and Forest and Bird are steaming mad about it. Why are we serving endangered fish in kitchens and cafes alike?

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#NZferns Hymenophyllum peltatum. A small filmy fern with toothed frond margins. Distinguished by having only forward pointing secondary pinnae (the blue lines). Look out for it in cold areas. Map from #eFloraNZ CC-BY Landcare Research. #NZferns on facebook.
Image from Leon Perrie (@LeonPerrie)
Image from Leon Perrie (@LeonPerrie)
Image from Leon Perrie (@LeonPerrie)
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Three of these photos are from the Pacific (Solomon Islands and Vanuatu), the other from NZ (near Otaki) - which? nitter.gq/CSIROPublishing/status…
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Here's @LeonPerrie in the field! Not only is he botany curator at @Te_Papa, he's also an #AusSysBot Associate Editor
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Image from CSIRO Publishing (@CSIROPublishing)
Image from CSIRO Publishing (@CSIROPublishing)
Image from CSIRO Publishing (@CSIROPublishing)
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.@MattAMRenner - that's your walking stick at left. Above Valevahalo, on our way to the "Big River". nitter.gq/CSIROPublishing/status…
CSIRO Publishing (@CSIROPublishing) profile pictureCSIRO Publishing@CSIROPublishing11 Jan 2016
Here's @LeonPerrie in the field! Not only is he botany curator at @Te_Papa, he's also an #AusSysBot Associate Editor
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Image from CSIRO Publishing (@CSIROPublishing)
Image from CSIRO Publishing (@CSIROPublishing)
Image from CSIRO Publishing (@CSIROPublishing)
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Leptopteris superba. Osmundaceae #ferns. nitter.gq/SiobhanLeachman/status…
Siobhan (@SiobhanLeachman) profile pictureSiobhan@SiobhanLeachman30 Dec 2015
Prince of Wales feathers fern. Endemic to New Zealand. Image via .@BioDivLibrary CC BY 2.0 flickr.com/photos/biodivlibr…
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New Caledonia's Oenotrichia falls within Dennstaedtia. Dennstaedtiaceae #ferns #phylogeny publish.csiro.au/paper/SB150…
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Sticky pig #fern Hypolepis lactea is covered in glandular hairs. naturewatch.org.nz/observati…
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Image from Leon Perrie (@LeonPerrie)
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Screw #fern Lindsaea linearis in abundance during regeneration after fire, northern #NewZealand. nitter.gq/jmrbrock/status/672874…
James Brock 🏳️‍🌈 (@jmrbrock) profile pictureJames Brock 🏳️‍🌈@jmrbrock4 Dec 2015
Replying to @LeonPerrie
Thanks @LeonPerrie - I should know better than to trust a quick skim of the internet! Does this pic help w/ ID?
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Fasciation on a very large scale, in a Pride of Madeira: naturewatch.org.nz/observati… #mutant
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Just caught a great podcast by @JohnJCampbell, who destroys the social credibility of #Apple. #taxavoidance radionz.co.nz/programmes/fir…

First Person with John Campbell: Apple's high ideals and low tax bill

The news that in the last financial year Apple New Zealand had revenue of $568 million and paid tax of only $6.8 million confused John Campbell. So he went on a hunt to find out why. 

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#eFloraNZ chapter on Cyathea tree #ferns just published. By @te_papa & @LCR_NZ. blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2015/11/…
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Blechnum gregsonii above Adelina Falls. A majestic fern.
Image from Matt Renner (@MattAMRenner)
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Kidney #fern, Hymenophyllum nephrophyllum, in abundance under beech forest. naturewatch.org.nz/observati…
Image from Leon Perrie (@LeonPerrie)
Image from Leon Perrie (@LeonPerrie)
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@naturewatchnz two one-day workshops in Wellington! Fri 4 Dec and Sat 6 Dec! Numbers are limited, please register: eventbrite.co.nz/e/naturewat…

NatureWatch NZ Wellington workshops

NatureWatch NZ (http://naturewatch.org.nz) are running two one-day workshops in Wellington, on Fri 4 Dec and Sat 5 Dec 2015. The Friday event will be targeted at biodiversity professionals like...

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The lettuce #liverwort is going extinct in #NZ, but does anyone care? @te_papa blog post blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2015/11/…
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Wellington's hills have alpine clubmoss Lycopodium fastigiatum. #capital #climate naturewatch.org.nz/observati… #lycophyte
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A good #fern find by #WellingtonBotanicalSociety today: Botrychium biforme. Hawkins Hill. naturewatch.org.nz/observati…
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Image from Leon Perrie (@LeonPerrie)
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Also occurs in #NewZealand, where it is restricted to geothermal areas. nitter.gq/NTBG/status/6619774557…
National Tropical Botanical Garden (@NTBG) profile pictureNational Tropical Botanical Garden@NTBG4 Nov 2015
#Hawaii's native uluhe #fern (Dicranopteris linearis) captures vital cloud moisture and blocks invasive species.
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