Leon Perrie

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

[Lara Shepherd @DNAninja1]

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

[Botany Curator @CarlosLehnebach]

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 https://t.co/7siwe5I1ml

[Nic Rawlence @nic_rawlence_nz]

You wouldn't eat a kiwi – so why is whitebait okay? https://t.co/HJJn8ZJfIP

[Leon Perrie @LeonPerrie]

#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.

[Leon Perrie @LeonPerrie]

Three of these photos are from the Pacific (Solomon Islands and Vanuatu), the other from NZ (near Otaki) - which? https://t.co/YMk5iCMqMR

[CSIRO Publishing @CSIROPublishing]

Here's @LeonPerrie in the field! Not only is he botany curator at @Te_Papa, he's also an #AusSysBot Associate Editor

[Leon Perrie @LeonPerrie]

.@MattAMRenner - that's your walking stick at left. Above Valevahalo, on our way to the "Big River". https://t.co/YMk5iCMqMR

[CSIRO Publishing @CSIROPublishing]

Here's @LeonPerrie in the field! Not only is he botany curator at @Te_Papa, he's also an #AusSysBot Associate Editor

[Leon Perrie @LeonPerrie]

Leptopteris superba. Osmundaceae #ferns. https://t.co/asVnN2zqXp

[Siobhan @SiobhanLeachman]

Prince of Wales feathers fern. Endemic to New Zealand. Image via .@BioDivLibrary CC BY 2.0 https://t.co/cwJAag3pos

[Leon Perrie @LeonPerrie]

New Caledonia's Oenotrichia falls within Dennstaedtia. Dennstaedtiaceae #ferns #phylogeny https://t.co/gcdrz7THL3

[Leon Perrie @LeonPerrie]

Sticky pig #fern Hypolepis lactea is covered in glandular hairs. https://t.co/l3lRZ1OmXC

[Leon Perrie @LeonPerrie]

@ppgardne @nznativefish @adzebill @SiobhanLeachman @VLeachman . ?? Ask me in January and email me what is required. Will investigate.

[Leon Perrie @LeonPerrie]

Screw #fern Lindsaea linearis in abundance during regeneration after fire, northern #NewZealand. https://t.co/q2xtV0ip7R

[James Brock 🏳️‍🌈 @jmrbrock]

Thanks @LeonPerrie - I should know better than to trust a quick skim of the internet! Does this pic help w/ ID?

[Leon Perrie @LeonPerrie]

@jmrbrock yes, definitely Lindsaea linearis. I've never seen so much of it!

[Leon Perrie @LeonPerrie]

Fasciation on a very large scale, in a Pride of Madeira: https://t.co/YYP7GLrlcn #mutant

[Leon Perrie @LeonPerrie]

@jmrbrock your photo of upright fertile fronds might instead be Lindsaea linearis. Would fit with up-north and post-fire.

[Leon Perrie @LeonPerrie]

Just caught a great podcast by @JohnJCampbell, who destroys the social credibility of #Apple. #taxavoidance https://t.co/LtAXNhlx9u

[Leon Perrie @LeonPerrie]

#eFloraNZ chapter on Cyathea tree #ferns just published. By @te_papa & @LCR_NZ. https://t.co/3nXmw1uyeL

[Leon Perrie @LeonPerrie]

@jmrbrock I'd guess Marchantia, but it's better I call an expert - @MattAMRenner, what do you reckon?

[Leon Perrie @LeonPerrie]

@adriankingston Did you list them in the reporting file?

[Leon Perrie @LeonPerrie]

@SiobhanLeachman Coprosma propinqua might be nice, if you like divaricates. Abundant on Wellington coasts.Can produce many fruits. Shapeable

[Leon Perrie @LeonPerrie]

@SiobhanLeachman Have you had a flick through https://t.co/RZgwDJnYjy ? Might not deal with hedges specifically.