Banks Lecture 2002 —
The Flora of Taranaki/Mt Egmont: understanding natural and garden experiments

Bruce Clarkson is Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Biodiversity and Ecology at the University of Waikato. He has had a lifelong interest in growing and researching native plants and has published more than 40 papers on various aspects of the systematics and ecology of native plants and vegetation. He has also written or co-authored several books including “Vegetation of Egmont National Park”, “Botany of Rotorua”, “Gully Restoration Guide” and “Botany of the Waikato”.

His topic for the Banks Lecture will be The Flora of Taranaki/Mt Egmont: understanding natural and garden experiments. The lecture will trace what has been discovered since Banks scanned the mountain from the deck of Cook’s Endeavour in 1770 to the present day. Special attention will be paid to some of the notable or taxonomically problematic species and the prospects for conservation and restoration of the flora will also be reviewed.

There is no charge for the Banks Memorial Lecture. It is a public lecture and will be advertised widely in the Taranaki area, everyone welcome.

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