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Kōrero: European exploration

Lace fern

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Lace fern

William Colenso was a passionate collector of botanical specimens. On his 1841 journey he collected and described this lace fern, Leptolepia novae-zelandiae.

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Reference: MA_I.033608

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Jock Phillips, European exploration – William Colenso and the east coast, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/11253/lace-fern (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.