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VIP tour of the BRC and Rare Book Room for up to 6 with Senior Research Botanist Dr. David Lorence and signed copies of Flora of the Marquesas (Volumes 1 and 2 set).

- Approx. 3 hours

- Mutually agreed dates with Dr. Lorence

- Expires August 31, 2025

The 20,000 sq. ft. Juliet Rice Wichman Botanical Research Center (BRC) at NTBG’s national headquarters on Kaua’i is a climate-controlled, hurricane resistant building that houses NTBG’s seed bank and laboratory, herbarium, library collections, ample workspace and access to collections for NTBG’s Science and Conservation staff, students, and other visiting researchers.

The Loy McCandless Marks Botanical Library includes rare volumes of herbals, botanical history, voyages of discovery, floras, and monographs. Original botanical art, including that prepared for use in the NTBG’s scientific publications, illuminates and augments the botanical record and the holdings of the library. Slide and photographic print collections include roughly 8,000 historical images and 16,000 images of Hawaiian and Pacific island plants and people.

Flora of the Marquesas Islands, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, are a multi-decade project spearheaded by NTBG’s Senior Research Botanist Dr. David Lorence and Dr. Warren Wagner, a Research Botanist and Curator of Botany with the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History. The Flora of the Marquesas is a collaboration between NTBG, the Smithsonian Institution, Délégation á la Recherche de la Polynésie Française, and other partners.

This two volume hardbound color book set offers a complete account of all the plants found in the Marquesas Islands. Of the 826 vascular plant species recorded, 331 species are native, with the remainder being human-introduced. Nearly half of the native flora (47%) is endemic to the Marquesas and includes 100 ferns and lycophytes. Volume 1 of this two-volume work includes an introduction to the Marquesas Islands, lycophytes, ferns, monocots, and exsiccatae.

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Local pickup can be arranged at our headquarters office in Kalaheo, HI. Items must be picked up in 60 days.