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The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens are known to be supportive of the local community, including hosting an exhibition in February 2011 of photos created by students at OAK Community Services. [5] In early 2011 the Gardens played host to Power Plant, a sound and light show that came straight from a sell out season in Hong Kong.
The organization, The Tasmanian Arboretum Inc., is an incorporated not for profit organization dedicated to operating a botanical institution for education, enjoyment of nature and research. It has a membership and is governed by an elected committee of up to 14. For taxation purposes the Tasmanian Arboretum is a Deductible Gift Recipient [2].
The Endemic Flora of Tasmania was written by Dr Winifred Curtis with coloured lithographs by botanical illustrator, Margaret Stones. [1] It is a six-volume book that was commissioned by the 7th Baron Talbot of Malahide (1912-1973), an Irish peer, and published by the Ariel Press in 1967.
There are more than 140 botanical gardens in Australia, some like the Australian National Botanic Gardens have collections consisting entirely of Australian native and endemic species; most have a collection that include plants from around the world.
Dianella tasmanica, commonly known as the Tasman flax-lily [2] or Tasmanian flax-lily [3] is a herbaceous strappy perennial herb of the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Hemerocallidoideae, found in southeastern Australia including Tasmania. It has leaves to 80 cm, and a flower stem to 1.5 m. [4]
The Tasmanian Bushland Garden [1] is a small botanical garden concentrating on native Tasmanian plants and especially those of the dry sclerophyll forest and scrub habitats in south east Tasmania. Opened in April 2010 [ 2 ] by Senator Christine Milne , it is maintained largely through the effort of volunteers.
Lomatia tasmanica, commonly known as King's lomatia, is a shrub of the family Proteaceae native to Tasmania.Growing up to 8 metres (26 ft) tall, the plant has shiny green pinnate leaves and bears red flowers in the summer, but yields neither fruit nor seeds.
Tasmannia lanceolata is a bushy shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of 1.5–4 m (4 ft 11 in – 13 ft 1 in) and has smooth, reddish branchlets. Its leaves are lance-shaped to narrowly elliptic, 20–120 mm (0.79–4.72 in) long and 6–35 mm (0.24–1.38 in) wide on a petiole 2–6 mm (0.079–0.236 in) long.