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Cook Islands book is botanist’s legacy

Monday 8 January 2018 | Published in Local

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Cook Islands book is botanist’s legacy
Bill Sykes pictured at his 90th birthday celebration in October, 2017. 18010701

A Christchurch botanist who devoted three decades of research into the wild plants and flowers of the Cook Islands, has died aged 90.

A Christchurch botanist who devoted three decades of research into the wild plants and flowers of the Cook Islands, has died aged 90.


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