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Stephen, a Visiting Curator Theaceae at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, will embark on a fabulous journey to sacred and other places of China and Japan to discover ethnobotanical stories of the Family Theaceae Genus Camellia.
Abstract
Embark on a fabulous journey across the shrines, temples and other sacred places of China and Japan to discover one of the most remarkable ethnobotanical stories of the Family Theaceae Genus Camellia. From the southern silk road of ancient Yunnan to the famous Buddhist Todaiji Temple of Canberra’s Sister City Nara, Dr Utick will reveal the full extent of the understanding of the ethnobotany of sacred camellia trees. Be prepared for sacred inner spaces, lost and forgotten kingdoms, and the Temple of the Mishi or flower god. This presentation will be a global first, based on research material sourced over a decade through the International Camellia Society.
Biography
Stephen Utick is a global camellia expert, a Visiting Curator Theaceae at the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney and the secretary of Camellia Ark Australia, an organisation that saves and propagates rare and endangered camellias from all over Australia.
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