Stuart Worboys

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Laboratory and Technical Support Officer, Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University

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September 29, 2022

Darren Crayn, James Cook University and Stuart Worboys, James Cook University

Lillipillies are one of Australia’s great gifts to the natural world. But the story of these homegrown heroes may be taking a grim turn.

Rhododendron lochiae, photographed on Bell Peak. Image by Dan McLeod

October 20, 2018

Stuart Worboys, James Cook University

European settlers suspected Australia’s high tropical forests hid native rhododendrons.

Idiospermum is otherwise known as “idiot fruit” or ribbonwood. via Wikimedia Commons

September 15, 2018

Stuart Worboys, James Cook University

In a few idyllic parts of Queensland grows the idiot fruit, a tall tree with intricate flowers and some of the largest seeds in Australia.