The Banksia Atlas

First published in 1988, it was the result of a three-year nationwide program involving over 400 amateur and professional volunteers.

Between 1979 and 1983, Hopper ran two pilot projects, testing the use of volunteers and computer mapping for the recording of sightings of kangaroo paw and various orchids of Western Australia.

Funded by the ABRS and the Department of Conservation and Land Management, the project started in February 1984 and went public in July.

Data was collected for over two years, during which time over 25,000 records of taxa were received from over 400 volunteers.

A number of hybrids were recorded for the first time, and some rare flower colour variants were noted.