Nellie Sugii in the Lyon Arboretum micropropagation lab. An expert who has dedicated her life's work to research and saving hundreds of native plants from extinction is retiring on May 31, after a 35-year career at the University of Hawaiʻi . Nellie Sugii managed the Hawaiian Rare Plant Program ( HRRP ) at UH Mānoa's Lyon Arboretum for 25 years, and most recently served as Lyon's interim director for the past two years. 'You have to have the support of others to be successful and I was lucky to have that.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/05/31/lyon-arboretum-expert-nellie-sugii-retires/

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