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Plant Stories

Stories and information about interesting plants, of which the seeds have been collected and stored at the Millennium Seed Bank.

 

Plant species Country Endangered Endemic Economic
Adenium obesum Kenya     *
Acacia chapmanii Australia - WA
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Acanthus syriacus Lebanon
   
Afzelia africana Burkina faso
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Aloe ballyi

Kenya

Tanzania
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Banksia solandri Australia - WA
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Bulbine crassa Australia - TAS  
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Canthium vanwykii Republic of South Africa
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Centaurea cyanus UK
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Chamaegigas intrepidus Namibia
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Cylindrophyllum hallii Republic of South Africa
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Dalea azurea Chile
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Damasonium alisma UK
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Dioscorea sp. Republic of South Africa
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Eremophila sp. Australia - NT
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Erica greyi Republic of South Africa
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Erica margaritacea Republic of South Africa
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Erica verticillata Republic of South Africa
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Euphrasia scabra Australia - TAS
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Gardenia nitida Burkina Faso
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Gladiolus aureus Republic of South Africa
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Harpagophytum zeyheri Botswana
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Helichrysum plicatum Lebanon *   *
Hoodia currorii Botswana
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Iris nigricans Jordan
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Iris sofarana Lebanon
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Ixia mostertii Republic of South Africa
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Leucadendron levisanus Republic of South Africa
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Leucochrysum albicans Australia - TAS
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Lobelia valida Republic of South Africa
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Mendora linoides Chile
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Mimetes hirtus Republic of South Africa
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Moringa hildebrandtii Madagascar    
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Moringa peregrina Burkina Faso
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Musa itinerans China      
 Nematolepis wilsonii Australia - VIC
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Nyika plateau Malawi
Oldfieldia dactophylla Malawi *    
Origanum syriacum Lebanon
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Osyris lanceolata Kenya    
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Oxytenanthera abyssinica Mali
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Paraisometrum mileense China
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Polhillia obsoleta Republic of South Africa
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Protea cryophila Republic of South Africa
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Protea odorata Republic of South Africa
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Roridula dentata Republic of South Africa
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Salsola nollothensis Namibia      
Tahina spectablilis Madagascar      
Widdringtonia schwarzii Republic of South Africa
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