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Fruit of Harpagophytum zeheri

Plant story - "Devils claw" found and collected from Botswana

01 Jan 2010

Millennium Seed Bank Partnership fieldwork in the Okavango Delta in December 2005 located five IUCN Red List Index plant species, one of these being the very useful "Devils claw" (Harpagophytum zeyheri).


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Polhillia obsoleta

Plant story - Polhillia obsoleta, an endangered shrub from South Africa

01 Jan 2010

With the common name Teesuikerkaroo bos, Polhillia obsoleta is an endangered shrub from the Western Cape Province of South Africa.


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Roridula dentata in the wild

Plant story - Roridula dentata, endemic to South Africa

01 Jan 2010

A tentacle leafed shrub, endemic to the Cape Province of South Africa.


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Paraisometrum mileense in the wild

Plant story - Paraisometrum mileense, an "extinct" plant rediscovered

01 Jan 2010

A wild population of Paraisometrum mileense, thought to be extinct in the wild for 100 years, has been rediscovered in Yunnan, China by the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership.


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Centayrea cyanus in the wild

Plant story - British cornflower a native UK plant species, is under threat from modern agricultural methods

01 Jan 2010

In the 1930's the British cornflower was widespread but by the 1990s this plant species was found in only three of the 10 km grid-squares surveyed, possibly the most dramatic decline of any of our native wildflowers.


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Pink tubular flowers of Erica verticillata

Plant story - protecting the future of Erica verticillata

01 Jan 2010

Erica verticillata was last seen in the wild in 1908 and was, until 1984, thought to be extinct. It has since been found and re-established thanks to the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership.


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Iris nigricans

Plant story - the surprising collection of Iris nigricans

01 Jan 2010

Find out how the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership collection team in Jordon found Iris nigricans while taking a coffee break.


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Iris sofarana ssp. kesrwana

Plant story - Iris sofarana, an endemic plant species from the higher mountains in Lebanon

01 Jan 2010

The showy flowers of Iris sofarana make it vulnerable to unlicensed collecting, for personal and commercial use.


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Dioscorea strydomiana in the wild

Plant story - a newly discovered species of Dioscorea has been collected and saved

01 Jan 2010

This Dioscorea (yam) species is scarce because it has been over-collected  for medicinal use. A newly discovered species of Dioscorea has now been collected and saved by the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership.


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Bluey purple flowers of Dalea azulea

Plant story - Dalea azurea has been given new lease of life by Millennium Seed Bank partners in Chile

01 Jan 2010

Dalea azurea  is an endangered plant species restricted to only one valley in the area of Paposo, in the Atacama Region in Chile. The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership is helping to protect this plant for our future.


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