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Plant story - safeguarding yellow eyebright, a highly threatened plant species
01 Jan 2010
Yellow Eyebright is a highly threatened annual herb from southern Australia. Find out how Kew's Millennium Seed Bank is helping to protect this plant for our future.
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Plant story - saving Hoodia currorii, an important "slimming" plant
01 Jan 2010
Hoodia currorii contains compounds used in slimming pills and is now under threat due to over-collecting.
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Plant story - the endangered starfruit is restored back to native habitat in the UK
01 Jan 2010
Wakehurst horticultural staff working with Plantlife, Natural England and local authorities have reintroduced starfruit (Damasonium alisma) to pond margins on Greenham Common.
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A bumper year for Kew in new species discovery
22 Dec 2009
Canopy giants and miniature fungi are among over 250 new species discovered in Kew’s 250th anniversary year
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Seven species of wild coffee amongst Kew's haul of new discoveries
22 Dec 2009
Newly discovered coffee species could help safeguard the long-term survival of this important industry
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Twenty new Madagascar palm species discovered by Kew botanists
22 Dec 2009
Kew's work in new species discovery is helping to safeguard the future of some of the country's most endangered plant life.
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Knee-high eucalyptus discovered in SW Australia
22 Dec 2009
Kew's Director has recently described two new species in his native Australia
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New species discovered in Mato Grosso, Brazil.
22 Dec 2009
A beautiful passionflower is amongst the species found in some of the country's most threatened habitats.
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Discovered in a glasshouse
22 Dec 2009
Fifty years on, a species found growing here at Kew finally gets a name!
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Minute fungi and tiny flowering plants join the list of species newly discovered by Kew
22 Dec 2009
Some of the smaller - but no less important - new species include tiny fungi and flowering plants less than 10 cm tall.
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Ginger is a well known spice produced from the rhizome (underground stem) of the tropical herbaceous plant, Zingiber officinale.
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