New discoveries to science from Kew
Over 250 years, Kew has made many discoveries about the fascinating worlds of plants and fungi. Each year, many new species of plant and fungi are discovered by our world class scientists.
We discover new things about the plants and fungi every day. This includes how different species relate to one another and new ways to use plants to make life easier and better.
Plants are essential to life on earth. In a world where our changing environment is becoming less and less certain, the power of plants combined with Kew’s scientific expertise is ever more critical.
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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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Canopy giants from Cameroon
22 Dec 2009
Massive rainforest trees are amongst the list of recent discoveries by Kew and its partners across the world.
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Unique yam under threat
22 Dec 2009
Only two populations of this South African species are known in the wild.
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Ancient aquatic plant on the rocks
22 Dec 2009
The tiny Isoetes eludens, which lives in temporary rock pools, may be at risk from climate change
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Mountains of orchids...
22 Dec 2009
New species of orchids discovered on Borneo's highest mountain
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New Indigofera species described by Kew scientists
22 Dec 2009
Fourteen species of the blue dye-producing genus have been described as new to science
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Scientists think 'killer petunias' should join the rank of carnivorous plants
15 Dec 2009
Scientists at Kew and the Natural History Museum believe that carnivorous behaviour in plants is far more wide spread than previously thought, with many commonly grown plants – such as petunias – at least part way to being “meat eaters”.
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