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Scanning electron micrograph of Endogone-like mycorrhiza of Treubia

How plants conquered the land

Researchers contemplate the first symbioses between plants and fungi.


Displaying the letters of Augustine Henry

by: Virginia Mills, Library, Art and Archives blog
03 Feb 2012

The Directors' Correspondence team has just put some of the letters of botanist Augustine Henry on display in Kew's Library Reading Room. Find out why we chose him as our subject and how the display brings together material from many of Kew's behind-the-scenes collections.

Hatiora cylindrica

Phylogenetics of epiphytic cacti

DNA sequence analysis improves our understanding of the relationships between the epiphytic cacti.


A family attending the Wakehurst Great Seed Swap 2011

The Millennium Seed Bank joins seed swap events

Following the success of our Great Seed Swap, held at Wakehurst Place on 17 September 2011, the Millennium Seed Bank is supporting seed swap events around Sussex and further afield this year.


Palm house and waterlily house

Kew is recruiting a new Director

After six years at Kew, the current Director (CEO and Chief Scientist), Professor Stephen D. Hopper FLS will be returning to Australia to take up a Chair in Biodiversity at The University of Western Australia.


From the field - Harapan Rainforest, Sumatra

by: Marie Briggs, GIS team blog
27 Jan 2012

Kew's GIS and South East Asia team report from the forests of Sumatra. This is the first of their posts.

Studying yams in Madagascar

by: Tim Harris, Herbarium blog
27 Jan 2012

Kew and Feedback Madagascar are collaborating to look at the preferences for different species of edible yam in Madagascan rural communities. Find out about the latest research being undertaken as part of Kew's work in Madagascar. 

Seed collecting expedition

First call for MSBP-BGCI Fieldwork Fund

The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership (MSBP) and Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) are delighted to announce the first call for the MSBP-BGCI Fieldwork Fund.


Investigating the spread of an invasive tree in the Turks and Caicos Islands

by: Alexandra Davey, UK Overseas Territories team blog
24 Jan 2012

Alexandra Davey, a Conservation Science MSc student from Imperial College, spent two months in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), investigating the spread of an invasive tree, Casuarina equisetifolia, which threatens coastal habitats there.

Antarctic heroes

by: Christina Harrison, Kew magazine blog
17 Jan 2012

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the day Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his team reached the South Pole. But did you know that in the Joseph Hooker exhibition at Kew Gardens, you can see a letter from Scott to Sir Joseph Hooker?

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Scanning electron micrograph of Endogone-like mycorrhiza of Treubia

How plants conquered the land

06 Feb 2012
Researchers contemplate the first symbioses between plants and fungi.

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Phylogenetics of epiphytic cacti

31 Jan 2012
DNA sequence analysis improves our understanding of the relationships between the epiphytic cacti.

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