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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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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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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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Plant story - Banksia solandri has been conserved
01 Jan 2010
Banksia solandri has been conserved by the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership's Australian partners. This plant species is in decline due to fire and disease.
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Plant story - finding snow protea
01 Jan 2010
Find out how snow protea (Protea cryophila) was lost and found thanks to the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership.
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Plant story - endangered plant capeflats conebush has been successfully collected for conservation
01 Jan 2010
Capeflats conebush (Leucadendron levisanus) is endemic to the western Cape area of South Africa and is Critically Endangered. The seed of this plant species is now safely stored in Kew's Millennium Seed Bank.
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Plant story - conserving Ixia mostertii, an endangered plant species
01 Jan 2010
Ixia mostertii, found in the Breede River Valley in South Africa. The area is better known for its fine wines, fruits and beautiful mountains.
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Plant story - a rare tree from Kenya, Aloe ballyi, has been saved by Millennium Seed Bank partners
01 Jan 2010
The seeds of a rare Aloe tree were collected in the Taita Hills of Kenya during a collaborative collecting mission involving the National Genebank of Kenya and the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership.
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Plant story - collecting Menodora linoides, a rare plant from Chile
01 Jan 2010
This attractive small shrub is known from only five locations in the hills of central Chile, and was in danger of extinction, before the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership got involved.
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Plant story - the elusive Erica greyi found after 111 years!
01 Jan 2010
In August 2008 the Cape Millennium Seed Bank team went to a farm in the Koue Bokkeveld region in South Africa, to collect seeds of the endangered Erica greyi.
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A new typology of seed development in late winter-flowering temperate woodland plants
23 May 2013
Research at the Millennium Seed Bank (RBG Kew) and the University of Reading has identified a new typology of seed development.
What are hard seeds for?
14 May 2013
A new hypothesis has been proposed on why some seeds are hard.
Is our daily cup of coffee under threat?
08 Nov 2012
A new study from Kew suggests that Arabica coffee could be extinct in the wild within 70 years.
Director (CEO and Chief Scientist) of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to return to Australia
14 Sep 2011
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew announced today that Director (CEO and Chief Scientist), Professor Stephen Hopper FLS will step down in autumn 2012 after six years in the job.
