Plants & Fungi - Species Browser
Our species browser allows you to search profiles of plants & fungi in four simple ways. Click on the dropdown below, make your selection, hit GO and the results will be displayed. To try again, hit RESET. You can browse:
- By theme: including plant groups, e.g. Orchids, uses, e.g. Medicinal and key families Kew works with e.g. Legume family.
- By family
- By name or genus: this can be the common name, e.g. poppy or scientific/Latin name, e.g. Papaver rhoeas, or part of a word, e.g. Papav will still return the Papaver rhoeas.
- By A-Z: scroll through the pages of thumbnails using the pagination at the bottom of the browser. If you would like to see the comprehensive A-Z page, click here.
Can't find the species you're looking for? Search Kew's databases and publications.
Abelia parvifolia
Schumann abelia
Abutilon ranadei
Ghanti Mudra
Acacia anegadensis
poke-me-boy
Acacia baileyana
Cootamundra wattle
Acacia karroo
sweet thorn
Acacia mangium
brown salwood
Acacia nilotica
acacia
Acacia senegal
gum arabic
Acanthus syriacus
Syrian acanthus
Acer griseum
paperbark maple
Actinidia deliciosa
kiwi fruit
Actinidia kolomikta
kolomikta vine
Aesculus indica
Indian horse chestnut
Agaricus arvensis
horse mushroom
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Doronicum orientale - leopard's bane
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Highlights from Kew's 'Capturing Spring' photo challenge
22 May 2012
Throughout March and April 2012, we invited members of our 'Your Kew' and 'Natural Neighbourhood' Flickr groups to take part in our 'Capturing Spring' photo challenge. With many great photos being taken and shared, we invited Philip Smith, Director of the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition, to pick his favourites.
World's smallest waterlily brought back from the brink of extinction at Kew
18 May 2010
Kew’s top propagation ‘code-breaker’, horticulturist Carlos Magdalena, has cracked the enigma of growing a rare species of African waterlily. The 'thermal’ lily (Nymphaea thermarum) is believed to be the smallest waterlily in the world, with pads that can be as little as 1 cm in diameter.
David Attenborough's Kingdom of Plants 3D will burst onto Sky 3D screens in May 2012
13 Mar 2012
Filmed over the course of a year at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, which houses some 90% of all known plant species in one form or another, Kingdom of Plants 3D provides a fascinating new look at plant life using stunning 3D time-lapse filming techniques.
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