Plant stories from Kew's Millennium Seed Bank
Browse our amazing plant stories about the many different wild species we've saved around the world. We focus our efforts on protecting plants that are threatened with extinction and of most use for the future.
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Plant story - Canthium vanwykii collected by the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership
01 Jan 2010
This species is endemic to small area of South Africa.
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Plant story - Oxytenanthera abyssinica was the billionth seed collected by Kew's Millennium Seed Bank
01 Jan 2010
The billionth seed was presented to Gordon Brown, on 26 April 2007, when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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Plant story - conserving willowmore cedar
01 Jan 2010
Find out how the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership saved willowmore cedar (Widdringtonia schwarzii), an ancient giant plant which occurs in the Baviaanskloof and Kouga Mountains in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
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Plant story - Mimetes hirtus, vulnerable species bagged by Kew's Millennium Seed Bank Partnership in South Africa
01 Jan 2010
Also known as the Marsh pagoda or Vleistompie, this species is difficult to collect.
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Plant story - Gladiolus aureus is on the verge of extinction
01 Jan 2010
A once wide spread plant species, this geophyte, known only to be found in the Cape Peninsula of South Africa is on the verge of extinction in the wild.
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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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Plant story - 200 year old seeds spring to life
01 Dec 2009
Against all expectations, seed scientists from Kew's Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst, germinated 200 year old seeds discovered in The National Archives. Some of these have now grown into healthy plants.
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Plant story - Eremophila sp. is one of 550 species being collected in Australia
01 Dec 2009
Eremophila "A48866 Rainbow Valley" is one of a number of species being collected in Australia as part of the Northern Territory project.
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