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Euphorbia pulcherrima

A small tree or shrub from Mexico and Guatemala, poinsettia is cultivated for its striking red bracts, and potted forms are the basis of a lucrative Christmas industry.

Putting the Economic Botany Collection online

by: Mark Nesbitt, Economic Botany blog
16 May 2012
Regular readers will have noticed a long pause since my last blog post. That's because we've been working hard on getting the Economic Botany Collection online.

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Collecting curators

by: Mark Nesbitt, Economic Botany blog
25 Mar 2011
Find out what happened when the curators of four major collections of useful plants recently came together at Kew.

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UKOTs Programme achieves herbarium specimen digitisation milestone

by: Martin Hamilton, UK Overseas Territories team blog
21 Dec 2010
Martin Hamilton from Kew's UK Overseas Territories team reports on the latest news about the UKOTs Programme specimen digitisation activities.

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Welcome to Kew's Herbarium Blog

by: Emma Tredwell, Herbarium blog
16 Dec 2010
Find out about the work of scientists in Kew’s Herbarium, including their expeditions to study plant and fungal life around the world.

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Planting up a succulent display

by: Sam Crosfield, Tropical Nursery blog
17 Sep 2010
Learn how the Dry Tropics team prepare and plant up a dramatic display for the public using stunning succulents that are usually cared for in the Tropical Nursery.

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Dalbergia andapensis

An endangered tree from northeast Madagascar, Dalbergia andapensis is threatened by local deforestation.

Natural Relationships - Partners or Pests? What lessons can business learn?

by: Polly Williamson, Business Inspired by Nature blog
20 Aug 2010
Nature has evolved different styles of relationship – ranging from partner to parasite – to cope with stress and change. There is much that can be learnt from nature by business organisations to help them adapt more rapidly to the rapidly changing or uncertain conditions.

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When business leaders meet botanists

by: Mike Saunders, Business Inspired by Nature blog
06 Jul 2010
Find out what happened when we decided to invite a diverse group of business leaders to Kew for the day – mixing business people with botanists.