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Introducing the GIS Unit
by: Justin Moat, GIS team blog03 Jan 2012
Find out more about the GIS Unit at Kew from Justin Moat.
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Rare plants from Montserrat on display at Kew Gardens
by: Pat Griggs, UK Overseas Territories team blog04 Feb 2011
For the first time ever, visitors to Kew will be able to see two unique plants from the Caribbean island of Montserrat (normally kept safely behind the scenes) during the Volunteer Guides' hands-on sessions in this year’s Tropical Extravaganza.
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The Tropical Nursery Open Day
by: Sam Crosfield, Tropical Nursery blog15 Sep 2010
Members of the public are invited to the Tropical Nursery Open Day on Sunday 19th September to go behind the scenes and see rare and intriguing plants including the world's smallest water lily.
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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.
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Plant story - finding Lobelia valida
01 Jan 2010
Find out how the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership team found Lobelia valida under a washing line!
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Plant story - Paraisometrum mileense, an "extinct" plant rediscovered
01 Jan 2010
A wild population of Paraisometrum mileense, thought to be extinct in the wild for 100 years, has been rediscovered in Yunnan, China by the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership.
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Plant story - protecting the future of Erica verticillata
01 Jan 2010
Erica verticillata was last seen in the wild in 1908 and was, until 1984, thought to be extinct. It has since been found and re-established thanks to the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership.
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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 - 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 - Erica margaritacea is rescued from extinction
01 Jan 2010
Erica margaritacea was once found on the sandy Cape Flats from the Cape Peninsula to Stellenbosch. Farming and urban development have reduced the natural range of this species to a small area (42 hectares) within the Kenilworth Race Course in Cape Town. It is therefore categorised as Critically Endangered.
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