Adopt a Seed, Save a Species - Save a Species Outright
The average amount it costs to ensure a species of plant will never become extinct is £2,000 (or around $3,500). While not everyone will have access to that amount of money, it is a sum that a group of friends could raise doing a sponsored walk or cycle or by getting together to all make a contribution.
We have collected together here 13 species at £2,000 each, and a further fifteen at £1,000, that you could sponsor outright. Imagine yourself as the person or group who made sure that one of these species is protected forever.
If you're interested in saving a species but want to find out what other species might be available contact Nitasha Kul to find out more. You can also read more about how the money is allocated.
Acacia chapmanii subsp. australis
A rare Australian acacia species threatened by weed invasion and disease.
Status: available for sponsorship at £2,000
Save this species now or sponsor as a groupAfzelia africana
A multi-purpose African timber tree threatened by over-exploitation.
Status: available for sponsorship at £2,000
Save this species now or sponsor as a groupAloe ballyi
One of the few poisonous aloes. It is known commonly as the 'rat aloe' because the leaves contain a chemical that smell strongly of rats.
Status: available for sponsorship at £2,000
Save this species now or sponsor as a groupBanksia solandri
As well as being attractive plants, they provide food and shelter for pygmy possums and other native animals.
Status: sponsored at £2000 with thanks to Ian Ridpath.
Sponsorship like this helps ensure the survival of a valuable plant. Help us continue this vital work by sponsoring any of the available species on this page.Canthium vanwykii
A species endemic to a small region of South Africa.
Status: available for sponsorship at £2,000
Save this species now or sponsor as a groupDalea azurea
Propagated plants of the endangered Chilean endemic are ready to be reintroduced to the wild.
Status: sponsored at £2000 with thanks to Mrs Dale from Brighton.
Sponsorship like this helps ensure the survival of a valuable plant. Help us continue this vital work by sponsoring any of the available species on this page.Leucadendron levisanus (Cape Flats conebush)
An endangered South African shrub, known only from a few sites near Capetown.
Status: available for sponsorship at £2,000
Save this species now or sponsor as a groupMenodora linoides
A beautiful small shrub from Chile known from only five locations.
Status: available for sponsorship at £2,000
Save this species now or sponsor as a groupMoringa hildebrandtii
A multi-purpose tree species endemic to Madagascar.
Status: sponsored at £2000 with thanks to Mr Morries from Lancashire.
Sponsorship like this helps ensure the survival of a valuable plant. Help us continue this vital work by sponsoring any of the available species on this page.Oldfieldia dactylophylla
A multi-purpose fruit tree from south central Africa.
Status: available for sponsorship at £2,000
Save this species now or sponsor as a groupProtea odorata
A South African shrub down to just 17 individuals left in the wild.
Status: available for sponsorship at £2,000
Save this species now or sponsor as a groupRhododendron delavayi
A beautiful rhododendron from China threatened by over-harvesting and urban development.
Status: available for sponsorship at £2,000
Save this species now or sponsor as a groupWiddringtonia schwarzii
A rare and threatened timber tree endemic to South Africa.
Status: available for sponsorship at £2,000
Save this species now or sponsor as a groupAcanthus syriacus
A rare and endangered thorny desert plant from Lebanon.
Status: available for sponsorship at £1,000
Save this species now or sponsor as a groupBulbine crassa
A species new to science, which through seed banking activity has its future guaranteed.
Status: available for sponsorship at £1,000
Save this species now or sponsor as a groupCylindrophyllum hallii
Comeback kid - down to 6 plants in the wild, this species is surviving with help from the Millennium Seed Bank.
Status: available for sponsorship at £1,000
Save this species now or sponsor as a groupDamasonium alisma
A UK species threatened by habitat decline.
Status: sponsored at £2000 in celebration of a golden wedding anniversary
Sponsorship like this helps ensure the survival of a valuable plant. Help us continue this vital work by sponsoring any of the available species on this page.Erica greyi
A South African heather species rediscovered a century after it was last collected.
Status: sponsored at £1000 as a gift for Mr Alan and Mr Ted Grey.
Sponsorship like this helps ensure the survival of a valuable plant. Help us continue this vital work by sponsoring any of the available species on this page.Erica margaritacea
Farming and urban development have reduced the natural range of this species to a small area within the Kenilworth Race Course in Cape Town.
Status: available for sponsorship at £1,000
Save this species now or sponsor as a groupEuphrasia scabra
Climate change threatens Euphrasia scabra from southern Australia.
Status: available for sponsorship at £1,000
Save this species now or sponsor as a groupGladiolus aureus
A once widespread species, this geophyte, endemic to the Cape Peninsula of South Africa, is on the verge of extinction in the wild.
Status: available for sponsorship at £1,000
Save this species now or sponsor as a groupHoodia currorii subsp. lugardii
A traditional medicinal plant used in Botswana as an appetite suppressant.
Status: available for sponsorship at £1,000
Save this species now or sponsor as a groupIxia mostertii
An endangered wild flower from South Africa, known from only three localities.
Status: available for sponsorship at £1,000
Save this species now or sponsor as a groupLotononis macroloba
A new species in the pea family, discovered in Namibia.
Status: sponsored as a Christmas present for Dr. M. Anne Reid.
Sponsorship like this helps ensure the survival of a valuable plant. Help us continue this vital work by sponsoring any of the available species on this page.Origanum syriacum
The most economically important edible wild plant in Lebanon.
Status: available for sponsorship at £1,000
Save this species now or sponsor as a groupPhebalium daviesii
A critically endangered wax flower from Tasmania, down to only 23 individuals in the wild.
Status: available for sponsorship at £1,000
Save this species now or sponsor as a groupPlectranthus unguentarius
A highly threatened Namibian plant from the mint family, down to only 120 plants in the wild.
Status: available for sponsorship at £1,000
Save this species now or sponsor as a groupRoridula dentata
Known as the flycatcher bush, this plant does not consume the insects it traps but rather provides food for the assassin bugs. It has even been known to catch small birds.
Status: sponsored at £1000 with thanks to Kew's own Digital Media Team - raising the money through a cycle ride from Kew to the MSB, located at Wakehurst Place
Sponsorship like this helps ensure the survival of a valuable plant. Help us continue this vital work by sponsoring any of the available species on this page.Viola ambigua
A central European violet known from only four localities and threatened by urban development.
Status: sponsored as a gift for Mrs Joy Helen Ironside.
Sponsorship like this helps ensure the survival of a valuable plant. Help us continue this vital work by sponsoring any of the available species on this page.
