Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. An internationally important botanical research and education institution, it employs 1,100 staff. Its board of trustees is chaired by Dame Amelia Fawcett.
Linaceae is a family of flowering plants. The family is cosmopolitan, and includes about 250 species in 14 genera, classified into two subfamilies: the Linoideae and Hugonioideae. Leaves of the Linaceae are always simple; arrangement varies from alternate to opposite or whorled. The hermaphroditic, actinomorphic flowers are pentameric or, very rarely, tetrameric.
Buchanania is a genus of plants in the mango and cashew family Anacardiaceae, native to areas from India to southern China, and southwards to northern Australia and the western Pacific.
Mesogyne insignis is a species of flowering plants in the family Moraceae. It is the sole species in genus Mesogyne. It is a tree native to the island of São Tomé in the Gulf of Guinea and to eastern Tanzania.
Castilleja exserta is a species of plant in the genus Castilleja which includes the Indian paintbrushes. Its common names include purple owl's clover, escobita, and exserted Indian paintbrush.
The family Apodanthaceae comprises about 10 species of endoparasitic herbs. They live in the branches or stems of their hosts, emerging only to flower and fruit. The plants produce no green parts and do not carry out any photosynthesis. There are two genera: Pilostyles and Apodanthes. A third genus, Berlinianche, was never validly published. Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences confidently place the Apodanthaceae in the Cucurbitales, where they also fit well in terms of their flower morphology. The native range of Apodanthes is restricted to Central and tropical South America, while Pilostyles has a much wider though disjointed native range, encompassing many countries in tropical and subtropical America, a section of Africa from Gabon to Tanzania and down to Zimbabwe, as well as Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Western Australia.
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to enable users to access information on all the world's known seed-bearing plants by 2020". This was Kew's answer to the "2020 target 1" of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD): "an online flora for all known plants."
Garcinia binucao is a species of flowering plant in the Clusiaceae family. It is commonly known as binukaw, takway or batuan, is a species of Garcinia endemic to the Philippines. It is not cultivated, though its edible fruits are harvested from the wild for use as a souring agent in some Filipino dishes.
Prestoea acuminata is a species of palm tree native to Central America, the West Indies and South America.
Tristicha trifaria is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Podostemaceae. It is the sole species in genus Tristicha. It is an aquatic subshrub native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, Africa, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and northwestern Australia.
Bosqueiopsis gilletii is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Moraceae. It is the sole species in genus Bosqueiopsis. It is native to tropical Africa, where it ranges from Republic of the Congo through Democratic Republic of the Congo to Tanzania and Mozambique.
Calaunia negrosensis is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Moraceae. It is the sole species in genus Calaunia. It is a tree native to the island of Negros in the Philippines.
Conimitella williamsii is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Saxifragaceae. It is the sole species in genus Conimitella. It is a perennial native to Alberta in west-central Canada and to Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado in the northwestern United States.
Microgynoecium tibeticum is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is the sole species in genus Microgynoecium. It is an annual native to Central Asia, the Himalayas, Tibetan Plateau, and northwestern China.
Oresitrophe rupifraga is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Saxifragaceae. It is the sole species in genus Oresitrophe. It is a perennial native to northern China, ranging from eastern Shanxi Province to western Liaoning Province.
Pisoniella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Nyctaginaceae. It only contains one known species, Pisoniella arborescens(Lag. & Rodr.) Standl.
Elmera racemosa is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Saxifragaceae. It is the sole species in genus Elmera.
Oreobliton is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. The only species is Oreobliton thesioides.
Calendula stellata is a species of annual flowering plant in the marigold genus Calendula, family Asteraceae. It is native to northwestern Africa, Malta, and Sicily. Flowering period is between January and April. Flowers are typically orange or yellow.
Acmispon distichus is a species of Acmispon endemic to northwestern Mexico.
