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.
Lactuca, commonly known as lettuce, is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae. The genus includes at least 50 species, distributed worldwide, but mainly in temperate Eurasia.
Damasonium alisma is a species of flowering marsh plant known by the common name of starfruit. Its native range includes parts of Great Britain, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, and Kazakhstan.
Naufraga balearica is an extremely species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, and the only species in the monotypic genus Naufraga. It is endemic to the Spanish island of Majorca, where it is found only at the base of cliffs at the north of the island near Pollença. A population was discovered on Corsica in 1981, but it had died out by 1983, and it is not clear whether it arrived naturally. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation and rocky shores.
Oxera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae native to Vanuatu and New Caledonia in the western Pacific.
Planchonella pinifolia is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia.
Protea comptonii, also known as saddleback sugarbush, is a smallish tree of the genus Protea in the family Proteaceae. It is found in South Africa and Eswatini.
Vitellariopsis kirkii is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.
Justicia flaviflora is a species of herbaceous plant in the family Acanthaceae. It was previously classified as Beloperone flaviflora. The species is endemic to the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean republic of Trinidad and Tobago where it is only known from near the peaks of mountains in the Northern Range. It is an erect herb with leaves up to 27 cm (11 in) long. It is suffering from habitat degradation and has become increasingly rare, being now rated as "critically endangered".
The Plant List is a list of botanical names of species of plants created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden and launched in 2010. It was intended to be a comprehensive record of all known names of plant species over time, and was produced in response to Target 1 of the 2002-2010 Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, to produce "An online flora of all known plants.” It has not been updated since 2013, and is superseded by World Flora Online.
Acer heldreichii is a species of flowering plant in the Sapindaceae family. It is referred to by the common names Heldreich's maple, Mountain Maple, Greek maple, and Balkan maple is a European species of maple. It is native to Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Serbia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Madhuca costulata is a plant in the family Sapotaceae. The specific epithet costulata means "finely ribbed", referring to the leaves.
Madhuca prolixa is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. The specific epithet prolixa means "expanded", referring to the inflorescences.
Palaquium crassifolium is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. The inflorescences bear up to three flowers. The specific epithet crassifolium means "thick leaves".
Palaquium edenii is a tree in the family Sapotaceae.
Palaquium ferrugineum is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. The specific epithet ferrugineum means "rusty coloured", referring to the indumentum.
Palaquium lisophyllum is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. The specific epithet lisophyllum means "smooth leaves".
Palaquium multiflorum is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. The specific epithet multiflorum means "many flowers".
Planchonella duclitan is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. A tree that may attain a height of 40 meters, presenting glossy leaves and orange fruit. It is common on Christmas Island, dominating up to 20% of the upper leaf canopy, as a tree to 30 meters, in established forest or around 40% in regenerating habitat where it may attain the maximum height.
Protea pudens, also known as the bashful sugarbush, is a low-growing, groundcover-like, flowering shrub in the genus Protea. It is only found growing in the wild in a small area in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
