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.
Heritiera littoralis, commonly known as the looking-glass mangrove or tulip mangrove, is a mangrove tree in the family Malvaceae native to coastal areas of eastern Africa, Asia, Melanesia and northern Australia. The common name refers to the silvery appearance of the underside of the leaves, resembling a mirror to some degree. The strong timber has uses in marine applications and elsewhere.
Acacia brownii, commonly known as heath wattle, is an erect or spreading shrub which is endemic to eastern Australia.
Rhynchospora tracyi, known by the common name of Tracy's beaksedge, is a member of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is a perennial herb, native to the Southeastern United States, the Bahamas, Cuba, Belize, and Honduras.
Rhynchospora corymbosa, known by the common names of golden beaksedge and matamat, is a member of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is a perennial herb, found globally throughout the tropics. It grows up to 2 meters tall in riverbanks, shallow pools, and swamps.
Rhynchospora holoschoenoides, known by the common name of fly beaksedge, is a member of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is a perennial herb, found throughout the Caribbean, Central and South America and western and southern Africa.
Rhynchospora riedeliana is a member of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is a perennial herb, native to the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil.
Rhynchospora rubra is a member of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It found throughout southeast Asia, Oceania, and western and southern Africa.
Rhynchospora cephalotes is a member of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is a perennial herb, found throughout the tropics of Central and South America, from southern Mexico and western Cuba in the northern extreme to Bahia and Bolivia in the southern extreme.
Rhynchospora globosa, known by the Spanish common name of estrellita de sabana, is a member of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is a perennial herb, found throughout the tropics of Central and South America. The variant R. globosa var. tenuifolia is endemic to Cuba.
Rhynchospora cephalantha, known by the common name of bunched beaksedge, is a member of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is a perennial herb, found throughout the eastern United States, from New York to Texas.
Rhynchospora baldwinii, known by the common name of Baldwin's beaksedge, is a member of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is found in riverbanks and swampland near the coasts of the southeastern United States, as far west as New Orleans and as far north as Morehead City in North Carolina.
Rhynchospora careyana, known by the common name of broadfruit horned beaksedge, is a member of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is found in marshy areas near the Gulf coast of the southeastern United States, from western Louisiana to southeastern Georgia.
Rhynchospora chalarocephala, known by the common name of loosehead beaksedge, is a member of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is a perennial herb, found throughout the southeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States, from New Jersey to Texas.
Rhynchospora chapmanii, known by the common name of Chapman's beaksedge, is a member of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is a perennial herb, found in wetlands of the southeastern United States from North Carolina to Louisiana, as well as in Belize, Cuba, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
Rhynchospora berteroi, known by the common name of little beaksedge, is a member of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is a perennial herb, native to wetlands in the Caribbean islands and Belize, and also found in the southeastern United States.
Rhynchospora biflora, known by the common name of twoflower beaksedge, is a member of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is a perennial herb, found in rainforests of the Caribbean, Colombia, and Venezuela, as well as southeastern Brazil.
Rhynchospora brachychaeta, known by the common name of West Indian beaksedge, is a member of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is a perennial herb, found in wetlands of the southeastern United States, the Caribbean, Central America, and Guyana.
Rhynchospora chinensis, known by the common name of spiked beaksedge, is a member of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is a perennial herb, found in wetlands of Japan, Korea, eastern China, Mainland Southeast Asia, India, Australia, and Madagascar. It was once present in Sri Lanka, where it is now locally extinct. The subspecies R. chinensis subsp. spiciformis is endemic to Hawaii.
Rhynchospora ciliaris, known by the common name of fringed beaksedge, is a member of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is a perennial herb, found in wetlands of the southeastern United States, from New Orleans to Morehead City.
