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.
Minuartia is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sandworts in the family Caryophyllaceae.
Goodenia is a genus of about two hundred species of flowering plants in the family Goodeniaceae. Plants in this genus are herbs or shrubs, mostly endemic to Australia. The leaves are variably-shaped, the flowers arranged in small groups, with three or five sepals, the corolla bilaterally symmetrical and either fan-shaped with two "lips" or tube-shaped. The petals are usually yellow to white, the stamens free from each other and the fruit a capsule.
Synsepalum aubrevillei is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is found in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana in wet, tropical biomes, and is threatened by habitat loss.
Lilaeopsis is a genus consisting of several species of aquatic or semi-aquatic flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. Known commonly as grassworts or microswords, the genus is primarily found in the west of North America, Mexico, Central and South America and some Caribbean and Oceanic islands. One species, L. mauritiana, is found on the islands of Madagascar and Mauritius.
Myodocarpaceae is a family of flowering plants which contains 2 genera and 15 species. The family is accepted under the APG IV system and placed in the order Apiales. In earlier systems the two genera were included among the Araliaceae.
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.
Cassia javanica, also known as Java cassia, pink shower, apple blossom tree and rainbow shower tree, is a species of tree in the family Fabaceae. Its origin is in Southeast Asia, but it has been extensively grown in tropical areas worldwide as a garden tree owing to its beautiful crimson and pink flower bunches.
Quercus brantii, Brant's oak, is a species of oak native to Western Asia, namely in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.
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". The initial focus was on tropical African Floras, particularly Flora Zambesiaca, Flora of West Tropical Africa and Flora of Tropical East Africa.
World Flora Online is an Internet-based compendium of the world's plant species.
Trichaulax mwasumbii is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It is a subshrub native to Kenya and Tanzania. It is the sole species in genus Trichaulax.
Polylychnis radicans is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It is native to Guyana and French Guiana. It is the sole species in genus Polylychnis.
Cephalacanthus maculatus is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It is a subshrub or shrub endemic to San Martín Region of Peru. It is the sole species in genus Cephalacanthus.
Cephalohibiscus peekelii is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Malvaceae. It is a tree native to New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and the Solomon Islands. It is the sole species in genus Cephalohibiscus. It grows in lowland rain forests from sea level to 600 meters elevation.
Cephalophis lukei is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It is a perennial or subshrub native to southeastern Kenya and Mozambique. It is the sole species in genus Cephalophis.
Chalarothyrsus amplexicaulis is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It is a subshrub native to central and southwestern Mexico. It is the sole species in genus Chalarothyrsus.
Cyphacanthus atopus is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It is a shrub endemic to Colombia. It is known from the Magdalena River Valley in Boyacá Department, at 762 meters elevation.
Dasytropis is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It is a climbing shrub native to the Sierra de Nipe in eastern Cuba. It is the sole species in genus Dasytropis.
