One of the world’s most widely cultivated edible mushrooms, Lentinula edodes - or shiitake - has a lesser-known British ...

I am the research leader for Spatial Analysis within the Informatics and Spatial Analysis Science directorate. My role is to lead spatial analysis at Kew, which covers both GIS (Geographic Information ...

Tom joined Kew in 2024 as Head of Science Policy after eight years at the Academy of Medical Sciences, where he led a team focused on improving the research environment for health research. Prior to ...

A global nomenclatural indexing and reference service for medicinal plants aimed at those involved in global health, regulation and research. Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) provides a global ...

The newly published checklist of the Itremo Massif Protected Area contains 749 plant species across 353 genera and 103 ...

Passiflora or passion flower is a genus of more than 550 species which are members of the Passifloraceae family. The genus, which contains vines, lianas, shrubs and trees, is predominantly distributed ...

William Milliken, Head of Kew's Tropical America team, examines the importance of Kew's collection of over seven million herbarium specimens, and how this resource is being used to tackle the global ...

Gerhard Prenner, researcher in plant morphology and anatomy, presents his recent studies on Abrus precatorius, a "deadly beauty" with fascinating flowers and inflorescences. The genus Abrus consists ...

Scientists at Kew have been studying pollen structure for many years, and trying to unravel how and why certain structures have evolved. In this blog, I will focus on how structures in pollen of ...

Like other gourds, the snake gourd is a member of the pumpkin family (Cucurbitaceae) and has seeds similar to its cousin the water melon (Citrullus lanatus), although slightly more eccentric, sporting ...

They provide us with food and shelter, play a key role in our ecosystems and are ancient sentinels of our landscapes across time and space. And we can’t forget that they’re responsible in part for the ...