Plants

Explore Kew's data and resources concerning plants.

FReD - Floral Reflectance Database

Submit and download data on floral colour and reflectance. **External site not maintained by RBG Kew**

Inside Wood

Brief descriptions of fossil and modern woody dicots (hardwoods) from more than 200 plant families. **External site not maintained by RBG Kew**

Plant DNA C-values database

Combining data from the Angiosperm, Gymnosperm, Pteridophyte, Bryophyte and Algae DNA C-values databases.

Plants of the World Online

Browse 1,113,000 global plant names, 65,800 detailed descriptions, and 191,400 images with an initial focus on tropical Africa.

SEPASAL Database 

The Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands: information on useful 'wild' and semi-domesticated tropical and subtropical dryland plants.

Tree of Life Explorer

Explore evolutionary trees of life and to access the genomic data that underpin them.

Tropical Important Plant Areas Explorer

Access detailed, downloadable fact sheets for sites that qualify as a Tropical Important Plant Area (TIPA).

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