Kew's Collections go digital
Taking Kew's Herbarium and Fungarium online for everyone across the globe to access.
Science projects
We partner with over 100 countries worldwide to protect biodiversity and explore the useful properties of plants and fungi. Take a look at the projects and programmes in our portfolio.
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Alpine seed conservation and research network
Conserving more than 500 species from the European Alps by collecting seeds and storing them ex situ in seed banks.
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Are sterols landscape limiting nutrients for wild bees in the UK?
Mapping pollen phytosterols through space and time in the UK landscape, and elucidating the importance of phytosterols as essential nutrients for wild bee diversity
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Conserving the Endemic Flora of the Carpathian Region
Increasing our knowledge and furthering the protection of endemic and endangered flora of the Carpathian Region
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Conserving the Flora of the Balkans: Native Plants of Greece
Seed collecting and research to ensure the long-term survival of Greece's diverse flora
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Darwin Tree of Life
Sequencing the genomes of all eukaryotic species in Britain and Ireland.
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Digitising Kew’s plant pathogen collection
Providing the evidence to study and combat the fungi of most threat to plant health in the UK.
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Diversity, Adaptation and Use
Next-Generation Tree Seed Collecting in the UK
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EcoSeed – the impact of environmental conditions on seed quality, from model species to crop wild relatives
Investigating crop responses to environmental changes and evaluating the potential of crop wild relatives to enhance the future of European agriculture.
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Evolution of Asteraceae in the European Alps
Improving our understanding of the role of polyploidy and chromosomal rearrangements as evolutionary drivers in alpine ecosystems.
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Genetic studies of Cypripedium calceolus (the lady’s slipper orchid)
Investigating population genetics in the lady’s slipper orchid to inform the reintroduction programme for this threatened species.
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Genomic resources for healthy ash trees
Finding genes in ash trees to overcome ash dieback and the emerald ash borer.
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Genomics of British oak trees
Sequencing the genomes of over 2000 British oak trees to understand how their DNA affects their health and growth