A collection of herbaceous species from the main tropical plant families of the world. Location: Tropical Nursery, Princess of Wales Conservatory, Palm House, Waterlily House Taxa: 918 Accessions: 2,582 Wild-sourced: 29%

Our magnificent scientific collection contains plants from tropical, temperate, arid and alpine climates. Our expert horticulturalists grow them both in our gardens and in controlled conditions within glasshouses and nurseries.

Kew is home to the oldest pot plant in the world, which has been growing in the Palm House for more than 250 years. Explore this remarkable indoor rainforest and discover tropical plants from some of the most threatened environments in the world.

Dec 13, 2024 · Our botanists share their expertise in identifying plants from the biodiversity-rich tropical regions of the world. This two-week course has been run regularly since 2004 and arose from weekly family identification sessions held in our Herbarium.

Recently, Kew has published The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook (Utteridge & Bramley, 2014) to fill a need for an accessible guide to commonly encountered plant families that can be used anywhere in the tropics.

Nov 4, 2019 · Here, Kew experts grow some of the world's most interesting tropical plants for research, conservation and our botanic gardens. Watch the video below to find out more about our Tropical Nursery collection, from the smelliest plant on earth to feisty flesh-eating plants.

6 days ago · One of Kew’s greatest international collaborations is the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership, which has to date stored more than 2.4 billion seeds of over 40,000 wild species of plants across the globe. In 2023, Kew scientists estimated in the State of the World’s Plants and Fungi report that 3 in 4 undescribed plants globally are already ...

Feb 11, 2025 · The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is dedicated to harnessing the power of plants and fungi to end the extinction crisis and secure a future for all life on Earth. With Kew’s world-leading research, global partnerships and beloved gardens – home to the world’s most diverse collections of plants and fungi – Kew is using its trusted voice to ...

Feb 15, 2023 · In 2022, Kew Gardens identified 90 plants and 24 fungi completely new to science. They include the world’s largest giant water lily, with leaves more than 3 meters across, from Bolivia; and a 15-meter tree from Central America, named after the murdered Honduran environmental activist Berta Cáceres.