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Milla uniflora, 1834

Current accepted plant name is Ipheion uniflorum, commonly known as Tristagma uniflorum, spring starflower or springstar. Hand-coloured lithograph on paper by James MacNab, 1834. Artwork from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, volume 61, plate 3327. Curtis's Botanical Magazine is the longest running botanical periodical featuring colour illustrations of plants and has been published continuously since 1787

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Anguloa clowesii (Tulip orchid), 1866

Watercolour illustration of Anguloa clowesii by John Day, 4 August 1866. Artwork from John Day's Scrapbook, vol 5, p. 11. Accompanying notes state that the specimen was "from a plant imported from New Grenada by Lewis & Co in 1864 of Mr Blunt Collecting" and dated 4th August 1866

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Seed storage in the vault of the Millennium Seed Bank

Seed storage in the vault of the Millennium Seed Bank (MSB)at RBG Kew's Wakehurst site in West Sussex, UK.The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership is the largest ex situ plant conservation programme in the world. The focus is on global plant life faced with the threat of extinction and plants of most use for the future. The seeds saved are conserved in seed banks as an insurance against the risk of extinction in their native habitat

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