Science Collection

Seeds stored at the Millennium Seed Bank
Seed storage in the vault of the Millennium Seed Bank (MSB)at RBG Kews Wakehurst site in West Sussex, UK, 2010. The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership is the largest ex situ plant conservation

Vaults at the Millennium Seed Bank
Photo of Seed Collections staff in the vaults at the Millennium Seed Bank, Wakehurst, 2009. The Millennium Seed Bank (MSB) is a growing collection of seeds from around the world

RBG Kew expedition to Cameroon, 1995. Between 1995-2003, several RBG Kew-National Herbarium of Cameroon (HNC) teams combed the forest, supported by local conservation NGOs and Earthwatch volunteers

Sir Peter Crane of RBG Kew on an expedition to Borneo, seen here climbing into the tree canopy of the Sabah rainforest, 2005

Seed storage in the vault of the Millennium Seed Bank (MSB)at RBG Kews Wakehurst site in West Sussex, UK.The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership is the largest ex situ plant conservation programme in

Kew Plant Collector
RBG Kew botanist collecting seeds on an expedition to Tasmania, Australia, 2005

RBG Kews Expeditions and Partnerships
RBG Kew expedition to Shimba Hills National Reserve, Kenya, one of the largest coastal forests in East Africa

Seed Collection in the Namibian Desert
Sesriem to Sossusvlei, RBG Kew botanists seed collecting expedition to Namibia, 2007

Studying Kniphofia (red hot pokers) on an RBG Kew expedition to Malawi
A botanist from RBG Kew studies a Kniphofia (Red Hot Poker flower) in the field, Malawi, southeastern Africa, 2007

RBG Kew expedition to Malawi
RBG Kew botanist begins the day on expedition to Mozambique, 2007

Herbarium preparation of Ipomoea eriocarpa in the field
Herbarium preparation of Ipomoea eriocarpa on an expedition to Mali, West Africa

Baobab (Adansonia) and Sisal (Agave sisalana) near Berenty nature reserve, Madagascar

RBG Kew plant collecting expedition to Jordan
Michiel Van Slageren, RBG botanist collecting seeds and plants on an expedition to the Dana Nature Reserve, Jordan, 2001

RBG Kew botanists Expedition to Jordan
Kew botanists on expedition in the Dana Nature Reserve, Jordan 2001. The tree (left) is a pistachio, Pistacia vera

Plant Pressing in Camp, Brunei
A botanist from RBG Kew pressing plants collected on an RBG Kew expedition to Brunei, 1990

Seed cleaning at CNSF Ouagadougou
Seed cleaning at Centre National de semences forestières (CNSF), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. RBG Kew expeditions

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