Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Type	Non-departmental public body
Key people	Marcus Agius (Chair of the Board of Trustees) Richard Deverell (Director)
Budget	£56 million (year ended 31 March 2008)
Employees	750[1]
Mission	To inspire and deliver science-based plant conservation worldwide, enhancing the quality of life
Website	.org.kewwww

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (brand name Kew) is a non-departmental public body in the UK sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. An internationally important botanical research and education institution, it employs 750 staff.^[1] Its chief executive is the current Director, Richard Deverell.^[2] Its board of trustees is chaired by Marcus Agius, a former chairman of Barclays PLC.^[3]

The organisation manages botanic gardens at Kew in Richmond upon Thames in southwest London, and at Wakehurst Place, a National Trust property in Sussex which is home to an internationally important Millennium Seed Bank. The Seedbank is also the site of multiple research projects^[4] and international partnerships with at least 80 countries.^[5] Seed stored at the bank fulfils two functions: it provides an ex situ conservation resource and also facilitates research around the globe by acting as a repository for seed scientists. Kew also operates, jointly with the Forestry Commission, Bedgebury Pinetum in Kent, which specialising in growing conifers.

International Plant Names Index

The Harvard University Herbaria and the Australian National Herbarium co-operate with Kew in the IPNI database, a project which was launched in 1999 to produce an authoritative source of information on botanical nomenclature including publication details. The IPNI includes information from the Index Kewensis, a project which began in the nineteenth century to provide an "Index to the Names and Authorities of all known flowering plants and their countries".

The Plant List

Kew also cooperates with the Missouri Botanical Garden in a related project called The Plant List, which, unlike the IPNI, provides information on which names are currently accepted. The Plant List is an Internet encyclopedia project which was launched in 2010 to compile a comprehensive list of botanical nomenclature.^[6][7] The Plant List has 1,040,426 scientific plant names of species rank of which 298,900 are accepted species names. In addition, the list has 620 plant families and 16,167 plant genera.^[8]

See also

• Directors of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Kew Gardens
• Wakehurst Place
• Botanists active at Kew Gardens
• Joseph Dalton Hooker, who succeeded his father as director in 1865
• The Great Plant Hunt – a primary school science initiative created by Kew Gardens, commissioned and funded by the Wellcome Trust
• Index Kewensis, a massive index of plant names started and maintained by Kew Gardens
• Kew Bulletin

References

External links

• Official website
• documentary behind the scenes at Kew GardensA Year at KewBBC

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

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Railway Bridge Richmond Bridge Richmond Lock and Footbridge Richmond Railway Bridge Teddington Lifeboat Station Teddington Lock Teddington Lock Footbridges Twickenham Bridge former Twickenham Ferry Rivers and streams Beverley Brook River Crane Duke of Northumberland's River Longford River Sudbrook and Latchmere stream River Thames Islands in the River Thames Benn's Island Corporation Island Eel Pie Island Glover's Island Platts Eyot Swan Island Tagg's Island Trowlock Island Parks, open spaces and nature reserves Barnes Common Barn Elms Bushy Park Carlisle Park Crane Park Crane Park Island East Sheen Common Ham Common Ham Lands Hampton Court Park Kew Gardens Lonsdale Road Reservoir Marble Hill Park North Sheen Recreation Ground Oak Avenue Old Deer Park Pesthouse Common Richmond Green Richmond Hill Richmond Park Sunnyside Reservoir Upper Lodge Water Gardens Westerley Ware WWT London Wetland Centre Sports venues Athletic Ground, Richmond Barn Elms Playing Fields The Championship Course Ham Polo Club Hampton Pool Kew Cricket Club Ground Lensbury Sports Ground Pools on the Park Richmond Golf Club Royal Tennis Court, Hampton Court Twickenham Stadium Twickenham Stoop former Orleans Club Ground former Ranelagh Club former Richmond Ice Rink former St Ann's Ground Sports events The Big Game (rugby) The Boat Race Great River Race Head of the River Fours Head of the River Race IRB Rugby Aid Match Schools' Head of the River Race Scullers Head of the River Race Vesta Veterans International Eights Head of the River Race Wingfield Sculls Women's Eights Head of the River Race former Richmond Trophy Other annual events Hampton Court Palace Festival Hampton Court Palace Flower Show Breweries and pubs Britannia, Richmond The Bull's Head Hare and Hounds, Sheen Old Ship, Richmond Richmond Brewery Stores Sun Inn, Barnes Twickenham Fine Ales Watney Combe & Reid White Cross, Richmond Theatres, cinemas and music venues The Bull's Head Crawdaddy Club Eel Pie Island Hotel Olympic Studios Orange Tree Theatre Puppet Theatre Barge Richmond Theatre TwickFolk Wathen Hall Museums, archives and art Diana Fountain, Bushy Park Hampton Court Beauties Marianne North Gallery Museum No.1, Kew Gardens Museum of Richmond The Naked Ladies The National Archives Orleans House Gallery Public art The Queen's Beasts Riverside Gallery Royal Military School of Music Museum Shirley Sherwood Gallery Triumphs of Caesar White Lodge Museum and Ballet Resource Centre Windsor Beauties World Rugby Museum Film and recording studios Astoria The Boathouse, Twickenham Eel Pie Studios Olympic Studios Teddington Studios Twickenham Film Studios Media and publishing former Gaydar Radio former Hogarth Press Richmond and Twickenham Times Almshouses Richmond Charities Bishop Duppa's Candler Church Estate Hickey's Houblon's Michel's Queen Elizabeth's Tollemache Historical royal palaces Hampton Court Palace Kew Palace Richmond Palace Cemeteries, crematoria and memorials Barnes Cemetery Bolan's Rock Shrine Hampton Wick War Memorial Kilmorey Mausoleum Mortlake Crematorium North Sheen Cemetery Memorials in Richmond Park Hospitals Barnes Hospital Cassel Hospital former Normansfield Hospital Richmond Royal Hospital Teddington Memorial Hospital Other places of interest 123 Mortlake High Street Asgill House Brinsworth House Bushy House Chapel House Chapel in the Wood Clarence House Doughty House Douglas House Downe House Fulwell Bus Garage Garrick's Temple to Shakespeare Garrick's Villa Ham House Hampton Youth Project Harrods Furniture Depository Hogarth House Kew Observatory Kneller Hall Latchmere House Lichfield Court Marble Hill House Montrose House National Physical Laboratory Normansfield Theatre The Old Court House Ormeley Lodge Pembroke Lodge Poppy Factory Royal Military School of Music Royal Star and Garter Home Strawberry Hill House Sudbrook House and Park Thatched House Lodge University Boat Race Stones Victoria Working Men's Club West Hall, Kew White Lodge The Wick Wick House 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