Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBGK)
http://www.kew.org/
Core Data
Identification
Hosting Legal Entity
Self-standing RI
Location
United Kingdom
Structure
Type Of RI
Distributed
Coordinating Country
United Kingdom
Scientific Description
Mission and objectives
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, was founded in 1759 and over the past 257 years has been at the centre of global discovery, collection, identification, naming and ordering of all things plant and fungus related. Spread over two sites (Kew Gardens in west London and Wakehurst Place in West Sussex), Kew’s scientific collections contain over 8.5 million items, incorporating living and preserved material, seeds, spores and DNA, and between them cover an extraordinary breadth of plant and fungal diversity.
RI Keywords
Conservation, Seed banking, Biodiversity informatics, Collections, Plant health, Plant and fungal diversity, Natural capital, Spatial analysis
Classifications
RI Category
Data Archives, Data Repositories and Collections
Collections of Biological Resources (e.g. Microorganisms, Biobanks and Seed Banks)
Research Libraries
Intense Light Sources
Natural History Collections
Databases
Agronomy, Forestry, Plant Breeding Centres
Bio-informatics Facilities
Collections of Biological Resources (e.g. Microorganisms, Biobanks and Seed Banks)
Research Libraries
Intense Light Sources
Natural History Collections
Databases
Agronomy, Forestry, Plant Breeding Centres
Bio-informatics Facilities
Scientific Domain
Humanities and Arts
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Biological and Medical Sciences
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Biological and Medical Sciences
ESFRI Domain
Environment
Services
Access to Plant, Fungus and Seed Data
Access to Botanical and Mycological Collections
With over 8.5 million items, Kew houses the largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collections in the world. They represent over 95% of known flowering plant genera and more than 60% of known fungal genera.
Research Support
Equipment
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
Rotary Evaporator
High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC-DAD)
DNA Sequencer
Liquid Nitrogen Cylinder/Dewars
Water Purification System
Growth Room
Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LCMS/MS)
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GCMS)
Plate Reader
Incubators
Light Microscopes
Ultra-Centrifuge
Autoclaves
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
Alpha Screen
-80 Freezers
Laminar Flow hoods and Biological Safety Cabinets
Next Generation Sequencer MiSeq
Additional Data
Collaborations
Networks
The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership