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McEwen, Ron. "The Northern Lads :." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 11 (October 29, 2013): 109–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2013.55.

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It is well known that a disproportionate number of plant collectors for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in the late 18th and 19th centuries were Scottish gardeners. Another important source of plants for Kew in its early days were the specialist London plant nurseries that were run by Scots. Less well known is the preponderance of Scots found in other areas of Kew’s work – gardeners in charge of the botanic garden, curators of various departments and gardeners who transferred to colonial botanic gardens. This Scottish phenomenon was not unique to Kew: it was found in other botanical and non-botanical institutions in London and the provinces. This paper charts the extent of the phenomenon and, on the basis of 18th- and 19th-century sources, analyses its causes.

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Knott, David. "Botanic Garden Profile: Dawyck Botanic Garden." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 5 (October 31, 2007): 15–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2007.3.

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Dawyck became the third Regional Garden and part of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 1978. Today the garden extends to some 25 hectares (60 acres) (See Map, Fig. 1) and is the woodland garden of what was once a considerably larger designed landscape centered on Dawyck House, which is currently a private residence. The garden today has some of the oldest plants in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s living collection including an Abies alba, planted in 1690, and several Larix decidua, planted in 1725. It has recorded perhaps the greatest extremes of temperature, –19.8 °C in December 1995 and 29.9 °C in August 2006, of any of the four gardens.

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Rae, David. "The Value of Living Collection Catalogues and Catalogues Produced From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 6 (October 31, 2008): 115–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2008.38.

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Many botanic gardens produce catalogues of plants growing in their gardens on either a regular or ad hoc basis. These catalogues are useful for reference and archive purposes and their production has added benefits such as the necessity to stocktake the collection and clarify nomenclature prior to publication. Many now also contain interesting introductory material such as collection statistics, histories of the gardens and information about significant plants in the collection. This paper describes the value of producing catalogues, reviews four diverse approaches to catalogues (from the Arnold Arboretum, Ness Botanic Gardens, Oxford Botanic Garden and Utrecht Botanic Garden) and then describes the catalogues produced by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, before culminating in a description of Edinburgh’s 2006 Catalogue.

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Ives, Julian. "Biological controls in botanic gardens." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 18 (February 21, 2020): 117–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2020.292.

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Biological control of insect pests in horticulture is evolving rapidly but use in botanic gardens can be difficult due to the variety and extent of the plant collections held at these gardens. This paper describes examples of successful biological control of mealybug species at the Cambridge University Botanic Garden and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and looks at some of the challenges to extending the use of such controls in all environments.

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Helfer, Stephan. "Plant Health and How it Affects Private Gardens: Experience from a Botanic Garden Pathologist." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 3 (October 31, 2005): 51–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2005.112.

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Like many other botanic gardens the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) provides advice about plant pests and diseases to amateur gardeners. This paper summarises the main problem plant categories (such as trees and vegetables), plant problems (such as pests or fungal infection) and other observations, such as number of enquiries by month noted by pathology staff at the Garden over the last twenty years.

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Thomas, Adrian P. "The Establishment of Calcutta Botanic Garden: Plant Transfer, Science and the East India Company, 1786–1806." Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland 16, no. 2 (July 2006): 165–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1356186306005992.

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AbstractCalcutta Botanic Garden occupies a prime riverside site three miles downstream from the centre of Calcutta. It is most famous as the home of the world's largest tree, a vast spreading banyan. Its grand avenues, named after its founders and the fathers of Indian botany, convey something of its former glory. In the nineteenth century it was the greatest of all the colonial botanic gardens and an important scientific institution; two of its superintendents were knighted and one went on to become Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, the very centre of the imperial botanical network. The Garden is of considerable importance as it was one of the earliest institutions in India based on western science. This survey will look at the reasons for its foundation, and how it successfully established itself in its first twenty years.

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Martin, Suzanne. "Climate Ready? Exploring the Impacts and Lessons from Recent Extreme Events at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh for Climate Change Adaptation in the Horticulture Sector." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 12 (October 29, 2015): 155–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2014.44.

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This article explores climate change and its current and potential impacts on botanic gardens. It highlights experiences of recent weather anomalies at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) and its Regional Gardens and discusses how the learning gained from these anomalies is being used to increase the resilience of the Gardens to future climate change. This understanding is set in the context of a wider range of activities being pursued in relation to climate change adaptation in the horticulture sector, highlighting challenges and opportunities, and further sources of information which can be used by the managers of botanic gardens to inspire and inform climate change resilience planning.

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Frachon, Natacha, Martin Gardner, and David Rae. "Data Capture Project at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 7 (October 31, 2009): 77–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2009.152.

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Botanic gardens, with their large holdings of living plants collected from around the world, are important guardians of plant biodiversity, but acquiring and curating these genetic resources is enormously expensive. For these reasons it is crucial that botanic gardens document and curate their collections in order to gain the greatest benefit from the plants in their care. Great priority is given to making detailed field notes and the process of documentation is often continued during the plants formative years when being propagated. However, for the large majority of plants this process often stops once the material is planted in its final garden location. The Data Capture Project at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is an attempt to document specific aspects of the plant collections so that the information captured can be of use to the research community even after the plants have died.

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Knott, David. "Garden Profile: The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh at 350." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 20 (June 2, 2021): 5–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2021.374.

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The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) was founded in 1670 and celebrated its 350th anniversary in 2020. In Edinburgh, Scotland, the institution has occupied four different sites in that time and has been at the current site in Inverleith since 1823. Three other gardens in Scotland are also part of RBGE: Dawyck in Peebleshire, Benmore in Argyllshire and Logan in Dumfries & Galloway. 13,750 species from 2721 genera representing 344 families are cultivated in these four gardens and this article describes some of these collections. It also describes the issues facing the Garden today in common with many large and botanic gardens, those of plant health, implementing environmentally sustainable working practices, and managing collections in the face of a changing climate and growing visitor numbers. The Garden is also planning an exciting future with ambitious plans for new buildings and the refurbishment of historical structures to not only improve plant cultivation facilities, but also to increase visitor engagement and education about the value of plants for a healthy future.

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Symes, Peter, and Clare Hart. "The Climate Change Alliance: botanic garden horticulturists as agents for change." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 20 (June 4, 2021): 95–122. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2021.352.

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In 2016, the publication of the pioneering Landscape Succession Strategy heralded a horticultural response by Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria to climate change risks faced by their living collections. This initiative led to the botanical world’s first Climate Change Summit in 2018 and the subsequent establishment of the Climate Change Alliance for Botanic Gardens. This article describes some of the anticipated climatic changes facing the Melbourne Gardens site, the strategic management of collections when considering these challenges, and how other botanical organisations can benefit from this approach through collaboration and sharing of expertise.

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Harper, Geoff, David Mann, and Roy Thomson. "Phenological Monitoring at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 2 (October 31, 2004): 33–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2004.101.

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Phenological monitoring at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) began in the mid 19th century, and is now being developed as a number of projects. In view of the wide range of plantclimate interactions, it is recommended that projects are designed with clear and limited objectives, and are then conducted consistently and to a high standard over a long period. The projects at RBGE are outlined, and the suitability of botanic gardens in general for phenology is discussed. A distinction is drawn between 'organism phenology' and 'population phenology', and also between 'extensive' and 'intensive' approaches to project design. The variety of possible projects is illustrated by a number of completed and on-going projects in the UK, USA and northern Eurasia. It is suggested that botanic gardens can enhance their service to society by becoming phenological monitoring stations.

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Aplin, Dave. "Assets and Liabilities:." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 11 (October 29, 2013): 87–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2013.53.

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The living collections of botanic gardens can be described as dynamic, varying over time to suit the demands of the institute. The majority of gardens throughout the world have insufficient resources to maintain ever-increasing collections. In order to keep collections meaningful to research and conservation activities and to distribute plant material in accordance with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) they need to be carefully directed; a mechanism to facilitate this is the process of evaluation. Evaluation is the periodic assessment of part of the collection to determine whether it remains fit for purpose. If a garden’s aim is to strive at improving the potential usefulness of its holdings then evaluation should be omnipresent.This paper outlines the necessity for evaluation and suggests tried and tested procedures to conduct such analyses. Examples from evaluations carried out at the Royal Botanic Garden, Jordan and the National Botanic Garden of Belgium (NBGB) are cited to illustrate the value of the process.

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Unwin, Barry. "Development of the 'Australasian' Woodland at Logan Botanic Garden." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 3 (October 31, 2005): 33–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2005.110.

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Logan Botanic Garden, one of the Regional Gardens of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, has a very mild climate when its northerly latitude is considered. This allows the cultivation of a remarkable range of what would normally be described as exotic, semi hardy plants to be grown. This paper describes the species selection, design and development of a newly refurbished part of the garden, the 'Australasian' woodland.

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Sim, Jean. "Queen's Parks in Queensland." Queensland Review 19, no. 1 (June 2012): 15–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/qre.2012.3.

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Queen's Park in Maryborough is one of many public gardens established in the nineteenth century in Queensland: in Brisbane, Ipswich, Toowoomba, Warwick, Rockhampton, Mackay, Townsville, Cairns and Cooktown. They were created primarily as places of horticultural experimentation, as well as for recreational purposes. They formed a local area network, with the Brisbane Botanic Garden and the Government Botanist, Walter Hill, at the centre – at least in the 1870s. From here, the links extended to other botanic gardens in Australia, and beyond Australia to the British colonial network managed through the Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG), Kew. It was an informal network, supplying a knowledge of basic economic botany that founded many tropical agricultural industries and also provided much-needed recreational, educational and inspirational opportunities for colonial newcomers and residents. The story of these parks, from the time when they were first set aside as public reserves by the government surveyors to the present day, is central to the history of urban planning in regional centres. This article provides a statewide overview together with a more in-depth examination of Maryborough's own historic Queen's Park.

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Hayden, Katherine. "Botanic gardens and plant pathogens: a risk-based approach at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 18 (February 21, 2020): 127–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2020.293.

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Introduced and emerging plant diseases as a result of live plant movements are increasingly recognised as a global environmental and economic threat. This presents a fundamental challenge to botanic gardens and other ex situ plant conservation organisations: how to continue this important work while recognising and mitigating the plant health risks. The approach taken by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is presented as a case study, showing how we have reduced ecological and evolutionary opportunities for pests in ex situ conservation and are monitoring the success of these efforts. We have developed protocols in quarantine and horticultural practice, expanded visitor engagement and public education, and taken a precautionary approach towards plant distribution supported by in-house diagnostics and working closely with statutory authorities. We hope that by sharing activities as well as difficulties, botanic gardens can acknowledge and address the new biosecurity landscape.

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Mikatadze-Panstulaia, Tsira, Sandro Kolbaia, and Ana Gogoladze. "Safeguarding Wild Plant Genetic Resources of Georgia within the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership." European Journal of Sustainable Development 8, no. 4 (October 1, 2019): 37. http://dx.doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2019.v8n4p37.

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Working group of the Department of Plant Conservation of the National Botanical Garden of Georgia (NBGG) have been participating in the global Millennium Seed Bank Partnership, led by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew since 2005. During the 2005-2018 period, within the scope of MSB-1 and MSB-2, seeds and herbarium samples of more than 1750 plant species and interspecific taxa, belonging to 107 families and 483 genera (more than 41% of Georgia’s flora) – 348 endemics of Caucasus and 151 endemics of Georgia, have been secured in the National Seed Bank of Georgia (NSB). Seed Bank data are managed in BRAHMS (Department of Plant Sciences of Oxford University). The collection of wild plant species is accompanied by the comprehensive database of geographical, botanical and habitat information. Later phase involves laboratory treatment and germination/viability testing (at least 500 seeds per species) and the long-term deposition and storage (under -20◦C temperature) at the National Seed Bank of Georgia. The duplicates of seed collection and herbarium vouchers are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK. Germination capacity and viability of collections in NSB is determined before cold storage of seeds, while at the MSB already banked seeds are tested.Keywords: Seed bank; Ex-situ conservation; Plant diversity; Botanical garden; Genetic resources

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Fowler, Andrea. "The Value of Record Keeping: a Case Study from Four Elderly Orchid Accessions." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 3 (October 31, 2005): 27–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2005.109.

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The history of four orchids growing at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), some of the oldest accessions still in cultivation in the Indoor Department, is outlined. Records from the time of their arrival have been invaluable in providing an insight into the history of plant collecting, introduction and cultivation methods from the 1890s. They demonstrate the importance of accurate record keeping and the potential for species conservation in botanic gardens.

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Williams, D. J. "A new genus and two new species of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) from South Africa on bulbs and corms imported into Great Britain." Bulletin of Entomological Research 79, no. 4 (November 1989): 643–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007485300018794.

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AbstractCormiococcus gen. n. is described for C. dieramae sp. n., a mealybug collected in South Africa on the corms of Dierama sp., imported to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, UK. Another mealybug species, Chorizococcus lachenaliae sp. n., is described from the bulbs of Lachenaliae sp., imported from South Africa to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Chorizococcus bardus (De Lotto) comb. n., originally described from South Africa on bulbs of Narcissus capensis, is transferred from Maconellicoccus Ezzat.

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Velayos, Guillermo, Esther Garcia, and Mauricio Velayos. "About the location of the gardens cultivated by Joseph Quer in Madrid and, especially, the Botanical Garden of Migas Calientes." Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 77, no. 1 (January 28, 2020): 092. http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.2541.

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The Royal Botanic Garden of Madrid was founded in 1755 in the outskirts of the city, in the place known as Migas Calientes. Joseph Quer, its first Director, previously maintained three other additional gardens where he cultivated the plants that were later used in the final plantation of Migas Calientes. All those gardens disappeared and until now its location has been considered doubtful. In this article, based on historic documentation and cartography, we provide the precise location of the four aforementioned gardens.

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Edgington, John. "Annotations in copies of Thomas Johnson's Mercurius botanicus (1634) and Mercurii botanici, pars altera (1641): authorship and provenance." Archives of Natural History 43, no. 2 (October 2016): 208–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/anh.2016.0379.

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By an analysis of extensive and detailed annotations in copies of Thomas Johnson's Mercurius botanicus (1634) and Mercurii botanici, pars altera (1641) held in the library of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the probable author is identified as William Bincks, an apprentice apothecary of Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey. Through Elias Ashmole, a friend of Bincks' master Thomas Agar, a link is established with the probable original owner, John Watlington of Reading, botanist and apothecary, and colleague of Thomas Johnson. The route by which the book ended up in the hands of Thomas Wilson, a journeyman copyist of Leeds, is suggested. Plants growing near Kingston-upon-Thames in the late seventeenth century, recorded in manuscript, are noted, many being first records for the county of Surrey.

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Latta, Janette. "The Use of Hand Held Tablet Laptops to Record Living Collections." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 5 (October 31, 2007): 43–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2007.5.

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Plant records in botanic gardens are very important and are one of the factors that distinguish them from other types of plant collection. Stocktaking, to ensure that the records held in the database are reflected in the actual plants growing in the Garden, is a particularly important but very time-consuming process. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is experimenting with a ruggedised laptop connected to the main database by using a wireless connection and mobile phone technology so that records can be updated ‘live’ in the garden. This paper describes the issues and lists the specification of the equipment being tested.

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Bradley, Paul, and Robert Cubey. "A preliminary investigation into the relationship between plant health and branch labelling technique at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 9 (October 31, 2011): 179–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2011.130.

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Anecdotal evidence exists at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) to suggest that branches bearing plant labels are more prone to die-back than those without labels. During 2010–2011 a preliminary study was undertaken in order to assess the accuracy of this hypothesis and to investigate the possible causes and viable alternatives. The study focused on whether there were patterns of damage with respect to label material and wire, plant species or the location of plantings. The study involved a survey of the Living Collection in the four RBGE Gardens, a web-based questionnaire sent out to Botanic Gardens Conservation International member gardens and analysis of branch material and labelling wire. This report provides the information obtained when the hypothesis was investigated and makes recommendations. An extended version, along with the data gathered, is available in the Library at RBGE (Bradley, 2011).

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Rahman, M. Oliur, Md Abul Hassan, Md Manzurul Kadir Mia, and Ahmed Mozaharul Huq. "A synoptical account of the Sterculiaceae in Bangladesh." Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 19, no. 1 (June 20, 2012): 63–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v19i1.10943.

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Taxonomy, updated nomenclature and occurrence of the species belonging to the family Sterculiaceae in Bangladesh have been presented. Detailed herbarium study at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K), Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (E), British Museum (BM), Bangladesh National Herbarium (DACB) and Dhaka University Salar Khan Herbarium (DUSH) has revealed the occurrence of 32 species under 15 genera of the Sterculiaceae in Bangladesh. The correct name, important synonym(s), salient diagnostic characteristics, specimens examined and distributional notes have been provided for each species. Dichotomous bracketed keys have also been presented for identification of genera and species.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v19i1.10943Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 19(1): 63-78, 2012 (June)

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Schmid, Rudolf, and Ray Desmond. "Kew: The History of the Royal Botanic Gardens." Taxon 45, no. 1 (February 1996): 152. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1222614.

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GUTHRIE, J. L., A. ALLEN, C. R. JONES, SIR W. HOOKER, W. HOOKER, D. BURTON, and R. TURNER. "ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW: RESTORATION OF PALM HOUSE." Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers 84, no. 6 (December 1988): 1145–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/iicep.1988.795.

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PRANCE, GHILLEAN. "The History of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew." Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161, no. 2 (October 2009): 202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2008.00937.x.

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Ali, Natasha S., and Clare Trivedi. "Botanic gardens and climate change: a review of scientific activities at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew." Biodiversity and Conservation 20, no. 2 (December 7, 2010): 295–307. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-010-9944-4.

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Foulkes, Jenny. "The Value of Community Engagement in Botanic Gardens with Examples from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 15 (December 8, 2017): 121–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2017.227.

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The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) has community engagement at its core. With health and environmental challenges facing society, its mission “to explore, conserve and explain the world of plants for a better future” is more important and relevant than ever. The established community engagement programme at RBGE includes the Edible Gardening Project and activities at the Botanic Cottage and these are described here. Programmes explore food-growing skills and focus on improving health and wellbeing. Significant impact has occurred at the level of the individual and community, while the wider impact on the health of society and on biodiversity while implied remains to be fully assessed.

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Morris, Leigh, and Laura Cohen. "The Development of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh ‘Certificate in Practical Horticulture’." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 8 (November 13, 2010): 165–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2010.144.

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The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) has a long history of delivering high-quality practical horticultural training within the UK and abroad. In 2007 this training was formalised by the RBGE Education Department into the ‘RBGE Certificate in Practical Horticulture’ (CPH) programme. The vision for the CPH was to create an internationally recognised and standardised, yet flexible and practical horticultural qualification, predominantly, but not exclusively, for the botanic gardens sector. Providing a measurable educational outcome for international development projects is increasing the contribution that RBGE makes to target 15 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. This paper reviews the development of the CPH programme, through its initial conception, the writing of the first course syllabus, the evolution of the course structure and content, up to the course now being offered today. The initial success of the CPH is discussed, detailing the different locations in which the course has been delivered to date and the other gardens that are now offering the CPH themselves. Recent developments are discussed, including the endorsement of the course by Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) and the funding awarded by the Stanley Smith (UK) Horticultural Trust in 2010 for course development. The paper ends by highlighting the future objectives for the CPH, including the development of new and improved tutor and learner support materials, the offering of ‘train the trainer’ programmes that will facilitate the wider uptake of these courses and the vision for the programme to become a benchmark for practical horticultural training worldwide.

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Braithwaite, Katherine. "Women Working in Botanic Gardens Globally." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 13 (November 10, 2015): 33–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2015.73.

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This paper represents a condensed account of a thesis produced during the author’s studies at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The body of work represents the findings from a study into the current status of the barriers and opportunities for women working in botanic gardens. The research makes a global assessment of the careers of women working presently in botanic horticulture and science, from the perspective of those women working in the industry. A survey of 29 questions was produced and distributed to over 800 botanic gardens. With responses from women working across the globe, the report measures and correlates qualitative and quantitative data from participants, assessing areas such as their educational history, opportunities in their workplace, perceived barriers and hopes for the future. The survey produced 573 responses, with women participating from all parts of the globe from the USA to Yemen, New Zealand to Brazil. The report includes an introduction, methodology, a short literature review, the significant findings and conclusions arising from the data.

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Hughes, Kate, and Dipak Lamichhane. "The National Botanic Garden of Nepal." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 15 (December 8, 2017): 9–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2017.220.

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The National Botanic Garden of Nepal (NBG) lies 16km south of Kathmandu, at the base of Phulchowki, the highest mountain in the Kathmandu Valley. It was inaugurated in 1962 by King Mahendra and since that time the collections have developed, many of them into named areas and groupings. The year 2016 was the bicentenary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Nepal and Great Britain, and this was marked in the NBG with the development of a Biodiversity Education Garden. This was created in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), and the occasion signified a revitalisation of collaborative relations between the NBG and British botanic gardens which started in the early 1960s with the appointment to NBG of British horticulturists Geoffrey Herklots and, later, Tony Schilling. The history of the garden, its layout and collections, and the activities and outcomes of the recent collaborations are described and illustrated with colour photographs.

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Walker, Christopher. "Arbuscular Mycorrhiza in the Living Collections at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 11 (October 29, 2013): 143–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2013.57.

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Most plants have mutualistic symbioses (mycorrhizas) with certain fungi that occupy their roots, the most common of which fall into the category known as arbuscular mycorrhizas (AM). Although most of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are entirely subterranean, some form spore masses or sporocarps sufficiently large to be seen with the unaided eye on the surface of the substrate. During several decades of casual observation in the research greenhouses at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), such clumps of spores from several species of AMF have been recorded. A brief introduction to mycorrhizas, with an emphasis on AM, is provided. A list of host plants grown in botanic gardens or similar situations from which AMF have been identified is given. The possible value of AMF is discussed in relation to the ‘ecosystems’ that develop in mature botanic garden greenhouses. Ways of using AMF to improve the establishment or growth of plants are discussed, including a suggestion that adequate controls must always be used, particularly when using previously untested commercially available products.

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McCracken, Donal P., and Lionel Gilbert. "The Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney: A History 1816-1985." Garden History 16, no. 1 (1988): 107. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1586911.

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Green, P. S., and Lionel Gilbert. "The Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. A History 1816-1985." Kew Bulletin 43, no. 2 (1988): 362. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4113748.

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Simmons, John B. E. "CONSERVATION AND THE LIVING COLLECTIONS ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW." Curtis's Botanical Magazine 3, no. 1 (February 1986): 39–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8748.1986.tb00293.x.

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Schofield, Gordon, Andrew McGinn, Natacha Frachon, and Heather McHaffie. "Plant Collecting for the Ecological Garden and the Scottish Heath Garden at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 5 (October 31, 2007): 129–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2007.13.

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The Ecological and Heath Gardens at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh were created in 1991 and 1997 respectively. The Ecological Garden started as a naturalistic area of native woodland plants where cryptogams were encouraged to grow. Building on its success other habitat types were created nearby. The Heath Garden replaced an older heather garden and sought to recreate the ‘feel’ of a Scottish upland heathland. In recent years additional wild origin material of conservation concern has been added to each Garden and this paper describes the process along with some of the plants selected.

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Entwisle, Timothy J., Chris Cole, and Peter Symes. "Adapting the botanical landscape of Melbourne Gardens (Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria) in response to climate change." Plant Diversity 39, no. 6 (December 2017): 338–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2017.11.001.

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Radford, Elizabeth, Michael Dossman, and David Rae. "The Management of 'Ad Hoc' Ex Situ Conservation Status Species at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh :." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 1 (October 31, 2003): 43–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2003.155.

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Ad hoc' conservation status species refer to IUCN-listed plants that have been collected by botanic gardens for no immediate conservation objective. They differ from so-called conservation collections, which have usually been collected with very specific conservation objectives in mind. Information was collected for 53 ad hoc conservation status species in the Living Collection at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE). Each species was assessed for its potential value for conservation and suggested action points to improve their management for possible conservation projects in the future were given. Discussions were held with various members of staff about the current and future management of threatened plants in the collections. In common with other botanic gardens the majority of the ad hoc collections of conservation status plants at RBGE have been acquired in very small numbers, usually as one accession, frequently of cultivated origin and therefore possess little genetic diversity. Current conservation programmes for such plants are few in number and scope, and the management potential of a large number are limited. More emphasis should be placed on the educational role of these plants and on a focused programme to safeguard the survival of the most threatened species at RBGE.

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Cornish, Caroline, Peter Gasson, and Mark Nesbitt. "The Wood Collection (Xylarium) Of The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew." IAWA Journal 35, no. 1 (2014): 85–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22941932-00000050.

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The wood collection of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (United Kingdom) has its origin in the founding of Kew’s Museum of Economic Botany in 1847. In the nineteenth century specimens came from explorers and botanists; from imperial institutions such as the Indian Forest Department, and from international exhibitions (world’s fairs). Woods were labelled with their names and properties, creating an educational exhibit aimed particularly at forestry students. In the early twentieth century wood specimens from aristocratic estates formed the basis of a new museum of British Forestry. The foundation of the Jodrell Laboratory at Kew in 1876 led to more research in plant anatomy, but sustained research in wood anatomy and the creation of a major collection of plant anatomy slides dates from the 1930s. Since that time, accessions have come from other wood collections (sometimes the transfer of whole collections), from Kew’s botanical expeditions in Brazil and Southeast Asia, and often as institutional or personal gifts from wood anatomists in other countries. The woods now number 34,314 and form part of the Economic Botany Collection, kept in a purpose-built research store and with a collection database available online. As well as enabling plant anatomy research, the woods are increasingly used by historians, and for wood isotope studies, biochemistry etc.

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CHATAN, WANNACHAI, and WILAWAN PROMPROM. "Lectotypification of the name Ardisia stipitata Fletcher (Primulaceae)." Phytotaxa 314, no. 2 (July 25, 2017): 294. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.314.2.13.

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The typification of the name Ardisia stipitata is discussed. The protologue of the name and the original material are evaluated. A specimen from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K) is designated as the lectotype.

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France, Hazel. "A Survey of Bryophytes and their Management in the Ferns and Fossils House at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 17 (February 5, 2019): 29–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2019.266.

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This paper is derived from a research project produced during the author’s studies for a BSc in Horticulture with Plantsmanship at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE). The body of work represents findings from a floristic survey of naturally occurring bryophytes in the Ferns and Fossils House at RBGE. This site merited close study due to the known presence of at least two southern hemisphere species along with many native species. Horticultural staff were interviewed about current bryophyte management within glasshouse displays. Recommendations are made for raising the status of bryophytes in botanic gardens and expanding the scope of living collections. This report includes an introduction, literature review, methodology, survey results, interview summary and conclusion.

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Hughes, Kate, Andrew Ensoll, and Martin F. Gardner. "The Cultivation of Valdivia gayana J. RÉMY." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 12 (October 29, 2014): 57–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2014.23.

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Valdivia gayana J. Rémy. is a herbaceous, sometimes sub-shrubby member of Escalloniaceae, a family dominated by woody species. It has a limited distribution in southern Chile and, to the knowledge of the authors, has not been cultivated in gardens outside Chile before. It is an unusual species in many senses and the collection and cultivation from seed at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is described here and suggestions for propagating the plant from cuttings are made.

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Garn, Tony. "Maintaining and Managing the Diversity of the Living Collection at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh :." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 15 (December 8, 2017): 151–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2017.230.

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In a botanic garden it is the record-keeping, the labelling and the facility to trace the lineage of individual plants that sets it apart from other gardens. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) has a rich and diverse Living Collection of plants. It is important that visitors, staff and students have access both to the collection and to this information. One definitive way to achieve this is to promote the seasonal interest found in the Collection through images and descriptions. This paper contains a selection of colour images, descriptions and a discourse on the diversity of the Living Collection and its future management. In it, the importance of plants and their place in the institution of RBGE is highlighted and the author looks forward to the changing social, economic, technological and environmental conditions that will affect management’s capacity to develop and maintain the collection as the 21st century advances.

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Wickens, G. E. "Legumes of Africa. A Check-list. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens." Journal of Arid Environments 17, no. 3 (November 1989): 360–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0140-1963(18)30896-6.

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Ward, Marilyn, and John Flanagan. "Portraying plants: illustrations collections at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew." Art Libraries Journal 28, no. 2 (2003): 22–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0307472200013080.

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The Library & Archives at Kew hold one of the world’s greatest collections of botanical illustration, assembled over the last 200 years. A resource well-known to the natural history community, it contains much to interest art historians. Using this historically rich heritage our forward thinking includes acquisition of more contemporary items and the formulation of a digital strategy for 21st-century access and exploitation.

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Goyder, David, Pat Griggs, Mark Nesbitt, Lynn Parker, and Kiri Ross-Jones. "SIR JOSEPH HOOKER'S COLLECTIONS AT THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW." Curtis's Botanical Magazine 29, no. 1 (March 30, 2012): 66–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8748.2012.01772.x.

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FIGUEIREDO, ESTRELA, DAVID WILLIAMS, and GIDEON F. SMITH. "The identity of John Rattray, diatomist and collector on the Buccaneer expedition (1885–1886) to West Africa." Phytotaxa 408, no. 4 (July 4, 2019): 296–300. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.408.4.7.

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Herbarium records show that during the second half of the 19th century John Rattray collected several plant specimens at ports of call along the West African coast (Canary Islands, Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, São Tomé, Príncipe, and Angola). At the herbarium (K) of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, four such specimens are databased, three of which can be examined online. At the herbarium (E) of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland, 26 specimens are databased, twenty of which are imaged. All the specimens we examined have printed labels stating ‘Collected by John Rattray, H.M. Challenger Commission, Edinburgh’ with only a handwritten indication of the locality, for example ‘Loanda’ (Luanda, Angola). The collecting date has been omitted from the labels and there are no further details on the specimens. An investigation of the literature revealed that there is some confusion regarding the origin of the material and the identity of John Rattray, the collector.

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Pinheiro, Claudio Urbano Bittencourt. "Coletas botânicas na zona costeira do estado do Maranhão, nordeste do Brasil." Revista Brasileira de Geografia Física 13, no. 6 (December 15, 2020): 3006. http://dx.doi.org/10.26848/rbgf.v13.6.p3006-3024.

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A área costeira do estado do Maranhão representa, em grande parte, a diversidade ambiental, em especial vegetacional, do Brasil, pela sua extensão e posição geográfica transicional entre o Nordeste e o Norte do país. Este estudo pretendeu levantar, catalogar, analisar e classificar as espécies vegetais da flora de formações costeiras do estado do Maranhão presentes nas coleções e bancos de dados de jardins botânicos. Foram levantadas as espécies vegetais da zona costeira do Maranhão presentes nas coleções dos seguintes jardins botânicos: New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, USA; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA; Royal Botanic Gardens (KEW, UK); e Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro (JBRJ, Brasil). As seguintes informações foram extraídas: a) número total de espécies nas quatro instituições, por município costeiro do estado; b) espécies mais coletadas e menos coletadas; c) tipologias de vegetação nas áreas coletadas; d) espécies mais representativas nas tipologias de vegetação; e) formas de crescimento das espécies coletadas; f) distribuição temporal das coletas e das espécies coletadas; g) presença e ausência de espécies em faixas temporais das coletas botânicas. Os dados coletados e as diferentes abordagens nas análises mostraram, no geral, que a área territorial estadual é insuficientemente coletada, com baixo número de coletas, além de temporalmente mal representadas. O estudo resume a realidade vegetal maranhense nos acervos das principais instituições botânicas do mundo e do Brasil. Botanical records of coastal formations in Maranhão, northeastern Brazil A B S T R A C TThe coastal area of the state of Maranhão represents, to a large extent, the environmental diversity, especially the plant diversity, of Brazil, due to its extension and transitional geographical position between the Northeast and the North regions of the country. This study aimed to survey the plant species of the flora from coastal plant formations in the state of Maranhão present in the collections and databases of botanical gardens. Plant species from the coastal zone of Maranhão in the collections of the following botanical gardens were surveyed: a) New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, USA; b) Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA; Royal Botanic Gardens (KEW, UK); and Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro (JBRJ, Brazil). The following information were extracted: a) total number of species in the four institutions, by institution, by coastal state municipality; b) more collected species and less collected species; c) types of vegetation in the areas collected; d) more representative species in types of vegetation; e) forms of growth of the species collected; f) temporal distribution of collections and species collected; g) presence or absence of species in collection time frames. The data collected and the different approaches from the analysis showed, in general, that state territorial area is insufficiently collected, with a low number of collections, in addition to collections that are temporally poorly represented. This study summarizes Maranhão’s plant reality in the collections of the main botanical institutions of the world and Brazil.Keywords: botanical collections, herbarium, Maranhão.

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McNab, Alasdair, Chris Carr, and Falconer Mitchell. "The Balanced Scorecard Combined with an Alternative Costing System." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 8 (November 13, 2010): 97–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2010.139.

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This project investigated whether a strategy framework such as the Balanced Scorecard (BSC), linked to a Performance Management System (PMS), would, compared to a more standard model of strategic planning, improve focus and research output by botanic gardens worldwide. The focus of the project shifted as the opportunity arose to develop an objective costing system linked to the related PMS, which allowed the researchers to posit that the BSC framework could provide a more effective contribution to governance. The research output was based on an in-depth case study at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh employing documentary analysis and innovative action research techniques adopting a constructive approach. This paper has been adapted for Sibbaldia having previously been published by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Research Project R220 (Macnab et al., 2010).

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Schmid, Rudolf. "Library of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Cumulated Index Kewensis." Taxon 34, no. 2 (May 1985): 379. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1221831.

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