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Making her 1st genus cover in Kew Herbarium: Courtney in action!

Kew herbarium: maintenance of dissecting microscopes is essential for plant taxonomists to research herbarium specimens @KewAfrica

Kew herbarium: Denise Molmou returns to Guinea today as Tokpa Seny and Julien arrive fir more research @KewAfrica

Kew Herbarium: Denise Molmou of Guinea presents her new PhD chapter on SocioEconomic species in TIPAs of Guinea via SDM supervised by Caro Tovar @KewAfrica

"We are waiting for TIPAs in Ghana" James Amponsah of Forig, Ghana meets global head of TIPAs Kew Herbatrium, Iain Darbyshire @KewAfrica

Chrysobalanaceae discussion in progress! Denise Molmou meets Cynthia Sothers, Kew Herbarium @KewAfrica

Back to the PhD! Denise Molmou of Guinea back at Kew Herbarium with lead supervisor Ana Rita Simoes today @KewAfrica

Botanists for Colombia at Kew herbarium: John, Andreas & Bente

Simeon spent the day in the Kew Herbarium with Sara and Clare identifying BVI specimens as part of his #DPLUS215 training @UKBCFs @KewUKOTs @KewScience @BVIGovernment

Meconopsis rudis (Papaveraceae) Late June, Yunnan

Avant dernier jour de la formation sur l'identification des familles de plantes tropicales avec @CharlotteCouch1 @anaritagsimoes et Ehoarn Bidault @mobotgarden. Demain c'est l'examen donc les étudiants font tout leur possible pour apprendre les caractères clés!

L'examen est en cours ce matin. Il y a silence dans la salle et beaucoup de concentration. 33 échantillons dans 90 minutes. Bonne chance à tout le monde! @CharlotteCouch1 @anaritagsimoes @UKBCFs @mobotgarden @KewScience

Great to.see the students really getting to grips with all the different characters and challenges of the 33 plant families they have learnt this week! @KewScience @HerbierGuinee @UKBCFs

Great to see Kew+MBG staff teaching plant taxonomy together in Guinea-Conakry. Long live the National Herbarium of Guinea! @KewAfrica

Gravestone of G. Lewis in the "botanists graveyard" at Kew, no link with our most senior taxonomic botanist in the herbarium of that name!

56 PhD students from UCL visiting the Kew Herbarium today @KewAfrica

Leaving party in Kew Herbarium for Dr Olivier Maurin, PAFTOL key person, new post in Meise Herbarium & Botanic Garden. He will be much missed @KewAfrica

Before going off to Colombia, taxonomist JRI Wood revises Acanthaceae material in Kew Herbarium to prepare @KewAfrica

Dr Goyder, in his natural environment, a bay in Kew Herbarium, identifying Apoc. specimens from Madagascar @KewAfrica

Millennium Seed Bank colleagues using kew herbarium specimens to target seed collection (Global Tree Seed Bank: unlocked-Thailand) @KewAfrica