Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - home page Science and Horticulture Collections Conservation and Wildlife Education Data and Publications

Tropical America

Projects

Fellowships

Resources

People

Databases

Books

Articles

Links

Information resources: Latin America

Kew's research projects in Latin America have generated large quantities of published and electronic information resources including databases, books and scientific articles.

A great deal of other information on Neotropical botany is available via the Internet, selected examples of which can be reached through our Links Page.

 

Scientific papers ...

Books ...

  • Browse a selection of Kew's publications on Neotropical Botany.

Databases ...

Herbarium specimens from Northeast Brazil

Kew's data repatriation project for Northeast Brazil has generated a database of herbarium specimens from the region. These data are now available through Kew's online Herbarium Catalogue.

Richard Spruce collections

The Richard Spruce Project, in collaboration with the Natural History Museum, is generating an online database of the specimens, field notes and other artifacts collected in South America by this great Victorian botanist and explorer.

  
Other data

Other data relevant to Latin America are available through Kew's integrated botanical database, ePIC