Medicinal Plant Names Services

Medicinal Plant Names Services Enabling effective communication about medicinal plants with up to date nomenclature from Kew Garden's taxonomic resources and common & pharmacopoeia names

Kew’s Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) has built a global resource for medicinal plant names. This covers up to date nomenclature and taxonomy as well as full synonymy. It also includes scientific plant names as they are published in the literature and common names form around the world. The MPNS resource enables health professionals and researchers to access information about plants and plant products relevant to pharmacological research, health regulation, traditional medicine and functional foods. We work to improve communication about plants. This page is a space to share our work and articles of interest.

🌺We’re delighted to announce the release of Version 13 of MPNS, which includes 157 new data sources and offers new insig...
18/01/2024

🌺We’re delighted to announce the release of Version 13 of MPNS, which includes 157 new data sources and offers new insight into the use of medicinal plants around the world.

You can read more about it in our latest newsletter https://mailchi.mp/b39db31aa6c8/mpns-v12-is-live-6258637

Or you can begin exploring the data in our portal https://mpns.science.kew.org/

We have just published Version 11 of MPNS with details of the names and substances derived from more than 34,000 medicinal plants.

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