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I am very pleased to circulate this article in which Jason Irving (Kew’s Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) project) explains why plant names pose practical problems for the regulation of international trade in medicinal plants, and what Kew Gardens is doing to help.<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.kew.org/discover/blogs/kew-science/trade-threatened-medicinal-plants-why-plant-names-matter">http://www.kew.org/discover/blogs/kew-science/trade-threatened-medicinal-plants-why-plant-names-matter</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks and best wishes,</div><div><br></div><div>Emanuela</div><div><br><span style="font-family:'Comic Sans MS';font-size:medium;color:rgb(68,68,68);">Emanuela Appetiti, CEO & President </span><div style="line-height:21.3px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:15px;"><div style="line-height:21.3px;"><span style="font-size:medium;line-height:normal;"><em style="line-height:22.72px;"><a href="http://medicaltraditions.org/" style="line-height:22.72px;font-weight:inherit;color:rgb(0,104,207);"><strong style="line-height:22.72px;">Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions</strong></a></em><br style="line-height:22.72px;"><strong style="line-height:22.72px;"><span style="color:#2672ec;line-height:normal;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Institute-for-the-Preservation-of-Medical-Traditions/294523497287143" style="line-height:22.72px;font-weight:inherit;color:rgb(0,104,207);">Follow us on FaceBook!</a></span></strong></span></div></div><blockquote><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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