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  Why Names Matter

  Watch Dr. Bob Allkin talking about the surprisingly simple but powerful system that fixes every scientific name to a single physical specimen - and how we use that foundation in our Plants for Health and Medicinal Plant Names Services databases.

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  Kew's Plant Names Services adopted by global health

  Find out how Kew's Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS, now Plants for Health) is involved in helping the world's health regulators ensure that herbal products are traded safely by supporting development of an important medicinal standard.

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  Drug Safety Matters

  Listen to the podcast episode 'Navigating the plant names jungle' from the WHO's Uppsala Monitoring Centre podcast series on pharmacovigilance and patient safety.

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