Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...

is a landlocked country in

West Africa West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Maurit ...

. Its natural vegetation mainly consists of

savanna A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to ...

s. In the south, there are also dry forests and gallery forests. The highest diversity of plant species can be found in the humid southwest.

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Abelmoschus esculentus Okra or Okro (, ), ''Abelmoschus esculentus'', known in many English-speaking countries as ladies' fingers or ochro, is a flowering plant in the mallow family. It has edible green seed pods. The geographical origin of okra is disputed, with su ...

'' (L.) Moench *''

Abelmoschus moschatus ''Abelmoschus moschatus'' (Abelmosk, ambrette, annual hibiscus, Bamia Moschata, Galu Gasturi, muskdana, musk mallow, musk okra, ornamental okra, rose mallow, tropical jewel hibiscus, Yorka okra) is an aromatic and medicinal plant in the family Ma ...

'' Medik. *'' Abildgaardia ovata'' (Burm.f.) Kral *''

Abrus canescens ''Abrus canescens'' is a species of flowering plant belonging to the legume family, native to Africa. It is considered almost extinct. Description The plant's stem is brown and its leaves are a rusty brown to silvery colour with trichomes ...

'' Welw. ex Baker *''

Abrus melanospermus Abrus melanospermus is a species of flowering plant in the pea and bean family Fabaceae. It is native to Africa and Asia. It was also introduced to South America. Ecology The species has an ecology in Miombo and sand woodlands in Kalahari. D ...

'' Hassk. *'' Abrus precatorius'' *'' Abutilon fruticosum'' Guill. & Perr. *''

Abutilon grandifolium ''Abutilon grandifolium'', the hairy Indian mallow, is a large shrub that is up to high with broad, leaf blades. Flowers are axillary, with a yellow corolla across, composed of petals long. The fruits are ovoid-globular schizocarps that are ...

'' (Willd.) Sweet *''

Abutilon indicum ''Abutilon indicum'' (Indian abutilon, Indian mallow) is a small shrub in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions. This plant is a valuable medicinal and ornamental plant, its roots and leaves being used for curing feve ...

'' (L.) Sweet *'' Abutilon pannosum'' (G.Forst.) Schltdl. *'' Abutilon ramosum'' (Cav.) Guill. & Perr. *''

Acacia amythethophylla ''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus nam ...

'' Steud. ex A.Rich. *'' Acacia dudgeoni'' Holland *'' Acacia erythrocalyx'' Brenan *''

Acacia hockii ''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus nam ...

'' De Wild. *'' Acacia holosericea'' A.Cunn. ex G.Don *'' Acalypha ceraceopunctata'' Pax *'' Acalypha ciliata'' Forssk. *''

Acalypha crenata ''Acalypha'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is the sole genus of the subtribe Acalyphinae. It is one of the largest euphorb genera, with approximately 450 to 462 species. The genus name ''Acalypha'' is from th ...

'' Hochst. ex A.Rich. *''

Acalypha hispida ''Acalypha hispida'', the chenille plant, is a flowering shrub which belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae, the subfamily Acalyphinae, and the genus ''Acalypha''. ''Acalypha'' is the fourth largest genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, and contains ...

'' Burm.f. *''

Acalypha segetalis ''Acalypha'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is the sole genus of the subtribe Acalyphinae. It is one of the largest euphorb genera, with approximately 450 to 462 species. The genus name ''Acalypha'' is from th ...

'' Müll.Arg. *''

Acanthospermum hispidum ''Acanthospermum'' is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae, also known as starburrs or starburs. It was described as a genus in 1820. Taxonomy Species , ''Plants of the World Online'' has 7 accepted species: * ''Acanthospermum australe'' ...

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Achyranthes aspera ''Achyranthes aspera'' (common names: chaff-flower, prickly chaff flower, devil's horsewhip, Sanskrit: अपामार्ग ''apāmārga'') is a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropical world. I ...

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Acmella caulirhiza ''Acmella'' is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae, described as a genus in 1807. It is native to the Americas and has been introduced to Asia, Africa, the Pacific islands, and Australia. One familiar species is ''Acmella oleracea'', wh ...

'' Delile *''

Acmella uliginosa ''Acmella uliginosa'', the marsh para cress, is a species of flowering herb in the family Asteraceae. The plant is native to South America (Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela, etc.) and is naturalized in parts of Asia (China, Philippines, India, etc.) an ...

'' (Sw.) Cass. *''

Acridocarpus chevalieri ''Acridocarpus'' (from Gr. ''Akris'', a locust and ''carpos'', a fruit, alluding to the winged fruit) is a genus of plant in family Malpighiaceae. They are native to Arabia and tropical and subtropical Africa, with one species in New Caledonia. ...

'' Sprague *''

Acroceras amplectens ''Acroceras'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. The genus is widespread across warmer parts of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, with a high amount of diversity in Madagascar.Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia ...

'' Stapf *''

Acroceras zizanioides ''Acroceras'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. The genus is widespread across warmer parts of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, with a high amount of diversity in Madagascar.Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia ...

'' (Kunth) Dandy *''

Adansonia digitata ''Adansonia digitata'', the African baobab, is the most widespread tree species of the genus ''Adansonia'', the baobabs, and is native to the African continent and the southern Arabian Peninsula (Yemen, Oman). These are long-lived pachycauls; ra ...

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Adenanthera pavonina ''Adenanthera pavonina'' is a perennial and non-climbing species of leguminous tree. Its uses include food and drink, traditional medicine, and timber. Common names and synonyms ''Adenanthera pavonina'' is commonly called Red Lucky Seed. Ot ...

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Adenia cissampeloides ''Adenia cissampeloides'' is a species of flowering plant in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It is native to tropical Africa. Description ''Adenia cissampeloides'' is a woody vine that can reach up to in length. The stems are pale gre ...

'' (Planch. ex Hook.) Harms *'' Adenia lobata'' (Jacq.) Engl. * '' Adenodolichos paniculatus'' (Hua) Hutch. & Dalziel * '' Adenostemma caffrum'' DC. * '' Adenostemma viscosum'' J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. * ''

Adiantum philippense ''Adiantum philippense,'' (''Goyali Lota, Kalijhant'' in Bengali language, Bengali: গয়ালী লতা, ''Hamsapadi, Kitamata, Tripadika'' in Sanskrit, ''Jarigida'' in Kannada, ''Hamsapadi'' in Hindi ), also known as walking maidenhair ...

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Adiantum schweinfurthii ''Adiantum'' (), the maidenhair fern, is a genus of about 250 species of ferns in the subfamily Vittarioideae of the family Pteridaceae, though some researchers place it in its own family, Adiantaceae. The genus name comes from Greek, meaning " ...

'' Kuhn * '' Aedesia glabra'' (Klatt) O.Hoffm. * ''

Aeollanthus pubescens ''Aeollanthus'' is a genus in the mint family, Lamiaceae. All the species are native to Africa. ;Species * '' Aeollanthus abyssinicus'' Hochst. ex Benth. – Ethiopia * '' Aeollanthus alternatus'' Ryding – Tanzania, Zambia * '' Aeollanthus am ...

'' Benth. * ''

Aerva javanica ''Aerva javanica'', the kapok bush or desert cotton, is a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It has a native distribution incorporating much of Africa (including Madagascar), and the south-west and south of Asia, and it has become adve ...

'' (Burm.f.) Juss. ex Schult. * ''

Aerva lanata ''Aerva lanata'', the mountain knotgrass, is a woody, prostrate or succulent, perennial herb in the family Amaranthaceae, native to Asia, Africa. It has been included as occurring in Australia by the US government, but it is not recognised as ...

'' (L.) Juss. ex Schult. * ''

Aeschynomene afraspera ''Aeschynomene'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade of the Dalbergieae. They are known commonly as jointvetches. These legumes are most common in warm ...

'' J.Léonard * ''

Aeschynomene crassicaulis ''Aeschynomene'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade of the Dalbergieae. They are known commonly as jointvetches. These legumes are most common in warm ...

'' Harms * ''

Aeschynomene indica ''Aeschynomene indica'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family. Common names include Indian jointvetch, kat sola,Aeschynomene schimperi'' A.Rich. * '' Aeschynomene sensitiva'' Sw. * ''

Aeschynomene tambacoundensis ''Aeschynomene'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyly, monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade of the Dalbergieae. They are known commonly as jointvetches. These legumes are most comm ...

'' Berhaut * ''

Afraegle paniculata ''Afraegle'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae. Its native range is Western and Western Central Tropical Africa Although tropical Africa is mostly familiar to the West for its rainforests, this biogeographic re ...

'' (Schumach.) Engl. * ''

Aframomum alboviolaceum ''Aframomum alboviolaceum'' is a monocotyledonous plant species that was first described by Henry Nicholas Ridley, and got its current name from Karl Moritz Schumann. ''Aframomum alboviolaceum'' is part of the genus Aframomum and the family Zingi ...

'' (Ridl.) K.Schum. * '' Aframomum sceptrum'' (Oliv. & D.Hanb.) K.Schum. * ''

Afrotrilepis pilosa ''Afrotrilepis'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cyperaceae. Its native range is Western and Western Central Tropical Africa. Species: *''Afrotrilepis jaegeri'' *''Afrotrilepis pilosa'' References

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'' (Boeckeler) J.Raynal * ''

Afzelia africana ''Afzelia africana'', the African mahogany, afzelia, lenke, lengue, apa, or doussi, is a tree species in the family Fabaceae. Range It occurs in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, DRCongo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Gui ...

'' Sm. ex Pers. * ''

Agave sisalana Sisal (, ) (''Agave sisalana'') is a species of flowering plant native to southern Mexico, but widely cultivated and naturalized in many other countries. It yields a stiff fibre used in making rope and various other products. The term sisal ma ...

'' Perrine * '' Agelanthus dodoneifolius'' (DC.) Polhill & Wiens * ''

Ageratum conyzoides ''Ageratum conyzoides'' (billygoat-weed, chick weed, goatweed, whiteweed, mentrasto) is native to Tropical America, especially Brazil, and is an invasive weed in many other regions. It is an herb that is 0.5–1 m. high, with ovate leaves 2–6&n ...

'' * '' Akeassia grangeoides'' J.-P.Lebrun & Stork. * ''

Alafia landolphioides ''Alafia landolphioides'' grows as a liana up to long, with a stem diameter of up to . Its fragrant flowers feature a white corolla, dark red at the throat. The fruit is dark brown with paired cylindrical follicles, each up to in diameter. It ...

'' (Thonn.) De Wild. * '' Albizia chevalieri'' Harms * '' Albizia dinklagei'' (Harms) Harms * ''

Albizia ferruginea ''Albizia ferruginea'' (locally known as musase) is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory ...

'' (Guill. & Perr.) Benth. * '' Albizia lebbeck'' (L.) Benth. * '' Albizia malacophylla'' (A.Rich.) Walp. * ''

Albizia zygia ''Albizia zygia'' is a fast growing medium-sized tree species within the Fabaceae family that is commonly found in West and Central Africa. Description The species grows up to 30 meters tall. Its branches are ascending and wide spreading form ...

'' (DC.) J.F.Macbr. * '' Albuca nigritana'' (Baker) Troupin * ''

Alchornea cordifolia ''Alchornea cordifolia'' is a shrub or small tree distributed throughout tropical Africa, it can grow up to 8 metres tall. The plant is used in traditional African medicine. Common name is the Christmas bush. Chemical constituents The leaves, ...

'' (Schumach. & Thonn.) Müll.Arg. * '' Alectra vogelii'' Benth. * ''

Allamanda cathartica ''Allamanda cathartica'', commonly called golden trumpet, common trumpetvine, and yellow allamanda, is a species of flowering plant of the genus ''Allamanda'' in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to Brazil. This plant is cited in ''Flora Brasi ...

'' * '' Allium cepa'' * ''

Allium sativum Garlic (''Allium sativum'') is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the genus ''Allium''. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, Welsh onion and Chinese onion. It is native to South Asia, Central Asia and northeastern ...

'' * '' Allophylus africanus'' P.Beauv. * '' Allophylus spicatus'' (Poir.) Radlk. * ''

Alloteropsis semialata ''Alloteropsis semialata'', known commonly as black seed grass, cockatoo grass, ''donkersaad gras'', ''swartsaadgras'', ''tweevingergras'', and ''isi quinti'', is a perennial grass distributed across much of tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia ...

'' (R.Br.) Hitchc. * ''

Aloe buettneri ''Aloe buettneri'' is a species of succulent plant in the family Asphodelaceae. It is found in West Africa and is known for its medicinal uses. Description ''Aloe buettneri'' is a succulent plant with thick and fleshy leaves arranged in a roset ...

'' A.Berger * '' Aloe macrocarpa'' Tod. * '' Aloe schweinfurthii'' Baker * ''

Alstonia congensis ''Alstonia congensis'', is a tree within the Apocynaceae family and one of two African species within the Alstonia genus, the other being the ''Alstonia boonei'' De Wild. Both have similar morphological characteristics. The root and stem bark co ...

'' Engl. * '' Alternanthera nodiflora'' R.Br. * ''

Alternanthera pungens ''Alternanthera pungens'' is a creeping, prostrate perennial pioneer plant of the family Amaranthaceae, spreading by seed and vegetatively, with roots often developing at the nodes of spreading stems. A plant of roadsides, path verges and waste ...

'' Kunth * '' Alternanthera sessilis'' (L.) DC. * ''

Alysicarpus glumaceus ''Alysicarpus glumaceus'' is a plant in the legume family Fabaceae. Description ''Alysicarpus glumaceus'' grows as a herb tall. The leaves are puberulous and measure up to long. Inflorescences have a stalk up to long. The flowers have pinkis ...

'' (Vahl) DC. * ''

Alysicarpus ovalifolius ''Alysicarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is distributed in tropical and subtropical regionsChavan, S., et al. (2012)''Alysicarpus sanjappae'' (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae), a new species from the Western G ...

'' (Schumach.) J.Léonard * '' Alysicarpus rugosus'' (Willd.) DC. * ''

Alysicarpus zeyheri ''Alysicarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is distributed in tropical and subtropical regionsChavan, S., et al. (2012)''Alysicarpus sanjappae'' (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae), a new species from the Western G ...

'' Harv. * ''

Amaranthus dubius ''Amaranthus dubius'', the red spinach, Chinese spinach, (), spleen amaranth, hon-toi-moi, yin choy, hsien tsai, or Arai keerai () is a plant species. It belongs to the economically important family Amaranthaceae. This plant is native to South ...

'' Mart. ex Thell. * ''

Amaranthus graecizans ''Amaranthus graecizans'', the Mediterranean amaranth or short-tepalled pigweed, is an annual species in the botanical family Amaranthaceae. It is native to Africa, southern Europe, East Asia to India and Central Asia. It is naturalized in North ...

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Amaranthus hybridus ''Amaranthus hybridus'', commonly called green amaranth, slim amaranth, smooth amaranth, smooth pigweed, or red amaranth, is a species of annual flowering plant. It is a weedy species found now over much of North America and introduced into Europ ...

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Amaranthus spinosus ''Amaranthus spinosus'', commonly known as the spiny amaranth, spiny pigweed, prickly amaranth or thorny amaranth, is a plant that is native to the tropical Americas, but is present on most continents as an introduced species and sometimes a noxi ...

'' * '' Amaranthus viridis'' * ''

Amblygonocarpus andongensis ''Amblygonocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae Caesalpinioideae is a botanical name at the rank of subfamily, placed in the large family ...

'' (Welw. ex Oliv.) Exell & Torre * ''

Ambrosia maritima Ambrosia maritima, the sea ragweed, is a species of herb in the family Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Co ...

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Ammannia auriculata ''Ammannia auriculata'', commonly known as eared redstem, is a species in the family Lythraceae that is found in tropical and subtropicalt areas around much of the world. The slender and erect herb typically grows to a height of . It blooms in M ...

'' Willd. * ''

Ammannia baccifera ''Ammannia baccifera'', also known as the monarch redstem or blistering ammannia is a species in the family Lythraceae. It is widespread in the tropical regions of Asia, America and Africa. It has been naturalized in Spain. It is annual and herb ...

'' * '' Ammannia gracilis'' Guill. & Perr. * '' Ammannia prieuriana'' Guill. & Perr. * '' Ammannia senegalensis'' Lam. * '' Amorphophallus abyssinicus'' (A.Rich.) N.E.Br. * '' Amorphophallus aphyllus'' (Hook.) Hutch. * '' Amorphophallus baumannii'' (Engl.) N.E.Br. * '' Amorphophallus dracontioides'' (Engl.) N.E.Br. * '' Amorphophallus johnsonii'' N.E.Br. * ''

Ampelocissus africana ''Ampelocissus africana'' is a type of vine that is woody, or liana of the grape family, bearing edible fruit. It is native to habitats in, and around forested areas in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Suda ...

'' (Lour.) Merr. * '' Ampelocissus leonensis'' (Hook.f.) Planch. * ''

Ampelocissus multistriata ''Ampelocissus'' is a genus of Vitaceae having 90 or more species found variously in tropical Africa, Asia, Central America, and Oceania. The type species, ''A. latifolia'', was originally treated under its basionym, ''Vitis latifolia'', and wa ...

'' (Baker) Planch. * '' Anacardium occidentale'' * '' Anadelphia afzeliana'' (Rendle) Stapf * ''

Anadelphia leptocoma ''Anadelphia'' is a genus of African plants in the grass family. ; Species ; formerly included see ''Schizachyrium'' * ''Anadelphia lomaensis - Schizachyrium lomaense ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. ...

'' (Trin.) Pilg. * '' Anadelphia trispiculata'' Stapf * '' Anagallis pumila'' Sw. * '' Ananas comosus'' (L.) Merr. * '' Anchomanes difformis'' (Blume) Engl. * '' Ancylobotrys amoena'' Hua * ''

Andira inermis ''Andira inermis'' is a nitrogen-fixing tree native to the area from southern Mexico through Central America to northern South America (Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil); it has been introduced to the Caribbean, the Antilles, Florida, and Africa. Th ...

'' (W.Wright) DC. * '' Andropogon africanus'' Franch. * ''

Andropogon canaliculatus ''Andropogon'' (common names: beard grass, bluestem grass, broomsedge) is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to much of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as southern Europe and various oceanic islands. Over 100 specie ...

'' Schumach. * '' Andropogon chevalieri'' Reznik. * ''

Andropogon chinensis ''Andropogon'' (common names: beard grass, bluestem grass, broomsedge) is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to much of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as southern Europe and various oceanic islands. Over 100 specie ...

'' (Nees) Merr. * ''

Andropogon gayanus ''Andropogon gayanus''. commonly known as gamba grass, Rhodesian blue grass, tambuki grass, and other names, is a species of grass native to most of the tropical and subtropical savannas of Africa. History and naming ''Andropogon gayanus'' was ...

'' Kunth * '' Andropogon macrophyllus'' Stapf * '' Andropogon perligulatus'' Stapf * '' Andropogon pinguipes'' Stapf * '' Andropogon pseudapricus'' Stapf * '' Andropogon pteropholis'' Clayton * '' Andropogon schirensis'' A.Rich. * '' Andropogon tectorum'' Schumach. & Thonn. * '' Aneilema lanceolatum'' Benth. * '' Aneilema paludosum'' A.Chev. * '' Aneilema setiferum'' A.Chev. * '' Aneilema umbrosum'' (Vahl) Kunth * '' Annona glauca'' Schumach. & Thonn. * ''

Annona muricata Soursop (also called ''graviola, guyabano'', and in Hispanic America, ''guanábana'') is the fruit of ''Annona muricata'', a broadleaf, flowering, evergreen tree. It is native to the tropical regions of the Americas and the Caribbean and is wid ...

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Annona senegalensis ''Annona senegalensis'', commonly known as African custard-apple, wild custard apple, wild soursop, (Mandinka language), and (Wolof language) is a species of flowering plant in the custard apple family, Annonaceae. The specific epithet, ''seneg ...

'' Pers. * '' Annona squamosa'' * ''

Anogeissus leiocarpa ''Anogeissus leiocarpa'' (African birch; bm, ngálǎma) is a tall deciduous tree native to the savannas of tropical Africa. It is the sole West African species of the genus ''Anogeissus'', a genus otherwise distributed from tropical central a ...

'' (DC.) Guill. & Perr. * '' Anosporum pectinatus'' (Vahl) Lye * '' Antherotoma irvingiana'' (Hook.f.) Jacq.-Fél. * '' Antherotoma phaeotricha'' (Hochst.) Jacq.-Fél. * '' Antherotoma senegambiensis'' (Guill. & Perr.) Jacq.-Fél. * '' Anthocleista djalonensis'' A.Chev. * '' Anthocleista procera'' Lepr. ex A.Chev. * ''

Anthostema senegalense ''Anthostema'' is a flowering plant genus in the Family Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) first described as a genus in 1824. It is native to Africa and Madagascar.Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliogr ...

'' A.Juss. * '' Antiaris toxicaria'' Lesch. * '' Anticharis senegalensis'' (Walp.) Bhandari * ''

Antidesma rufescens ''Antidesma'' is a genus of tropical plant in the family Phyllanthaceae formally described by Linnaeus in 1753. It is native to tropical Africa, S + E + SE Asia, Australia, and various oceanic islands. The greatest diversity occurs in South ...

'' Tul. * ''

Antidesma venosum ''Antidesma venosum'', commonly known as the tassel-berry, is a species of small dioecious tree in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is native to Africa, China and Indochina. Numerous small, sessile flowers are produced on drooping catkin-like spike ...

'' E.Mey. ex Tul. * ''

Apodostigma pallens ''Apodostigma'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae. Its native range is Tropical Africa Although tropical Africa is mostly familiar to the West for its rainforests, this biogeographic realm of Africa is far ...

'' (Planch. ex Oliv.) R.Wilczek * ''

Aponogeton subconjugatus The Aponogetonaceae (the Cape-pondweed family or aponogeton family) are a family of flowering plants in the order Alismatales. In recent decades the family has had universal recognition by taxonomists. The APG system (1998) and APG II system (20 ...

'' Schumach. & Thonn. * '' Arachis hypogaea'' * '' Argemone mexicana'' * ''

Argyreia nervosa ''Argyreia nervosa'' is a perennial climbing vine native to the Indian subcontinent and introduced to numerous areas worldwide, including Hawaii, Africa, and the Caribbean. Though it can be invasive, it is often prized for its aesthetic and me ...

'' (Burm.f.) Bojer * ''

Aristida adscensionis ''Aristida adscensionis'' is a species of grass known by the common name sixweeks threeawn. It is native to the Americas but it is distributed nearly worldwide. It grows easily in disturbed and waste areas and has potential to become a weed. De ...

'' * '' Aristida funiculata'' Trin. & Rupr. * '' Aristida hordeacea'' Kunth * '' Aristida kerstingii'' Pilg. * ''

Aristida mutabilis ''Aristida'' is a very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. ''Aristida'' is distinguished by having three awns (bristles) on each lemma of each floret. The genus includes about 300 species found worldwide, often in arid warm ...

'' Trin. & Rupr. * '' Aristida rhiniochloa'' Hochst. * '' Aristida sieberiana'' Trin. * '' Aristida stipoides'' Lam. * '' Aristolochia albida'' Duch. * ''

Asclepias curassavica ''Asclepias curassavica'', commonly known as tropical milkweed, is a flowering plant species of the milkweed genus, ''Asclepias''. It is native to the American tropics and has a pantropical distribution as an introduced species. Other common nam ...

'' * '' Ascolepis brasiliensis'' (Kunth) Benth. * '' Ascolepis capensis'' (Kunth) Ridl. * '' Ascolepis dipsacoides'' (Schumach.) J.Raynal * '' Ascolepis protea'' Welw. * ''

Asparagus africanus ''Asparagus africanus'', also known as African asparagus, bush asparagus, wild asparagus, climbing asparagus fern, ornamental asparagus and sparrow grass, is an African species of plant that is found in a variety of habitats. It has multiple medi ...

'' Lam. * '' Asparagus flagellaris'' (Kunth) Baker * '' Asparagus schroederi'' Engl. * ''

Aspidoglossum interruptum ''Aspidoglossum'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1838. It is native to Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30 ...

'' (E.Mey.) Bullock * '' Aspilia africana'' (Pers.) C.D.Adams * '' Aspilia angustifolia'' Oliv. & Hiern * ''

Aspilia bussei ''Aspilia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Some authors have merged this genus with '' Wedelia'', but others maintain that more study is required. ''Aspilia'' is native to Africa, Madagascar, and Latin America. Medicin ...

'' O.Hoffm. & Muschl. * '' Aspilia ciliata'' (Schumach.) Wild * '' Aspilia helianthoides'' (Schumach. & Thonn.) Oliv. & Hiern * '' Aspilia kotschyi'' (Sch.Bip.) Oliv. * '' Aspilia paludosa'' Berhaut * '' Aspilia rudis'' Oliv. & Hiern * '' Astraea lobata'' (L.) Klotzsch * ''

Asystasia gangetica ''Asystasia gangetica'' is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is commonly known as the Chinese violet, coromandelPlants of Hawaii: ''Asystasia gangetica'': http://www.hear.org/starr/images/species/?q=asystasia+gangetica&o=plants, r ...

'' (L.) T.Anderson * ''

Averrhoa carambola ''Averrhoa carambola'' is a species of tree in the family Oxalidaceae native to tropical Southeast Asia; it has a number of common names, including carambola, star fruit and five-corner. It is a small tree or shrub that grows tall, with rose to ...

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Azadirachta indica ''Azadirachta indica'', commonly known as neem, nimtree or Indian lilac, is a tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae. It is one of two species in the genus ''Azadirachta'', and is native to the Indian subcontinent and most of the countries in Afri ...

'' A.Juss. * '' Azolla africana'' Desv. * ''

Bacopa crenata ''Bacopa crenata'', the waterhyssop, brahmi, or moneywort, is a perennial or annual medicinal herb indigenous to tropical Africa and Madagascar. Description ''Bacopa crenata'' is a non-aromatic herb, growing up to in height. Its leaves are opp ...

'' (P.Beauv.) Hepper * ''

Bacopa decumbens ''Bacopa'' is a genus of 70–100 aquatic plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. It is commonly known as waterhyssop (or water hyssop, though this is more misleading as ''Bacopa'' is not very closely related to hyssop but simply has a s ...

'' (Fernald) F.N.Williams * '' Bacopa floribunda'' (R.Br.) Wettst. * '' Bacopa hamiltoniana'' (Benth.) Wettst. * '' Bacopa occultans'' (Hiern) Hutch. & Dalziel * ''

Baissea multiflora ''Baissea multiflora'' is a plant in the family Apocynaceae. Description ''Baissea multiflora'' grows as a shrub up to tall or as a liana up to long, with a stem diameter of up to . Its fragrant flowers feature a white, pink or orange coroll ...

'' A.DC. * '' Bakerophyton lateritium'' (Harms) Hutch. ex Maheshw. * '' Bakerophyton pulchellum'' (Planch. ex Baker) Maheshw. * '' Balanites aegyptiaca'' (L.) Delile * '' Bambusa vulgaris'' Schrad. ex J.C.Wendl. * ''

Barleria lupulina ''Barleria lupulina'', the hop-headed barleria, is a plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae ...

'' Lindl. * '' Barleria ruellioides'' T.Anderson * '' Basella alba'' L. * ''

Basilicum polystachyon ''Basilicum'' is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1802. It contains only one known species, ''Basilicum polystachyon'', native to Africa, Madagascar, southern Asia (Saudi Arabia, India, China, Indochina, Borneo, Phil ...

'' (L.) Moench * ''

Batopedina tenuis ''Batopedina'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.Verdcourt, Bernard. 1953. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 23: 29. ''Batopedina linearifolia'' It was described by Bernard Verdcourt in 1953. The genus is ...

'' (A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel) Verdc. * ''

Bauhinia monandra ''Bauhinia monandra'' is a species of leguminous trees, of the family Fabaceae. Common names include pink bauhinia, orchid tree, and Napoleon's plume. The tree is native to Madagascar, where it is widespread in lowland humid forests and dry fore ...

'' Kurz * ''

Bauhinia purpurea ''Bauhinia purpurea'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the Indian subcontinent and Myanmar, and widely introduced elsewhere in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Common names include orchid tree, purple ...

'' L. * '' Bauhinia rufescens'' Lam. * '' Becium obovatum'' (E.Mey. ex Benth.) N.E.Br. * '' Bergia ammannioides'' Roxb. ex Roth * ''

Bergia capensis ''Bergia'' is one of the two genera of plants composing the waterwort family, Elatinaceae. These are tropical to subtropical plants and sometimes aquatic in nature. Species include: *'' Bergia ammannioides'' *'' Bergia aquatica'' *'' Bergia au ...

'' L. * ''

Bergia suffruticosa ''Bergia'' is one of the two genera of plants composing the waterwort family, Elatinaceae. These are tropical to subtropical plants and sometimes aquatic in nature. Species include: *'' Bergia ammannioides'' *'' Bergia aquatica'' *'' Bergia au ...

'' (Delile) Fenzl * ''

Berlinia grandiflora ''Berlinia grandiflora'' is a small to medium sized tree found in the West and West Central African region along riparian habitats or gallery forests habitat types. Description ''Berlinia grandiflora'' is a small to medium sized tree that range ...

'' (Vahl) Hutch. & Dalziel * '' Bidens barteri'' (Oliv. & Hiern) T.G.J.Rayner * ''

Bidens bipinnata ''Bidens bipinnata'' is a common and widespread species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Distribution Its native range remains uncertain due to its global distribution, however prevailing thought places its origin in Asia and North ...

'' L. * ''

Bidens biternata ''Bidens'' is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae.''Bidens''.
Flo ...

'' (Lour.) Merr. & Sherff * '' Bidens borianiana'' (Sch.Bip. ex Schweinf. & Asch.) Cufod. * '' Bidens engleri'' O.E.Schulz * '' Bidens pilosa'' L. * ''

Biophytum umbraculum ''Biophytum umbraculum'' (the South Pacific palm) is a plant species in the family Oxalidaceae. It is reported from India, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma (Myanmar), New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, tropical Africa, and Madagascar. T ...

'' Welw. * '' Bixa orellana'' L. * ''

Blainvillea acmella ''Blainvillea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Australia, and Latin America. They are annual or perennial herbs. The flower heads contain small ray florets ...

'' (L.) Philipson * ''

Blainvillea gayana ''Blainvillea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Australia, and Latin America. They are annual or perennial herbs. The flower heads contain small ray florets ...

'' Cass. * '' Blepharis linariifolia'' Pers. * '' Blepharis maderaspatensis'' (L.) B.Heyne ex Roth * ''

Blighia sapida The ackee, also known as ankye, achee, akee, ackee apple or ayee (''Blighia sapida'') is a fruit of the Sapindaceae (soapberry) family, as are the lychee and the longan. It is native to tropical West Africa. The scientific name honours Captain W ...

'' K.D.Koenig * '' Blumea adamsii'' J.-P.Lebrun & Stork * '' Blumea axillaris'' (Lam.) DC. * '' Blumea crispata'' (Vahl) Merxm. * '' Blumea heudelotii'' (C.D.Adams) Lisowski * '' Blumea oloptera'' DC. * ''

Bobgunnia madagascariensis ''Bobgunnia madagascariensis'' ( bm, samagara), also called the snake bean plant, is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. Description ''Bobgunnia madagascariensis'' is a small deciduous tree, 3–4 m tall. The plant has large pods that ...

'' (Desv.) J.H.Kirkbr. & Wiersema * '' Boerhavia coccinea'' Mill. * ''

Boerhavia diffusa ''Boerhaavia diffusa'' is a species of flowering plant in the Nyctaginaceae, four o'clock family which is commonly known as punarnava (meaning that which rejuvenates or renews the body in Ayurveda), red spiderling, spreading hogweed, or tarvine. ...

'' L. * '' Boerhavia erecta'' L. * ''

Boerhavia repens ''Boerhavia'' is a genus of over 100 species in the Nyctaginaceae family. The genus was named for Herman Boerhaave, a Dutch botanist, and the genus name is frequently misspelled "''Boerhaavia''". Common names include spiderlings and hogweeds. T ...

'' L. * ''

Bolbitis heudelotii ''Bolbitis heudelotii'', also known as the African water fern, creeping fern, and Congo fern, is native to subtropical and tropical Africa, from Ethiopia west to Senegal; and down to northern South Africa. Description ''Bolbitis heudelotii'', na ...

'' (Fee) Alston * ''

Bombax costatum ''Bombax costatum'' is a tree usually reaching a height of 5 – 15 m. It flowers in the dry season before the leaves appear. Distribution Its distribution is restricted to the savanna zones of West Africa from Senegal to the Central African Re ...

'' Pellegr. & Vuill. * '' Borassus aethiopum'' Mart. * ''

Borassus akeassii ''Borassus akeassii'' is a species of palmyra palm which is native to west and central Africa. It occurs from Senegal to Congo-Kinshasa. It was first described in 2006, having previously been confused with ''Borassus aethiopum'' and ''Borassus fl ...

'' Bayton, Ouédr. & Guinko * '' Borreria ocymoides'' (Burm.f.) DC. * '' Boscia angustifolia'' A.Rich. * '' Boscia salicifolia'' Oliv. * ''

Boscia senegalensis ''Boscia senegalensis'', commonly known as hanza, is a member of the family Capparaceae. The plant originated from West Africa. Still a traditional food plant in Africa, this little-known fruit has potential to improve nutrition, boost food secu ...

'' (Pers.) Lam. * '' Boswellia dalzielii'' Hutch. * ''

Bothriochloa bladhii ''Bothriochloa bladhii'' (commonly called, variously, Australian bluestem, Caucasian bluestem, forest-bluegrass, plains bluestem, and purple plume grass) is a Neotropic grass in the family Poaceae, found primarily in tropical Africa, and tropical ...

'' (Retz.) S.T.Blake * '' Bougainvillea glabra'' Choisy * '' Bougainvillea spectabilis'' Willd. * ''

Brachiaria deflexa ''Brachiaria deflexa'' (Guinea millet) is a annual millet grass belonging to the grass family (Poaceae). It is native to many regions such as Africa, India, and Pakistan in both tropical and subtropical regions. It has been used as a supplemental ...

'' (Schumach.) C.E.Hubb. ex Robyns * '' Brachiaria lata'' (Schumach.) C.E.Hubb. * ''

Brachiaria mutica ''Brachiaria mutica'' (''Urochloa mutica'') is a species of grass known by the common names para grass, buffalo grass, Mauritius signal grass, pasto pare, malojilla, gramalote, parana, Carib grass, and Scotch grass.Stone, Katharine R. 2010''Uroch ...

'' (Forssk.) Stapf * ''

Brachiaria orthostachys ''Brachiaria'', or signalgrass, is a genus of plants in the grass family native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, southern Europe, the Americas, and various islands.Brachiaria plantaginea'' (Link) Hitchc. * ''

Brachiaria ramosa ''Brachiaria ramosa'' (L.) Stapf (browntop millet) is a perennial millet grass belonging to the grass family (Poaceae). It is native to South Asia, where it is traditionally cultivated as a cereal crop. The reconstructed Proto-Dravidian name for ...

'' (L.) Stapf * ''

Brachiaria serrata ''Brachiaria'', or signalgrass, is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family native to tropics, tropical and subtropics, subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, southern Europe, the Americas, and various islands.< ...

'' (Thunb.) Stapf * ''

Brachiaria stigmatisata ''Brachiaria'', or signalgrass, is a genus of plants in the grass family native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, southern Europe, the Americas, and various islands.Brachiaria villosa ''Brachiaria'', or signalgrass, is a genus of plants in the grass family native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, southern Europe, the Americas, and various islands.Brachiaria xantholeuca ''Brachiaria'', or signalgrass, is a genus of plants in the grass family native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, southern Europe, the Americas, and various islands.Brachyachne obtusiflora ''Brachyachne'' is a genus of African, Australian, and Southeast Asian plants in the grass family. ; Species See also * List of Poaceae genera The true grasses ( Poaceae) are one of the largest plant families, with around 12,000 species a ...

'' (Benth.) C.E.Hubb. * ''

Brachycorythis macrantha ''Brachycorythis'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains approximately 40-50 species native mostly to Africa and Madagascar but also some from South and East Asia (India, Thailand, China, etc.). Species ...

'' (Lindl.) Summerh. * ''

Brachycorythis pubescens ''Brachycorythis'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains approximately 40-50 species native mostly to Africa and Madagascar but also some from South and East Asia (India, Thailand, China, etc.). Species ...

'' Harv. * '' Brachystelma medusanthemum'' J.-P.Lebrun & Stork * '' Brachystelma simplex'' Schltr. * ''

Brassica oleracea ''Brassica oleracea'' is a plant species from family Brassicaceae that includes many common cultivars used as vegetables, such as cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts, collard greens, Savoy cabbage, kohlrabi, and gai lan. Its ...

'' L. * ''

Breonadia salicina ''Breonadia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by in 1975. The genus contains only one species, viz. ''Breonadia salicina'', which is found in tropical and southern Africa from Mali and Benin east ...

'' (Vahl) Hepper & J.R.I.Wood * ''

Bridelia ferruginea ''Bridelia'' is a plant genus of the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1806.Bridelia micrantha ''Bridelia micrantha'', the mitzeeri or the coastal golden-leaf, is a tree in the family Phyllanthaceae and is native to tropical and southern Africa as well as to the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean. Description A medium to tall tree (u ...

'' (Hochst.) Baill. * '' Bridelia scleroneura'' Müll.Arg. * '' Bridelia speciosa'' Müll.Arg. * ''

Buchnera bowalensis ''Buchnera'' may refer to: * ''Buchnera'' (bacterium), a genus of proteobacteria * ''Buchnera'' (plant), a plant genus from the family Orobanchaceae Orobanchaceae, the broomrapes, is a family of mostly parasitic plants of the order Lamiale ...

'' A.Chev. * '' Buchnera capitata'' Benth. * '' Buchnera hispida'' Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don * '' Buchnera leptostachya'' Benth. * '' Bulbostylis abortiva'' (Steud.) C.B.Clarke * ''

Bulbostylis barbata ''Bulbostylis barbata'' is a flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, that is native to Western Australia. The annual grass-like plant has a tufted habit and typically grows to a height of . It blooms between February and September, prod ...

'' (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke * '' Bulbostylis boeckeleriana'' (Schweinf.) Beetle * ''

Bulbostylis cioniana ''Bulbostylis'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called hairsedges. There are over 200 species of these clump-forming plants of dry grasslands and warm and tropical savannas worldwide. They have solid, rounded, groov ...

'' (Savi) Lye * ''

Bulbostylis coleotricha ''Bulbostylis'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called hairsedges. There are over 200 species of these clump-forming plants of dry grasslands and warm and tropical savannas worldwide. They have solid, rounded, groov ...

'' (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke * '' Bulbostylis densa'' (Wall.) Hand.-Mazz. * '' Bulbostylis filamentosa'' (Vahl) C.B.Clarke * '' Bulbostylis fimbristyloides'' C.B.Clarke * '' Bulbostylis hispidula'' (Vahl) R.W.Haines * '' Bulbostylis pilosa'' (Willd.) Cherm. * '' Bulbostylis pusilla'' (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke * '' Bulbostylis scabricaulis'' Cherm. * '' Bulbostylis viridecarinata'' (De Wild.) Goetgh. * ''

Burkea africana ''Burkea africana'', the wild syringa ( bm, siri), is a deciduous, medium-sized, spreading, flat-topped tree belonging to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the family Fabaceae. The genus was named in honour of Joseph Burke, the botanist and col ...

'' Hook. * '' Burnatia enneandra'' Micheli * '' Butomopsis latifolia'' (D.Don) Kunth * '' Byrsanthus brownii'' Guill. * ''

Cadaba farinosa ''Cadaba farinosa'' is a high evergreen shrub or small tree that belongs to the caper family. It has simple ovate leaves with entire margins, zygomorphic, spidery, greenish, yellowish, whitish or pinkish flowers, and is covered in powdery hair ...

'' Forssk. * ''

Cadaba glandulosa ''Cadaba'' is a genus of shrubs in family Capparaceae, with about 30 species. These have simple, alternately set leaves. The zygomorphic flowers, are solitary or stand in small clusters at the end of short side branches. These flowers consist of ...

'' Forssk. * ''

Caesalpinia pulcherrima ''Caesalpinia pulcherrima'' is a species of flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae, native to the tropics and subtropics of the Americas. It could be native to the Caribbean, West Indies, but its exact origin is unknown due to widespread cult ...

'' (L.) Sw. * ''

Cajanus cajan The pigeon pea (''Cajanus cajan'') is a perennial legume from the family Fabaceae native to the Old World. The pigeon pea is widely cultivated in tropical and semitropical regions around the world, being commonly consumed in South Asia, Southeast ...

'' (L.) Millsp. * '' Cajanus kerstingii'' Harms * ''

Caladium bicolor ''Caladium bicolor'', called Heart of Jesus, is a species in the genus ''Caladium'' from Latin America. It is grown as a houseplant for its large, heart or lance-shaped leaves with striking green, white, pink, and red blotching. Hundreds of culti ...

'' (Aiton) Vent. * '' Calamus deerratus'' G.Mann & H.Wendl. * '' Caldesia reniformis'' (D.Don) Makino * ''

Calopogonium mucunoides ''Calopogonium mucunoides'', called calopo and wild ground nut, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the New World Tropics, and introduced as a forage crop and a green manure In agriculture, a green manure is a cro ...

'' Desv. * '' Calotropis procera'' (Aiton) R.Br. * ''

Calyptrochilum christyanum ''Calyptrochilum'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family Orchidaceae native to tropical Africa, with one species extending into Brazil. Three species are recognized as of 2020: * '' Calyptrochilum aurantiacum'' (P.J.Cribb & Laan) ...

'' (Rchb.f.) Summerh. * ''

Calyptrochilum emarginatum ''Calyptrochilum'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family Orchidaceae native to tropical Africa, with one species extending into Brazil. Three species are recognized as of 2020: * '' Calyptrochilum aurantiacum'' (P.J.Cribb & Laan) ...

'' (Sw.) Schltr. * '' Campylospermum flavum'' (Schumach. & Thonn.) Farron * '' Campylospermum glaberrimum'' (P.Beauv.) Farron * '' Campylospermum squamosum'' (DC.) Farron * '' Canarium schweinfurthii'' Engl. * '' Canavalia africana'' Dunn * ''

Canavalia ensiformis ''Canavalia ensiformis'' (jack bean) is a legume which is used for animal fodder and human nutrition, especially in Brazil where it is called ''feijão-de-porco'' ("pig bean"). It is also the source of concanavalin A. Description ''C. ensif ...

'' (L.) DC. * '' Canscora decussata'' (Roxb.) Roem. & Schult. * '' Canscora diffusa'' (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. * '' Caperonia serrata'' (Turcz.) C.Presl * '' Capparis erythrocarpos'' Isert * '' Capparis fascicularis'' DC. * ''

Capparis sepiaria ''Capparis sepiaria'', also commonly called hedge caper or wild caper bush, is a shrub that has a pantropical distribution, especially in dry deciduous forests, foothills and scrub jungles. Description ''Capparis sepiaria'' is a prickly, eve ...

'' L. * ''

Capparis tomentosa ''Capparis tomentosa'', the woolly caper bushPooley, E. (1993). ''The Complete Field Guide to Trees of Natal, Zululand and Transkei''. . or African caper, is a plant in the Capparaceae family and is native to Africa. Distribution Found in bus ...

'' Lam. * '' Capsicum annuum'' L. * ''

Capsicum chinense ''Capsicum chinense'', commonly known as a "habanero-type pepper", is a species of chili pepper native to the Americas. ''C. chinense'' varieties are well known for their unique flavors and many have exceptional heat. The hottest peppers in the ...

'' Jacq. * '' Capsicum frutescens'' L. * ''

Caralluma adscendens ''Caralluma adscendens'' is a succulent plant in the family Apocynaceae. Its distribution ranges from India and Sri Lanka through the Arabian peninsula to North Africa and the Sahel. In home gardens ''Caralluma adscendens'' Some people in Pakist ...

'' (Roxb.) Haw. * ''

Carapa procera ''Carapa procera'', called African crabwood, is a species of tree in the genus ''Carapa'', native to the West African tropics and to the Amazon rainforest, and introduced to Vietnam. Some authorities have split off the South American population i ...

'' DC. * ''

Cardiospermum halicacabum ''Cardiospermum halicacabum'', known as the lesser balloon vine, balloon plant or love in a puff, is a climbing plant widely distributed across tropical and subtropical areas of Africa, Australia, and North America that is often found as a weed a ...

'' L. * '' Carica papaya'' L. * '' Carissa spinarum'' (Forssk.) Vahl * '' Caryota mitis'' Lour. * ''

Cascabela thevetia ''Cascabela thevetia'' (syn: ''Thevetia peruviana'') is a poisonous plant native throughout Mexico and in Central America, and cultivated widely as an ornamental. It is a relative of ''Nerium oleander'', giving it a common name yellow oleander, a ...

'' (L.) Lippold * '' Cassia sieberiana'' DC. * '' Cassipourea congoensis'' DC. * '' Cassytha filiformis'' L. * ''

Casuarina equisetifolia ''Casuarina equisetifolia'', common names ''Coastal She-oak'' or ''Horsetail She-oak'' (sometimes referred to as the Australian pine tree or whistling pine tree outside Australia), is a she-oak species of the genus ''Casuarina''. The native ...

'' L. * '' Catharanthus roseus'' (L.) G.Don * ''

Cayratia debilis ''Cayratia debilis'' is a species of flowering plant in the Vitaceae family. It is native to equatorial Africa. It has herbaceous or slightly woody vines, with 5-foliate leaves and greenish-white or yellow flowers. Its stem, leaves and sap are us ...

'' (Baker) Suess. * ''

Cayratia delicatula The genus ''Cayratia'' consists of species of vine plants, typical of the tribe Cayratieae. Some of them are useful, and they are found in tropical and subtropical areas of Asia, Africa, Australia, and islands of the Pacific Ocean. Within the Vi ...

'' (Willems) Desc. * '' Cayratia gracilis'' (Guill. & Perr.) Suess. * '' Ceiba pentandra'' (L.) Gaertn. * ''

Celosia argentea ''Celosia argentea'', commonly known as the plumed cockscomb or silver cock's comb, is a herbaceous plant of tropical origin in the Amaranthaceae family from India and Nepal. The plant is known for its very bright colors. In India and China it is ...

'' L. * ''

Celosia trigyna ''Celosia trigyna'' is a plant species commonly known as woolflower for its curious flowers. Description ''Celosia trigyna'' may grow up to 1 m (3 feet) in height and is considered a weed in some regions of the world where it is introduced. It c ...

'' L. * ''

Celtis toka ''Celtis toka'' is a medium-sized tree that commonly occurs adjacent to streams and rivers in the Sudanian-Sahel savannah climates of Tropical Africa but it can survive in drier habitats; it is also found of Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Description ...

'' (Forssk.) Hepper & J.R.I.Wood * ''

Cenchrus biflorus ''Cenchrus biflorus'' is a species of annual grass in the family Poaceae. Common names include Indian sandbur, ''Bhurat'' or ''Bhurut'' in India, ''Haskaneet'' in Sudan, ''Aneeti'' in the Arabic dialect of Mauritania, ''K 'arangiya'' in the ...

'' Roxb. * ''

Cenchrus ciliaris ''Cenchrus ciliaris'' (buffel-grass or African foxtail grass; syn. ''Pennisetum ciliare'' (L.) Link) is a species of grass native to most of Africa, southern Asia (east to India), southern Iran, and the extreme south of Europe (Sicily). Other na ...

'' L. * ''

Cenchrus prieurii ''Cenchrus'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. Its species are native to many countries in Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic islands. Common names include buffelgrasses, sandburs, and sand spur “sti ...

'' (Kunth) Maire * ''

Cenchrus purpureus ''Cenchrus purpureus'', synonym ''Pennisetum purpureum'', also known as Napier grass, elephant grass or Uganda grass, is a species of perennial tropical grass native to the African grasslands. arrell, G., Simons, S. A., & Hillocks, R. J. (2002). ...

'' (Schumach.) Morrone * '' Centaurea praecox'' Oliv. & Hiern * '' Centaurea senegalensis'' DC. * '' Centella asiatica'' (L.) Urb. * ''

Centrosema pubescens ''Centrosema pubescens'', common name centro or butterfly pea, is a legume in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae, and tribe Phaseolae. It is native to Central and South America and cultivated in other tropical areas as a forage for li ...

'' Benth. * '' Centrostachys aquatica'' (R.Br.) Wall. * '' Ceratophyllum demersum'' L. * ''

Ceratopteris cornuta ''Ceratopteris'' is the only genus among homosporous ferns that is exclusively aquatic. It is pan-tropical and classified in the Parkerioideae subfamily of the family Pteridaceae. Description Erect aquatic or subaquatic ferns of moderate size. ...

'' (P.Beauv.) Lepr. * ''

Ceratotheca sesamoides ''Ceratotheca sesamoides'' is a flowering plant in the genus ''Ceratotheca''. It is indigenous to Africa and grows both as a wild weed and locally cultivated species, and is colloquially referred to as false sesame owing to its marked similaritie ...

'' Endl. * '' Ceropegia campanulata'' G.Don * '' Ceropegia deightonii'' Hutch. & Dalziel * '' Ceropegia fusiformis'' N.E.Br. * '' Ceropegia nilotica'' Kotschy * '' Ceropegia racemosa'' N.E.Br. * '' Ceropegia rhynchantha'' Schltr. * '' Ceropegia sankuruensis'' Schltr. * '' Ceruana pratensis'' Forssk. * ''

Chamaecrista absus ''Chamaecrista absus'' (syn. ''Cassia absus''), the pig's senna or tropical sensitive pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,Chamaecrista kirkii ''Chamaecrista'' is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Members of the genus are commonly known as sensitive pea. Several species are capable of rapid plant movement. Unlike the related genera '' ...

'' (Oliv.) * '' Chamaecrista nigricans'' (Vahl) * '' Chamaecrista pratensis'' (R.Vig.) Du Puy * '' Chascanum laetum'' Walp. * '' Chasmanthera dependens'' Hochst. * ''

Chasmopodium caudatum ''Chasmopodium caudatum'' is a species of swamp grass native to central and western Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 mill ...

'' (Hack.) Stapf * ''

Chionanthus niloticus ''Chionanthus'' , common name: fringetrees, is a genus of about 150 species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae. The genus has a wide distribution primarily in the tropics and subtropics, but with three species extending north into te ...

'' (Oliv.) Stearn * ''

Chloris barbata ''Chloris barbata'' (syn. ''Chloris inflata''), the swollen fingergrass or purpletop chloris, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae. It is native to drier parts of the Old World tropics and sub-tropics, and it ha ...

'' Sw. * '' Chloris pilosa'' Schumach. * '' Chloris robusta'' Stapf * ''

Chloris virgata ''Chloris virgata'' is a species of grass known by the common names feather fingergrass feathery Rhodes-grass and feather windmillgrass. Distribution It is native to many of the warmer temperate, subtropical, and tropical regions of the world, ...

'' Sw. * ''

Chlorophytum blepharophyllum ''Chlorophytum'' (,''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607 common name spider plant), is a genus of almost 200 species of evergreen perennial flowering plants in the century plant subfamily within the asparagus family. The plants are nat ...

'' Schweinf. ex Baker * '' Chlorophytum caulescens'' (Baker) Marais & Reilly * ''

Chlorophytum gallabatense ''Chlorophytum'' (,''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607 common name spider plant), is a genus of almost 200 species of evergreen perennial flowering plants in the century plant subfamily within the asparagus family. The plants are nat ...

'' Schweinf. ex Baker * '' Chlorophytum geophilum'' Peter ex Poelln. * '' Chlorophytum lancifolium'' Baker * '' Chlorophytum laxum'' R.Br. * ''

Chlorophytum limosum ''Chlorophytum'' (,''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607 common name spider plant), is a genus of almost 200 species of evergreen perennial flowering plants in the century plant subfamily within the asparagus family. The plants are nat ...

'' (Baker) Nordal * ''

Chlorophytum macrophyllum ''Chlorophytum'' (,''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607 common name spider plant), is a genus of almost 200 species of evergreen perennial flowering plants in the century plant subfamily within the asparagus family. The plants are nat ...

'' (A.Rich.) Asch. * ''

Chlorophytum nzii ''Chlorophytum'' (,''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607 common name spider plant), is a genus of almost 200 species of evergreen perennial flowering plants in the century plant subfamily within the asparagus family. The plants are nat ...

'' A.Chev. ex Hepper * '' Chlorophytum orchidastrum'' Lindl. * '' Chlorophytum polystachys'' Baker * '' Chlorophytum pusillum'' Schweinf. ex Baker * '' Chlorophytum senegalense'' (Baker) Hepper * '' Chlorophytum stenopetalum'' Baker * ''

Christiana africana Christiana may refer to: * Christiana incident (or riot), 1851, an armed intervention by citizens in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to save a fugitive slave Geography * Christiana, Delaware, US * Christiana, Pennsylvania, US * Christiana, Ten ...

'' DC. * ''

Chrozophora brocchiana ''Chrozophora'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1824. It comprises monoecious herbs or undershrubs. The genus is widespread across Europe, Africa, and Asia. ''Chrozophora tinctoria'' produced the blue- ...

'' (Vis.) Schweinf. * '' Chrozophora plicata'' (Vahl) A.Juss. ex Spreng. * '' Chrozophora senegalensis'' (Lam.) A.Juss. ex Spreng. * ''

Chrysanthellum indicum ''Chrysanthellum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family. Species As of 1988; * '' Chrysanthellum americanum'' (L.) Vatke - Central America, West Indies, Chiapas; naturalized in parts of Asia, Africa, South America * ''Chrysanthell ...

'' DC. * '' Chrysochloa hindsii'' C.E.Hubb. * '' Chrysopogon aciculatus'' (Retz.) Trin. * '' Chrysopogon nigritanus'' (Benth.) Veldkamp * '' Cienfuegosia digitata'' Cav. * '' Cienfuegosia heteroclada'' Sprague * ''

Cissampelos mucronata ''Cissampelos'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae. Various species of this genus have a history of use in various traditions of herbal medicine. Moreover, many of these plants were used as curare applied as arrow poison ...

'' A.Rich. * ''

Cissus aralioides ''Cissus'' is a genus of approximately 350 species of lianas ( woody vines) in the grape family (Vitaceae). They have a cosmopolitan distribution, though the majority are to be found in the tropics. Uses Medicinal '' Cissus quadrangularis'' ha ...

'' (Baker) Planch. * ''

Cissus arguta ''Cissus'' is a genus of approximately 350 species of lianas ( woody vines) in the grape family (Vitaceae). They have a cosmopolitan distribution, though the majority are to be found in the tropics. Uses Medicinal '' Cissus quadrangularis'' ha ...

'' Hook.f. * ''

Cissus cornifolia ''Cissus cornifolia'' is a species of flowering plant in the Vitaceae family. It is an erect or semi-scandent woody shrub up to 3 meters in height belonging to the grape family of Vitaceae, and found from sub-Saharan Africa and Tropical Africa so ...

'' (Baker) Planch. * ''

Cissus corylifolia ''Cissus'' is a genus of approximately 350 species of lianas ( woody vines) in the grape family (Vitaceae). They have a cosmopolitan distribution, though the majority are to be found in the tropics. Uses Medicinal ''Cissus quadrangularis'' has ...

'' (Baker) Planch. * ''

Cissus diffusiflora ''Cissus'' is a genus of approximately 350 species of lianas ( woody vines) in the grape family (Vitaceae). They have a cosmopolitan distribution, though the majority are to be found in the tropics. Uses Medicinal '' Cissus quadrangularis'' ha ...

'' (Baker) Planch. * '' Cissus doeringii'' Gilg & M.Brandt * ''

Cissus palmatifida ''Cissus'' is a genus of approximately 350 species of lianas ( woody vines) in the grape family (Vitaceae). They have a cosmopolitan distribution, though the majority are to be found in the tropics. Uses Medicinal '' Cissus quadrangularis'' ha ...

'' (Baker) Planch. * ''

Cissus petiolata ''Cissus'' is a genus of approximately 350 species of lianas ( woody vines) in the grape family (Vitaceae). They have a cosmopolitan distribution, though the majority are to be found in the tropics. Uses Medicinal ''Cissus quadrangularis'' has ...

'' Hook.f. * ''

Cissus polyantha ''Cissus'' is a genus of approximately 350 species of lianas ( woody vines) in the grape family (Vitaceae). They have a cosmopolitan distribution, though the majority are to be found in the tropics. Uses Medicinal ''Cissus quadrangularis'' has ...

'' Gilg & M.Brandt * ''

Cissus populnea ''Cissus'' is a genus of approximately 350 species of lianas ( woody vines) in the grape family (Vitaceae). They have a cosmopolitan distribution, though the majority are to be found in the tropics. Uses Medicinal ''Cissus quadrangularis'' has ...

'' Guill. & Perr. * '' Cissus producta'' Afzel. * '' Cissus quadrangularis'' L. * '' Cissus rubiginosa'' (Welw. ex Baker) Planch. * '' Cissus rufescens'' Guill. & Perr. * '' Citrullus colocynthis'' (L.) Schrad. * ''

Citrullus lanatus Watermelon (''Citrullus lanatus'') is a flowering plant species of the Cucurbitaceae family and the name of its edible fruit. A scrambling and trailing vine-like plant, it is a highly cultivated fruit worldwide, with more than 1,000 varieti ...

'' (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai * ''

Citrus aurantium Bitter orange, Seville orange, bigarade orange, or marmalade orange is the citrus tree ''Citrus'' × ''aurantium'' and its fruit. It is native to Southeast Asia and has been spread by humans to many parts of the world. It is probably a cross bet ...

'' L. * ''

Citrus limon The lemon (''Citrus limon'') is a species of small evergreen trees in the flowering plant family Rutaceae, native to Asia, primarily Northeast India (Assam), Northern Myanmar or China. The tree's ellipsoidal yellow fruit is used for culina ...

'' (L.) Burm.f. * '' Citrus reticulata'' Blanco * ''

Clappertonia ficifolia ''Clappertonia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance incl ...

'' (Willd.) Decne. * ''

Cleistopholis patens ''Cleistopholis'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae The Annonaceae are a family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs, or rarely lianas commonly known as the custard apple family or soursop family. Wit ...

'' (Benth.) Engl. & Diels * ''

Clematis hirsuta ''Clematis'' is a genus of about 300 species within the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. Their garden hybrids have been popular among gardeners, beginning with ''Clematis'' × ''jackmanii'', a garden standby since 1862; more hybrid cultivars a ...

'' Guill. & Perr. * ''

Cleome gynandra ''Cleome gynandra'' is a species of '' Cleome'' that is used as a green vegetable. It is known by many common names including Shona cabbage, African cabbage, spiderwisp, cat's whiskers, , and stinkweed. It is an annual wildflower native to Afr ...

'' L. * ''

Cleome monophylla ''Cleome'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cleomaceae, commonly known as spider flowers, spider plants, spider weeds, or bee plants. Previously, it had been placed in the family Capparaceae, until DNA studies found the Cleomaceae ge ...

'' L. * '' Cleome polyanthera'' Schweinf. & Gilg * '' Cleome scaposa'' DC. * '' Cleome tenella'' L. * ''

Cleome viscosa ''Cleome viscosa'', the Asian spiderflower or tick weed is an annual herb that grows up to a meter high. It belongs to the family Cleomaceae. It is considered an invasive species and is widely distributed in warm and humid habitats across the Ame ...

'' L. * ''

Clerodendrum capitatum ''Clerodendrum'' is a genus of flowering plants formerly placed in the family Verbenaceae, but now considered to belong to the Lamiaceae (mint) family. Its common names include glorybower, bagflower and bleeding-heart. It is currently classified ...

'' (Willd.) Schumach. * '' Clerodendrum polycephalum'' Baker * '' Clerodendrum thyrsoideum'' Gürke * '' Clitoria ternatea'' L. * ''

Cochlospermum planchonii ''Cochlospermum'' is a genus of trees in the Bixaceae family; some classifications place this genus in the family Cochlospermaceae. It is native to tropical regions of the world, particularly Latin America, Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, and A ...

'' Hook.f. * ''

Cochlospermum tinctorium ''Cochlospermum'' is a genus of trees in the Bixaceae family; some classifications place this genus in the family Cochlospermaceae. It is native to tropical regions of the world, particularly Latin America, Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, and A ...

'' Perr. ex A.Rich. * '' Cocos nucifera'' L. * '' Codiaeum variegatum'' (L.) A.Juss. * ''

Coelorachis afraurita ''Coelorachis'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas. ''Coelorhachis'' is treated by some sources as part of the genus ''Mnesithea'', so the following species can generally ...

'' (Stapf) Stapf * ''

Coffea ebracteolata ''Coffea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. ''Coffea'' species are shrubs or small trees native to tropical and southern Africa and tropical Asia. The seeds of some species, called coffee beans, are used to flavor vari ...

'' (Hiern) Brenan * '' Cola cordifolia'' (Cav.) R.Br. * ''

Cola gigantea Cola is a carbonated soft drink flavored with vanilla, cinnamon, citrus oils and other flavorings. Cola became popular worldwide after the American pharmacist John Stith Pemberton invented Coca-Cola, a trademarked brand, in 1886, which was im ...

'' A.Chev. * ''

Cola laurifolia Cola is a carbonated soft drink flavored with vanilla, cinnamon, citrus oils and other flavorings. Cola became popular worldwide after the American pharmacist John Stith Pemberton invented Coca-Cola, a trademarked brand, in 1886, which was imita ...

'' Mast. * '' Cola nitida'' (Vent.) Schott & Endl. * '' Coldenia procumbens'' L. * ''

Colocasia esculenta Taro () (''Colocasia esculenta)'' is a root vegetable. It is the most widely cultivated species of several plants in the family Araceae that are used as vegetables for their corms, leaves, and petioles. Taro corms are a food staple in African ...

'' (L.) Schott * ''

Combretum aculeatum ''Combretum aculeatum'' is a species of flowering plant in the bushwillow genus ''Combretum'', family Combretaceae The Combretaceae, often called the white mangrove family, are a family of flowering plants in the order Myrtales. The family inc ...

'' Vent. * ''

Combretum acutum ''Combretum'', the bushwillows or combretums, make up the type genus of the family Combretaceae. The genus comprises about 272 species of trees and shrubs, most of which are native to tropical and southern Africa, about 5 to Madagascar, but ther ...

'' M.A.Lawson * ''

Combretum adenogonium ''Combretum'', the bushwillows or combretums, make up the type genus of the family Combretaceae. The genus comprises about 272 species of trees and shrubs, most of which are native to tropical and southern Africa, about 5 to Madagascar, but ther ...

'' Steud. ex A.Rich. * ''

Combretum collinum ''Combretum'', the bushwillows or combretums, make up the type genus of the family Combretaceae. The genus comprises about 272 species of trees and shrubs, most of which are native to tropical and southern Africa, about 5 to Madagascar, but ther ...

'' Fresen. * '' Combretum glutinosum'' Perr. ex DC. * ''

Combretum indicum ''Combretum indicum'', also known as the Rangoon creeper, is a vine with red flower clusters which is native to tropical Asia. Description The Rangoon creeper is a ligneous vine that can reach from 2.5 meters to up to 8 meters. The leaves are e ...

'' (L.) Jongkind * ''

Combretum lecardii ''Combretum'', the bushwillows or combretums, make up the type genus of the family Combretaceae. The genus comprises about 272 species of trees and shrubs, most of which are native to tropical and southern Africa, about 5 to Madagascar, but ther ...

'' Engl. & Diels * ''

Combretum micranthum ''Combretum micranthum'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Combretaceae. It is a shrub known as kinkeliba in Benin, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Mali and the Gambia across multiple regional dialects, where it is often found in tiger bush ...

'' G.Don * ''

Combretum molle ''Combretum molle'', the velvet bushwillow, is a medium to large tree species in the genus ''Combretum'' found in western, eastern and southern Africa. The larvae of '' Parosmodes morantii'' and '' Acalyptris molleivora'' feed on ''C. molle''. ...

'' R.Br. ex G.Don * ''

Combretum nigricans ''Combretum'', the bushwillows or combretums, make up the type genus of the family Combretaceae. The genus comprises about 272 species of trees and shrubs, most of which are native to tropical and southern Africa, about 5 to Madagascar, but th ...

'' Lepr. ex Guill. & Perr. * ''

Combretum nioroense ''Combretum'', the bushwillows or combretums, make up the type genus of the family Combretaceae. The genus comprises about 272 species of trees and shrubs, most of which are native to tropical and southern Africa, about 5 to Madagascar, but th ...

'' Aubrév. ex Keay * ''

Combretum paniculatum ''Combretum paniculatum'', the burning bush or forest flame-creeper, is a plant species in the genus ''Combretum'' found in Africa. The fruit is a samara, i.e. a winged seed. Chemistry The ethyl acetate Ethyl acetate ( systematically ethyl ...

'' Vent. * ''

Combretum racemosum ''Combretum'', the bushwillows or combretums, make up the type genus of the family Combretaceae. The genus comprises about 272 species of trees and shrubs, most of which are native to tropical and southern Africa, about 5 to Madagascar, but ther ...

'' P.Beauv. * ''

Combretum sericeum ''Combretum'', the bushwillows or combretums, make up the type genus of the family Combretaceae. The genus comprises about 272 species of trees and shrubs, most of which are native to tropical and southern Africa, about 5 to Madagascar, but the ...

'' G.Don * ''

Combretum tomentosum ''Combretum'', the bushwillows or combretums, make up the type genus of the family Combretaceae. The genus comprises about 272 species of trees and shrubs, most of which are native to tropical and southern Africa, about 5 to Madagascar, but the ...

'' G.Don * ''

Commelina africana ''Commelina africana'', the common yellow commelina, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Commelinaceae. It is native to SubSaharan Africa, Madagascar, Réunion Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbo ...

'' L. * '' Commelina aspera'' Benth. * ''

Commelina benghalensis ''Commelina benghalensis'', commonly known as the Benghal dayflower, tropical spiderwort, or wandering Jew, ''kanshira'' in Bengali, is a perennial herb native to tropical Asia and Africa. It has been widely introduced to areas outside its nativ ...

'' L. * '' Commelina bracteosa'' Hassk. * ''

Commelina diffusa ''Commelina diffusa'', sometimes known as the climbing dayflower or spreading dayflower, is a pantropical herbaceous plant in the dayflower family. It has been introduced to the southeastern United States where it is most common in wet disturbed ...

'' Burm.f. * ''

Commelina erecta ''Commelina erecta'', commonly known as the white mouth dayflower, slender dayflower, or widow's tears, is a perennial herb native throughout the Americas, Africa and western Asia. It is considered to be the most variable species of ''Commelina'' ...

'' L. * '' Commelina forsskaolii'' Vahl * '' Commelina lagosensis'' C.B.Clarke * '' Commelina nigritana'' Benth. * '' Commelina subulata'' Roth * ''

Commicarpus helenae ''Commicarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Nyctaginaceae. The genus contain some 30 to 35 species which are native to the tropics and subtropics. Most are found in Africa and western Asia, and eight species are native ...

'' (Schult.) Meikle * ''

Commiphora africana ''Commiphora africana'', commonly called African myrrh, is a small deciduous tree belonging to the Burseraceae, a family akin to the Anacardiaceae, occurring widely over sub-Saharan Africa in Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Chad, Eswatini, Eri ...

'' (A.Rich.) Engl. * '' Commiphora pedunculata'' (Kotschy & Peyr.) Engl. * '' Convolvulus prostratus'' Forssk. * ''

Corallocarpus epigaeus ''Corallocarpus'' is a genus of succulent plant In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word ''suc ...

'' (Rottler) C.B.Clarke * '' Corchorus aestuans'' L. * ''

Corchorus fascicularis ''Corchorus'' is a genus of about 40–100 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world. Different common names are used in different contexts, with jute applying to the fi ...

'' Lam. * '' Corchorus olitorius'' L. * ''

Corchorus tridens ''Corchorus'' is a genus of about 40–100 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world. Different common names are used in different contexts, with jute applying to the f ...

'' L. * ''

Corchorus trilocularis ''Corchorus'' is a genus of about 40–100 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world. Different common names are used in different contexts, with jute applying to the fi ...

'' L. * ''

Cordia myxa ''Cordia myxa'', the Assyrian plum, is a mid-sized, deciduous tree in the borage family (Boraginaceae), native to Asia. It produces small, edible fruit and is found in warmer areas across Africa and Asia. Other common names include lasura, lav ...

'' L. * ''

Cordia sebestena ''Cordia sebestena'' is a shrubby tree in the borage family, Boraginaceae, native to the Americas, American tropics. It ranges from southern Florida in the United States and the Bahamas, southwards throughout Central America and the Greater Anti ...

'' L. * ''

Cordia sinensis ''Cordia sinensis '' is a species of flowering tree in the borage family, Boraginaceae. The species’ range extend from South Africa, through East Africa, Madagascar, West Africa and the Middle East to the Indian Subcontinent and Eastern Indoch ...

'' Lam. * ''

Cordyla pinnata ''Cordyla'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains the following species: * ''Cordyla africana'' Lour. * ''Cordyla densiflora'' Milne-Redh. * ''Cordyla haraka'' Capuron * ''Cordyla madagascariensis ''Dupuya madagas ...

'' (Lepr. ex A.Rich.) Milne-Redh. * ''

Costus afer ''Costus afer'', English ginger lily or common ginger lily, is a species of plant native to Tropical Africa. ''Costus afer'' is widely cultivated. It has many traditional uses, including but not limited to treating a range of medical ailments. ...

'' Ker Gawl. * '' Costus lucanusianus'' J.Braun & K.Schum. * ''

Costus spectabilis ''Costus spectabilis'', commonly known as the yellow trumpet, is an African, gregarious species of herb; low and perennial, it is found from Sierra Leone to Sudan to as far south as Angola and Zimbabwe. Species habit and description It produce ...

'' (Fenzl) K.Schum. * ''

Craterostigma plantagineum ''Craterostigma plantagineum'', is a resurrection plant species in the genus '' Craterostigma''. It is a dwarf growing plant and can be found (in ideal conditions) to make a 'carpet' across the ground, with blooms in shades of blue and purple. It ...

'' Hochst. * '' Crateva adansonii'' DC. * ''

Cremaspora triflora ''Cremaspora'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It is the only genus in the tribe Cremasporeae. It was described by George Bentham in 1849.George Bentham. 1849. Niger Flora, or, An enumeration of the plant ...

'' (Thonn.) K.Schum. * '' Crepidorhopalon debilis'' (Skan) Eb.Fisch. * '' Crepidorhopalon spicatus'' (Engl.) Eb.Fisch. * '' Crescentia cujete'' L. * '' Crinum distichum'' Herb. * '' Crinum nubicum'' Hannibal * '' Crinum ornatum'' (L.f. ex Aiton) Bury * ''

Crossopteryx febrifuga ''Crossopteryx'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of bio ...

'' (Afzel. ex G.Don) Benth. * '' Crotalaria arenaria'' Benth. * '' Crotalaria atrorubens'' Hochst. ex Benth. * '' Crotalaria barkae'' Schweinf. * '' Crotalaria bongensis'' Baker f. * '' Crotalaria calycina'' Schrank * '' Crotalaria cephalotes'' Steud. ex A.Rich. * '' Crotalaria cleomifolia'' Welw. ex Baker * '' Crotalaria comosa'' Baker * '' Crotalaria confusa'' Hepper * '' Crotalaria cylindrocarpa'' DC. * '' Crotalaria deightonii'' Hepper * '' Crotalaria ebenoides'' (Guill. & Perr.) Walp. * '' Crotalaria glauca'' Willd. * '' Crotalaria goreensis'' Guill. & Perr. * '' Crotalaria graminicola'' Taub. ex Baker f. * '' Crotalaria hyssopifolia'' Klotzsch * '' Crotalaria juncea'' L. * '' Crotalaria lachnosema'' Stapf * '' Crotalaria lathyroides'' Guill. & Perr. * '' Crotalaria leprieurii'' Guill. & Perr. * '' Crotalaria macrocalyx'' Benth. * '' Crotalaria microcarpa'' Hochst. ex Benth. * '' Crotalaria naragutensis'' Hutch. * ''

Crotalaria ochroleuca ''Crotalaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae (subfamily Faboideae) commonly known as rattlepods. The genus includes over 700 species of herbaceous plants and shrubs. Africa is the continent with the majority of ''Crotalari ...

'' G.Don * '' Crotalaria ononoides'' Benth. * ''

Crotalaria pallida ''Crotalaria pallida'', commonly known as the smooth crotalaria, is a species of flowering plant within the family Fabaceae. Synonyms and common names Synonyms are ''Crotalaria mucronata'' Desc, ''Crotalaria striata'' DC, ''Crotalaria falcata'' ...

'' Aiton * '' Crotalaria perrottetii'' DC. * '' Crotalaria podocarpa'' DC. * '' Crotalaria pseudotenuirama'' Torre * ''

Crotalaria retusa ''Crotalaria retusa'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by various common names including devil-bean, rattleweed, shack shack, and wedge-leaf rattlepod. It is poisonous to livestock, and contaminates human food. Its ori ...

'' L. * '' Crotalaria senegalensis'' (Pers.) Bacle ex DC. * '' Crotalaria trichotoma'' Bojer * ''

Croton gratissimus ''Croton gratissimus'' (commonly known as lavender croton or lavender fever berry), is a tropical African shrub or small tree with corky bark, growing to 8 m and belonging to the family of Euphorbiaceae or spurges. Young twigs are slender an ...

'' Burch. * '' Croton hirtus'' L'Hér. * '' Croton nigritanus'' Scott-Elliot * '' Croton pseudopulchellus'' Pax * '' Croton scarciesii'' Scott-Elliot * '' Cryptolepis oblongifolia'' ( Meisn.) Schltr. * ''

Cryptolepis sanguinolenta ''Cryptolepis sanguinolenta'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. An extract from the root is traditionally used in West Africa for malaria Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other ...

'' (Lindl.) Schltr. * '' Cryptostegia grandiflora'' R.Br. ex Lindl. * ''

Ctenium canescens ''Ctenium'' is a genus of African and American plants in the grass family. ; Species ; formerly included see ''Dactyloctenium Enteropogon Tetrapogon'' * ''Ctenium digitatum - Enteropogon dolichostachyus'' * ''Ctenium indicum - Tetrapogon ...

'' Benth. * ''

Ctenium elegans ''Ctenium elegans'' is an annual grass species in the genus ''Ctenium ''Ctenium'' is a genus of African and American plants in the grass family. ; Species ; formerly included see ''Dactyloctenium Enteropogon Tetrapogon'' * ''Ctenium digi ...

'' Kunth * '' Ctenium newtonii'' Hack. * '' Ctenium villosum'' Berhaut * '' Ctenolepis cerasiformis'' (Stocks) Hook.f. * ''

Cucumis anguria ''Cucumis anguria'', commonly known as maroon cucumber, West Indian gherkin, maxixe, burr gherkin, cackrey, and West Indian gourd, is a vine that is indigenous to Africa, but has become naturalized in the New World, and is cultivated in many pla ...

'' L. * '' Cucumis maderaspatanus'' L. * '' Cucumis melo'' L. * ''

Cucumis metuliferus ''Cucumis metuliferus'', commonly called the African horned cucumber, horned melon, spiked melon, jelly melon, kiwano, or cuke-a-saurus is an annual vine in the cucumber and melon family, ''Cucurbitaceae''. Its fruit has horn-like spines, henc ...

'' E.Mey. ex Naudin * ''

Cucumis prophetarum ''Cucumis prophetarum'' is a dioecious and prostrate or climbing perennial vine in the family Cucurbitaceae. Distribution ''Cucumis prophetarum'' is native to Mauritania east to the Horn of Africa and southwest to Angola, as well as northern ...

'' L. * '' Cucumis sativus'' L. * '' Cucurbita pepo'' L. * '' Culcasia saxatilis'' A.Chev. * ''

Curculigo pilosa ''Curculigo'' is a flowering plant genus in the family Hypoxidaceae, first described in 1788. It is widespread across tropical regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. Curculin is a sweet protein that was discovered and isolated in ...

'' (Schumach. & Thonn.) Engl. * ''

Cuscuta australis ''Cuscuta australis'', commonly known as Australian dodder, is a herb in the family Convolvulaceae. The annual parasitic twining herb or climber that is associated with many hosts. It blooms between November and March producing 5-merous white ...

'' R.Br. * ''

Cuscuta campestris ''Cuscuta campestris'', with the common names field dodder, golden dodder, large-seeded alfalfa dodder, yellow dodder and prairie dodder, is a parasitic plant which belongs to the family Convolvulaceae. It was formerly classified in the family C ...

'' Yunck. * '' Cussonia arborea'' Hochst. ex A.Rich. * ''

Cyamopsis senegalensis ''Cyamopsis'' is a genus of the family Fabaceae. Its species are distributed across Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Species ''Cyamopsis'' comprises the following species: * ''Cyamopsis dentata'' (N.E.Br.) Torre * '' Cyamopsis senegalensis'' Gui ...

'' Guill. & Perr. * '' Cyanotis angusta'' C.B.Clarke * ''

Cyanotis caespitosa Cyanotis (syn. ''Tonningia'') is a genus of mainly perennial plants in the family Commelinaceae, first described in 1825. It is native to Africa, southern Asia, and northern Australia.Dyer, R. Allen, “The Genera of Southern African Flowering P ...

'' Kotschy & Peyr. * ''

Cyanotis lanata Cyanotis (syn. ''Tonningia'') is a genus of mainly perennial plants in the family Commelinaceae, first described in 1825. It is native to Africa, southern Asia, and northern Australia.Dyer, R. Allen, “The Genera of Southern African Flowering P ...

'' Benth. * ''

Cyanotis longifolia Cyanotis (syn. ''Tonningia'') is a genus of mainly perennial plants in the family Commelinaceae, first described in 1825. It is native to Africa, southern Asia, and northern Australia.Dyer, R. Allen, “The Genera of Southern African Flowering P ...

'' Benth. * ''

Cyanthillium cinereum ''Cyanthillium cinereum'' (also known as little ironweed and poovamkurunnal or poovamkurunnila in Malayalam, and monara kudumbiya in Sinhalese) is a species of perennial plants in the sunflower family. The species is native to tropical Africa a ...

'' (L.) H.Rob. (''Vernonia cinerea'') * '' Cyathula achyranthoides'' (Kunth) Moq. * '' Cyathula prostrata'' (L.) Blume * '' Cycas revoluta'' Thunb. * ''

Cyclocarpa stellaris ''Cyclocarpa stellaris'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade of the Dalbergieae The tribe Dalbergi ...

'' Afzel. ex Baker * '' Cycnium tubulosum'' (L.f.) Engl. * '' Cymbopogon caesius'' (Nees ex Hook. & Arn.) Stapf * ''

Cymbopogon schoenanthus ''Cymbopogon schoenanthus'', the camel grass, camel's hay, fever grass, geranium grass, or West Indian lemon grass, is a herbal plant of Southern Asia and Northern Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northe ...

'' (L.) Spreng. * '' Cynanchum hastifolium'' K.Schum. * '' Cynodon dactylon'' (L.) Pers. * '' Cyperus alopecuroides'' Rottb. * '' Cyperus amabilis'' Vahl * ''

Cyperus articulatus ''Cyperus articulatus'' is an aromatic species of sedge known by the common names jointed flatsedge and priprioca. It has also been known as Guinea rush or adrue. It grows as a perennial herb. It grows in water or near it in rivers, streams, l ...

'' L. * ''

Cyperus compressus ''Cyperus compressus'', commonly known as annual sedge, is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that has a wide distribution throughout countries with warmer climates. It is found in tropical areas of Africa, Asia and the Americas. In Europe it is c ...

'' L. * ''

Cyperus conglomeratus ''Cyperus conglomeratus'' is a species of sedge that is native to northern Africa, the Middle East and parts of western Asia. The species was first formally described by the botanist Christen Friis Rottbøll Christen Friis Rottbøll (3 March 1 ...

'' Rottb. * ''

Cyperus cuspidatus ''Cyperus cuspidatus'', commonly known as the coastal plain flatsedge, is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to seasonally dry tropical areas of Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. Description The annual sedge typically grows ...

'' Kunth * ''

Cyperus denudatus ''Cyperus denudatus'', commonly known as the winged sedge, is a species of sedge that is native to parts of Africa, Asia and eastern parts of Australia. The species was first described in 1782 by Carl Linnaeus the Younger Carl Linnaeus the ...

'' L.f. * ''

Cyperus difformis ''Cyperus difformis'' is a species of sedge known by several common names, including variable flatsedge, smallflower umbrella-sedge and rice sedge. This plant is native to southern Europe, most of Africa and Asia, and Australia, and it is natural ...

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Cyperus digitatus ''Cyperus digitatus'', also known as finger flatsedge in the United States, and chang xiao sui suo cao in China, is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to tropical and subtropical areas of Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. De ...

'' Roxb. * ''

Cyperus dilatatus ''Cyperus dilatatus'' is a species of Cyperus, sedge that is native to parts of Africa. See also * List of Cyperus species, List of ''Cyperus'' species References

Cyperus, dilatatus Plants described in 1827 Taxa named by Heinrich Ch ...

'' Schumach. & Thonn. * ''

Cyperus distans ''Cyperus distans'', also known as slender cyperus, is a species of sedge native to tropical and subtropical wetlands in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia (India, Indochina, China, Indonesia, Philippines, etc.), Madagascar, New Guinea, Australia, Latin ...

'' L.f. * '' Cyperus dives'' Delile * ''

Cyperus esculentus ''Cyperus esculentus'' (also called chufa, tiger nut, atadwe, yellow nutsedge, and earth almond) is a species of plant in the Cyperaceae, sedge family widespread across much of the world. It is found in most of the Eastern Hemisphere, including S ...

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Cyperus exaltatus ''Cyperus exaltatus'' is a species of sedge that is native to parts of the Africa, Asia, Argentina and Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the ...

'' Retz. * ''

Cyperus haspan ''Cyperus haspan'' is a dwarf papyrus sedge in the Cyperaceae. It is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions in Africa, Madagascar, southern Asia (Iran, India, China, Philippines, Indonesia, etc.), New Guinea, Australia, South Amer ...

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Cyperus imbricatus ''Cyperus imbricatus'', also known as the shingle flatsedge, is a species of sedge that is native to sub-tropical and tropical areas of the world. The sedge is a rhizomatous, robust and perennial A perennial plant or simply perennial is a ...

'' Retz. * ''

Cyperus incompressus ''Cyperus incompressus'' is a species of sedge that is native to Africa. The species was first formally described by the botanist Charles Baron Clarke Charles Baron Clarke (17 June 1832 – 25 August 1906) was a British botanist. He was born ...

'' C.B.Clarke * ''

Cyperus iria ''Cyperus iria'' (also known as rice flat sedge and rice flatsedge) is a smooth, tufted sedge found worldwide. The roots are yellowish-red and fibrous. The plant often grows in rice paddies, where it is considered to be a weed. See also * List ...

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Cyperus jeminicus ''Cyperus jeminicus'' is a species of sedge that is native to parts of Africa, the Middle East and India. The species was first formally described by the botanist Christen Friis Rottbøll Christen Friis Rottbøll (3 March 1727, at Hørbygård, ...

'' Rottb. * ''

Cyperus karlschumannii ''Cyperus karlschumannii'' is a species of sedge that is native to western parts of Africa. The species was first formally described by the botanist Charles Baron Clarke Charles Baron Clarke (17 June 1832 – 25 August 1906) was a British bot ...

'' C.B.Clarke * '' Cyperus longus'' * ''

Cyperus maculatus ''Cyperus maculatus'' is a species of sedge that occurs throughout much of Africa. The species was first formally described by the botanist Johann Otto Boeckeler Johann Otto Boeckeler (12 August 18035 March 1899) was a German apothecary- botani ...

'' Boeckeler * '' Cyperus margaritaceus'' Vahl * ''

Cyperus niveus ''Cyperus niveus'' is a species of sedge that is native to parts of Africa, the Middle East and Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subconti ...

'' Retz. * ''

Cyperus podocarpus ''Cyperus podocarpus'' is a species of sedge that is native to tropical Africa. The species was first formally described by the botanist Johann Otto Boeckeler in 1879. See also * List of ''Cyperus'' species References podocarpus ' ...

'' Boeckeler * '' Cyperus procerus'' Rottb. * '' Cyperus pulchellus'' R.Br. * ''

Cyperus pustulatus ''Cyperus pustulatus'' is a species of sedge that is native to tropical parts of Africa. The species was first formally described by the botanist Martin Vahl Martin Henrichsen Vahl (10 October 1749 – 24 December 1804) was a Danish-Norwegi ...

'' Vahl * ''

Cyperus reduncus ''Cyperus reduncus'' is a species of Cyperus, sedge that is native to tropical parts of Africa. See also * List of Cyperus species, List of ''Cyperus'' species References

Cyperus, reduncus Plants described in 1868 Flora of Benin Flora ...

'' Hochst. ex Boeckeler * '' Cyperus remotispicatus'' S.S.Hooper * '' Cyperus rotundus'' * '' Cyperus sphacelatus'' Rottb. * ''

Cyperus submicrolepis ''Cyperus subcaracasanus'' is a species of sedge that is endemic to parts of central Africa. The species was first formally described by the botanist Georg Kükenthal Georg Kükenthal (30 March 1864 in Weißenfels – 20 October 1955 in Coburg) ...

'' Kük. * '' Cyperus tenuiculmis'' Boeckeler * '' Cyperus tenuispica'' Steud. * ''

Cyperus zollingeri ''Cyperus zollingeri'', commonly known as roadside flatsedge, is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to tropical areas of Australia, Africa and Asia. Description The annual herb or grass-like sedge typically grows to a height of and ...

'' Steud. * ''

Cyphostemma adenocaule ''Cyphostemma'' is a flowering plant genus in the family Vitaceae, with around 250 species distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics. These species are caudiciform and used to belong to the genus ''Cissus''. The genus name comes from Gre ...

'' (Steud. ex A.Rich.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm. * ''

Cyphostemma crotalarioides ''Cyphostemma crotalarioides'' is a flowering plant species in the genus ''Cyphostemma'' found in Burkina Faso. Cyphostemmin A and Cyphostemmin B, B can be found in the root of ''C. crotalarioides''.Cyphostemmins A-B, two new antifungal oligosti ...

'' (Planch.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm. * '' Cyphostemma cymosum'' (Schumach. & Thonn.) Desc. * '' Cyphostemma flavicans'' (Baker) Desc. * '' Cyphostemma junceum'' (Webb) Wild & R.B.Drumm. * '' Cyphostemma lageniflorum'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. * '' Cyphostemma sokodense'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. * '' Cyphostemma vogelii'' (Hook.f.) Desc. * ''

Cyphostemma waterlotii ''Cyphostemma'' is a flowering plant genus in the family Vitaceae, with around 250 species distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics. These species are caudiciform and used to belong to the genus ''Cissus''. The genus name comes from Gre ...

'' (A.Chev.) Desc. * ''

Dactyloctenium aegyptium ''Dactyloctenium aegyptium'', or Egyptian crowfoot grass is a member of the family Poaceae native in Africa. The plant mostly grows in heavy soils at damp sites. Description This grass creeps and has a straight shoot which are usually about 3 ...

'' (L.) Willd. * ''

Dalbergia bignonae ''Dalbergia'' is a large genus of small to medium-size trees, shrubs and lianas in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade (or tribe): the Dalbergieae. The ...

'' Berhaut * ''

Dalbergia hostilis ''Dalbergia'' is a large genus of small to medium-size trees, shrubs and lianas in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade (or tribe): the Dalbergieae. The g ...

'' Benth. * ''

Dalbergia melanoxylon ''Dalbergia melanoxylon'' (African blackwood, grenadilla, or mpingo) is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to seasonally dry regions of Africa from Senegal east to Eritrea and south to the north-eastern parts of South Africa. The ...

'' Guill. & Perr. * ''

Dalbergia saxatilis ''Dalbergia'' is a large genus of small to medium-size trees, shrubs and lianas in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade (or tribe): the Dalbergieae. The ...

'' Hook.f. * ''

Dalbergia sissoo ''Dalbergia sissoo'', known commonly as North Indian rosewood or ''shisham'', is a fast-growing, hardy, deciduous rosewood tree native to the Indian subcontinent and southern Iran. ''D. sissoo'' is a large, crooked tree with long, leathery leav ...

'' Roxb. ex. DC. * ''

Dalechampia scandens ''Dalechampia'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae and of the monogeneric subtribe Dalechampiinae. It is widespread across lowland tropical areas (generally below 2,000 m ASL) primarily in the Americas with smaller numbers of species ...

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Daniellia oliveri ''Daniellia oliveri'' is a species of tree in the family Fabaceae. It is native to tropical West and Central Africa and is commonly known as the African copaiba balsam tree, or the West African copal tree. Description ''Daniellia oliveri'' is a ...

'' (Rolfe) Hutch. & Dalziel * '' Datura innoxia'' Mill. * ''

Delonix regia ''Delonix regia'' is a species of flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae native to Madagascar. It is noted for its fern-like leaves and flamboyant display of orange-red flowers over summer. In many tropical par ...

'' (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf. * '' Desmidorchis acutangula'' Decne. * '' Desmodium adscendens'' (Sw.) DC. * '' Desmodium barbatum'' (L.) Benth. * '' Desmodium gangeticum'' (L.) DC. * '' Desmodium hirtum'' Guill. & Perr. * '' Desmodium laxiflorum'' DC. * '' Desmodium linearifolium'' G.Don * '' Desmodium ospriostreblum'' Chiov. * ''

Desmodium salicifolium ''Desmodium'' is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae, sometimes called tick-trefoil, tick clover, hitch hikers or beggar lice. There are dozens of species and the delimitation of the genus has shifted much over time. These are mostly ...

'' (Poir.) DC. * '' Desmodium setigerum'' (E.Mey.) Benth. ex Harv. * ''

Desmodium tortuosum ''Desmodium tortuosum'', the twisted tick trefoil, dixie tick trefoil, tall tick clover, Florida beggarweed, and giant beggar weed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Latin America, and widely introduced as a ...

'' (Sw.) DC. * '' Desmodium velutinum'' (Willd.) DC. * ''

Detarium microcarpum ''Detarium microcarpum'' ( bm, Ntamajalan), commonly known as sweet detar, sweet dattock or tallow tree, is an underutilized species of tree legume that grows naturally in the drier regions of West and Central Africa. It has a wide range of uses ...

'' Guill. & Perr. * ''

Detarium senegalense ''Detarium senegalense'' is a leguminous tree in the subfamily Detarioideae. Unlike most members of the family, it produces globular fruits. Its common names include ditax, ditakh, detar, and tallow tree. The tree is of value for several reason ...

'' J.F.Gmel. * ''

Dialium guineense ''Dialium guineense'', the velvet tamarind, is a tall, tropical, fruit-bearing tree in the flowering plant family Fabaceae. It has small, typically grape-sized, edible fruits with brown, hard, inedible shells. Distribution It grows in dense fore ...

'' Willd. * '' Dichrostachys cinerea'' (L.) Wight & Arn. * '' Dicliptera paniculata'' (Forssk.) I.Darbysh. * '' Dicliptera verticillata'' (Forssk.) C.Chr. * '' Dicoma tomentosa'' Cass. * '' Diectomis fastigiata'' Sw. * '' Digitaria argillacea'' (Hitchc. & Chase) Fernald * ''

Digitaria ciliaris ''Digitaria ciliaris'' is a species of grass known by the common names southern crabgrass,''Digitaria ...

'' (Retz.) Koeler * '' Digitaria debilis'' (Desf.) Willd. * '' Digitaria delicata'' Goetgh. * '' Digitaria delicatula'' Stapf * '' Digitaria diagonalis'' (Nees) Stapf * '' Digitaria exilis'' (Kippist) Stapf * '' Digitaria gayana'' (Kunth) A.Chev. ex Stapf * '' Digitaria horizontalis'' Willd. * '' Digitaria leptorhachis'' (Pilg.) Stapf * ''

Digitaria longiflora ''Digitaria longiflora'' is a species of Digitaria, crabgrass. It is the wild progenitor of the West African domesticated crop ''Digitaria exilis''. References External links *African Plant Database
Digitaria, longiflora Grasses of Afric ...

'' (Retz.) Pers. * '' Digitaria ternata'' (A.Rich.) Stapf * ''

Digitaria velutina ''Digitaria'' is a genus of plants in the grass family native to tropical and warm temperate regions but can occur in tropical, subtropical, and cooler temperate regions as well. Common names include crabgrass, finger-grass, and fonio. They are ...

'' (Forssk.) P.Beauv. * '' Diheteropogon amplectens'' (Nees) Clayton * '' Diheteropogon hagerupii'' Hitchc. * ''

Dinebra retroflexa ''Dinebra'' is a genus of Asian, African, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Dinebra haareri'' (Stapf & C.E.Hubb.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow - Kenya, Tanzania * '' Dinebra marquisensis'' (F.Br.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow - Ma ...

'' (Vahl) Panz. * ''

Dioscorea abyssinica ''Dioscorea abyssinica'' is a herbaceous vine in the genus ''Dioscorea'' native to several Central African countries including Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, ...

'' Hochst. ex Kunth * ''

Dioscorea alata ''Dioscorea alata'', also known as purple yam, ube (, ), or greater yam, among many other names, is a species of yam (a tuber). The tubers are usually a vivid violet-purple to bright lavender in color (hence the common name), but some range in ...

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Dioscorea bulbifera ''Dioscorea bulbifera'' (commonly known as the air potato, air yam, bitter yam, cheeky yam, potato yam, aerial yam, and parsnip yam) is a species of true yam in the yam family, Dioscoreaceae. It is native to Africa, Asia and northern Australia. ...

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Dioscorea cayenensis ''Dioscorea cayenensis'' is a species of yam in the genus ''Dioscorea'' that is a widely consumed West African domesticated crop. ''Dioscorea rotundata ''Dioscorea cayenensis'' subsp. ''rotundata'', commonly known as the white yam, West Afric ...

'' Lam. * ''

Dioscorea dumetorum ''Dioscorea dumetorum'', also known as the bitter yam, cluster yam, trifoliate yam, or three-leaved yam, is a species of flowering plant in the yam family, ''Dioscorea.'' It is native to sub-saharan Africa and especially common in the tropical r ...

'' (Kunth) Pax * ''

Dioscorea esculenta ''Dioscorea esculenta'', commonly known as the lesser yam, is a yam species native to Island Southeast Asia and introduced to Near Oceania and East Africa by early Austronesian voyagers. It is grown for their edible tubers, though it has small ...

'' (Lour.) Burkill * '' Dioscorea hirtiflora'' Benth. * ''

Dioscorea minutiflora ''Dioscorea'' is a genus of over 600 species of flowering plants in the family Dioscoreaceae, native throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. The vast majority of the species are tropical, with only a few species extendin ...

'' Engl. * '' Dioscorea praehensilis'' Benth. * ''

Dioscorea quartiniana ''Dioscorea quartiniana'' is a climbing tuber geophyte in the family Dioscoreaceae. It is native to Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nami ...

'' A.Rich. * '' Dioscorea sagittifolia'' Pax * '' Dioscorea schimperiana'' Hochst. ex Kunth * ''

Dioscorea smilacifolia ''Dioscorea'' is a genus of over 600 species of flowering plants in the family Dioscoreaceae, native throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. The vast majority of the species are tropical, with only a few species extending ...

'' De Wild. * '' Dioscorea togoensis'' R.Knuth * ''

Diospyros abyssinica ''Diospyros abyssinica'' (also known as ''giant diospyros'', or ''Kôforonto'' and ''Baforonto'' in local languages spoken in parts of Mali, ''blidzo'', ''blitcho'', ''gblit∫o'', ''blonyat∫o'' or ''gblεt∫o'' in some Ghanaian languages) is ...

'' (Hiern) F.White * ''

Diospyros elliotii ''Diospyros'' is a genus of over 700 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs. The majority are native to the tropics, with only a few species extending into temperate regions. Individual species valued for their hard, heavy, dark tim ...

'' (Hiern) F.White * ''

Diospyros ferrea ''Diospyros ferrea'', known as black ebony, is a tree in the ebony family, distributed in Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malay Peninsula, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos (Khammouan) and Taiwan (Hengchun Peninsula and Orc ...

'' (Willd.) Bakh. * ''

Diospyros mespiliformis ''Diospyros mespiliformis'', the jackalberry (also known as African ebony and by its Afrikaans name jakkalsbessie), is a large dioecious evergreen tree found mostly in the savannas of Africa. Jackals are fond of the fruit, hence the common names ...

'' Hochst. ex A.DC. * '' Dipcadi longifolium'' (Lindl.) Baker * '' Diplacrum africanum'' (Benth.) C.B.Clarke * '' Dissomeria crenata'' Hook.f. ex Benth. * '' Dissotis thollonii'' Cogn. ex Büttner * '' Dodonaea viscosa'' Jacq. * ''

Dombeya buettneri ''Dombeya'' is a flowering plant genus. Traditionally included in the family Sterculiaceae, it is included in the expanded Malvaceae in the APG and most subsequent systematics. These plants are known by a number of vernacular names which sometim ...

'' K.Schum. * '' Dombeya quinqueseta'' (Delile) Exell * '' Dopatrium junceum'' (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Benth. * '' Dopatrium longidens'' Skan * '' Dopatrium macranthum'' Oliv. * '' Dopatrium senegalense'' Benth. * '' Dorstenia cuspidata'' Hochst. ex A.Rich. * ''

Doryopteris kirkii ''Doryopteris'' is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Cheilanthoideae of the family Pteridaceae. Species The circumscription of the genus was uncertain . The ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' lists species in three groups. 1. ' ...

'' (Hook.) Alston * '' Dregea abyssinica'' (Hochst.) K.Schum. * ''

Drimia altissima ''Drimia'' is a genus of flowering plants. In the APG IV classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae (formerly the family Hyacinthaceae). When broadly circumscribed, the genus includes a number of othe ...

'' (L.f.) Ker Gawl. * ''

Drimia indica ''Drimia indica'' is a species of flowering plant found from South Asia to South Africa. Description ''Drimia indica'' is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant which grows from bulbs. It has long leaves, typically 15–30 cm long by 1� ...

'' (Roxb.) Jessop * ''

Drosera indica ''Drosera indica'' is an carnivorous plant, insectivorous plant, a sundew native to tropical countries throughout the world, from Asia to Africa, but absent from the neotropics.Schlauer, J. 2011World Carnivorous Plant List – Nomenclatural Syno ...

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Drypetes floribunda ''Drypetes'' is a plant genus of the family Putranjivaceae, in the order Malpighiales. It was previously in the family Euphorbiaceae, tribe Drypeteae, and was the sole pantropical zoochorous genus of the family. The genus comprises about 200 s ...

'' (Müll.Arg.) Hutch. * ''

Duranta erecta ''Duranta erecta'' is a species of flowering shrub in the verbena family Verbenaceae, native from Mexico to South America and the Caribbean. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in tropical and subtropical gardens throughout the world, ...

'' * '' Dyschoriste heudelotiana'' (Nees) Kuntze * ''

Dyschoriste nagchana ''Dyschoriste'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as snakeherb. Etymology The name comes from the Greek '' δυσ'', ''poorly'', and '' χωριστός'', ''to split'', in referenc ...

'' (Nees) Bennet * '' Echinochloa callopus'' (Pilg.) Clayton * ''

Echinochloa colona ''Echinochloa colona'', commonly known as jungle rice, deccan grass, or awnless barnyard grass, is a type of wild grass originating from tropical Asia. It was formerly classified as a species of ''Panicum''. It is the wild ancestor of the culti ...

'' (L.) Link * ''

Echinochloa crus-galli ''Echinochloa crus-galli'' is a type of wild grass originating from tropical Asia that was formerly classified as a type of panicum grass. It is commonly known as cockspur (or cockspur grass), barnyard millet, Japanese millet, water grass, common ...

'' (L.) P.Beauv. * ''

Echinochloa pyramidalis ''Echinochloa pyramidalis'' is a species of large grass, occurring naturally in flooded regions and beside lakes in tropical Africa and America, and introduced to various other countries. It is commonly known as antelope grass. Description ''Ec ...

'' (Lam.) Hitchc. & Chase * ''

Echinochloa stagnina ''Echinochloa stagnina'' (Burgu millet, bourgou, hippo grass) is a species of ''Echinochloa'' widespread in tropical Africa and Asia, with an invasive status in many Pacific islands. It was once one of the major grasses cultivated in the Inner N ...

'' (Retz.) P.Beauv. * '' Echinops longifolius'' A.Rich. * ''

Eclipta prostrata ''Eclipta prostrata'', commonly known as false daisy, ''yerba de tago'', ''Gunta kalagaraku/Gunta galagaraku'', ''Karisalankanni'', and ''bhringraj'', is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of the world. This ...

'' (L.) L. * '' Eichhornia crassipes'' (Mart.) Solms * ''

Eichhornia natans ''Eichhornia'', commonly called water hyacinths, was a polyphyletic genus of the aquatic flowering plants family Pontederiaceae. Since it was consistently recovered in three independent lineages, it has been sunk into ''Pontederia'', together w ...

'' (P.Beauv.) Solms * '' Ekebergia capensis'' Sparrm. * '' Elaeis guineensis'' Jacq. * ''

Eleocharis acutangula ''Eleocharis'' is a virtually cosmopolitan genus of 250 or more species of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words ἕλειος (''heleios''), meaning "marsh dweller," and χάρις (''charis'' ...

'' (Roxb.) Schult. * '' Eleocharis atropurpurea'' (Retz.) C.Presl * '' Eleocharis complanata'' Boeckeler * ''

Eleocharis dulcis ''Eleocharis dulcis'', the Chinese water chestnut or water chestnut, is a grass-like sedge native to Asia, tropical Africa, and Oceania. It is grown in many countries for its edible corms. The water chestnut is not a nut, but an aquatic ve ...

'' (Burm.f.) Trin. ex Hensch. * ''

Eleocharis geniculata ''Eleocharis geniculata'' is a species of spikesedge known by several common names, including bent spikerush and Canada spikesedge. This is a widespread plant of wet areas in the Americas, Asia, Africa, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific Is ...

'' (L.) Roem. & Schult. * '' Eleocharis mutata'' (L.) Roem. & Schult. * '' Eleocharis setifolia'' (A.Rich.) J.Raynal * '' Eleocharis variegata'' (Poir.) C.Presl * '' Elephantopus mollis'' Kunth * '' Elephantopus senegalensis'' (Klatt) Oliv. & Hiern * '' Eleusine coracana'' (L.) Gaertn. * ''

Eleusine indica ''Eleusine indica'', the Indian goosegrass, yard-grass, goosegrass, wiregrass, or crowfootgrass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is a small annual grass distributed throughout the warmer areas of the world to about 50 degrees lat ...

'' (L.) Gaertn. * ''

Eleutheranthera ruderalis ''Eleutheranthera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonl ...

'' (Sw.) Sch.Bip. * ''

Elionurus ciliaris ''Elionurus'' is a genus of Asian, African, Australian, and Neotropical plants in the grass family. ; Species ; formerly included see ''Bothriochloa Lasiurus Loxodera Phacelurus Schizachyrium ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plan ...

'' Kunth * '' Elionurus elegans'' Kunth * ''

Elionurus euchaetus ''Elionurus'' is a genus of Asian, African, Australian, and Neotropical plants in the grass family. ; Species ; formerly included see ''Bothriochloa Lasiurus Loxodera Phacelurus Schizachyrium ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plan ...

'' Adjan. & Clayton * '' Elionurus hirtifolius'' Hack. * ''

Elionurus muticus ''Elionurus'' is a genus of Asian, African, Australian, and Neotropical plants in the grass family. ; Species ; formerly included see ''Bothriochloa Lasiurus Loxodera Phacelurus Schizachyrium ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of ...

'' (Spreng.) Kuntze * ''

Elymandra androphila ''Elymandra'' is a genus of African and South American plants in the grass family. Most known species are native to Africa; one is found in Brazil. ; Species * '' Elymandra androphila'' (Stapf) Stapf - from Senegal to Angola * '' Elymandra arch ...

'' (Stapf) Stapf * ''

Elymandra gossweileri ''Elymandra'' is a genus of African and South American plants in the grass family. Most known species are native to Africa; one is found in Brazil. ; Species * ''Elymandra androphila'' (Stapf) Stapf - from Senegal to Angola * ''Elymandra archae ...

'' (Stapf) Clayton * ''

Elytraria marginata ''Elytraria'', scalystem, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, with a pantropical distribution. They tend to lack stems. Species Currently accepted species include: *'' Elytraria acaulis'' (L.f.) Lindau *'' Elytraria bissei ...

'' Vahl * ''

Elytrophorus spicatus ''Elytrophorus spicatus'' (common name spikegrass) is a small plant in the Poaceae family native to Africa, the Indian subcontinent, south-east Asia and Australia. Description ''Elytrophorus spicatus'' is a tufted, annual or perennial plant ...

'' (Willd.) A.Camus * '' Embelia guineensis'' Baker * '' Embelia rowlandii'' Gilg * ''

Endostemon tereticaulis ''Endostemon'' is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1910. It is native primarily to eastern Africa, with some species in central and southern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Madagascar, and the Indian subcontinent. ;Sp ...

'' (Poir.) M.Ashby * '' Englerastrum schweinfurthii'' Briq. * ''

Englerina lecardii ''Englerina'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae. Its native range is Tropical Africa. The genus name of ''Englerina'' is in honour of Adolf Engler Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (25 March 1844 – 10 October 19 ...

'' (Engl.) Balle * ''

Entada abyssinica ''Entada'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It consists of some 30 species of trees, shrubs and tropical lianas. About 21 species are known from Africa, six fr ...

'' Steud. ex A.Rich. * ''

Entada africana ''Entada'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It consists of some 30 species of trees, shrubs and tropical lianas. About 21 species are known from Africa, six fr ...

'' Guill. & Perr. * ''

Entada wahlbergii ''Entada'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It consists of some 30 species of trees, shrubs and tropical lianas. About 21 species are known from Africa, six from A ...

'' Harv. * ''

Enteropogon prieurii ''Enteropogon'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. It is widespread across many parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various islands.Enteropogon rupestris ''Enteropogon'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. It is widespread across many parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various islands.Enydra fluctuans'' Lour. * '' Eragrostis aegyptiaca'' (Willd.) Delile * ''

Eragrostis amabilis ''Eragrostis amabilis'' is a bunchgrass, in the subfamily Chloridoideae of Poaceae, native to Africa and southern Asia. Synonymy includes: ''Eragrostis tenella'' Benth., ''Eragrostis elegans'' Nees, and ''Eragrostis interrupta'' Lam. Döll. Us ...

'' (L.) Wight & Arn. * ''

Eragrostis aspera ''Eragrostis'' is a large and widespread genus of plants in the grass family, found in many countries on all inhabited continents and many islands. ''Eragrostis'' is commonly known as lovegrass or canegrass. The name of the genus is derived fro ...

'' (Jacq.) Nees * '' Eragrostis atrovirens'' (Desf.) Trin. ex Steud. * '' Eragrostis barteri'' C.E.Hubb. * ''

Eragrostis cilianensis ''Eragrostis cilianensis'' is a species of Poaceae, grass known by several common names, including stinkgrass, candy grass, and gray lovegrass. Distribution This plant is native to much of Eurasia and Africa but it is widely introduced species, ...

'' (All.) Vignolo ex Janch. * '' Eragrostis ciliaris'' (L.) R.Br. * '' Eragrostis domingensis'' (Pers.) Steud. * '' Eragrostis dumasiana'' A.Chev. * '' Eragrostis egregia'' Clayton * '' Eragrostis elegantissima'' Chiov. * '' Eragrostis gangetica'' (Roxb.) Steud. * '' Eragrostis japonica'' (Thunb.) Trin. * '' Eragrostis lingulata'' Clayton * '' Eragrostis pilosa'' (L.) P.Beauv. * '' Eragrostis squamata'' (Lam.) Steud. * ''

Eragrostis superba ''Eragrostis superba'' is a species of perennial tufted grass in the family Poaceae. It is a palatable forage species but occurs at low densities. It occurs from Sudan to South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Afri ...

'' Peyr. * ''

Eragrostis tremula ''Eragrostis tremula'' is an annual grass that is native to tropical Africa, India and Myanmar. It is found in sandy soils and abandoned cultivation. Description Ascending culms can grow up to 75 centimeters. Uses It is used as fodder for cattl ...

'' Hochst. ex Steud. * ''Eragrostis turgida'' (Schumach.) De Wild. * ''Eriocaulon afzelianum'' Wikstr. ex Körn. * ''Eriocaulon cinereum'' R.Br. * ''Eriocaulon latifolium'' Sm. * ''Eriocaulon nigericum'' Meikle * ''Eriocaulon plumale'' N.E.Br. * ''Eriocaulon pulchellum'' Körn. * ''Eriocaulon togoense'' Moldenke * ''Eriochloa fatmensis'' (Hochst. & Steud.) Clayton * ''Eriocoelum kerstingii'' Gilg ex Engl. * ''Eriosema afzelii'' Baker * ''Eriosema andohii'' Milne-Redh. * ''Eriosema glomeratum'' (Guill. & Perr.) Hook.f. * ''Eriosema griseum'' Baker * ''Eriosema macrostipulum'' Baker f. * ''Eriosema molle'' Hutch. ex Milne-Redh. * ''Eriosema pellegrinii'' Tisser. * ''Eriosema psoraloides'' (Lam.) G.Don * ''Eriosema pulcherrimum'' Taub. * ''Eriosema sacleuxii'' Tisser. * ''Eriospermum flagelliforme'' (Baker) J.C.Manning * ''Erythrina senegalensis'' A.DC. * ''Erythrina sigmoidea'' Hua * ''Erythrophleum africanum'' (Welw. ex Benth.) Harms * ''Erythrophleum suaveolens'' (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan * ''Erythroxylum emarginatum'' Thonn. * ''Ethulia conyzoides'' L.f. * ''Eucalyptus camaldulensis'' Dehnh. * ''Eucalyptus torreliana'' F.Muell. * ''Euclasta condylotricha'' (Hochst. ex Steud.) Stapf * ''Eugenia nigerina'' A.Chev. * ''Eulophia angolensis'' (Rchb.f.) Summerh. * ''Eulophia cristata'' (Sw.) Steud. * ''Eulophia guineensis'' Lindl. * ''Eulophia juncifolia'' Summerh. * ''Euphorbia baga'' A.Chev. * ''Euphorbia balsamifera'' Aiton * ''Euphorbia convolvuloides'' Hochst. ex Benth. * ''Euphorbia cotinifolia'' * ''Euphorbia forskalii'' J.Gay * ''Euphorbia glomerifera'' (Millsp.) L.C.Wheeler * ''Euphorbia heterophylla'' * ''Euphorbia hirta'' * ''Euphorbia hypericifolia'' * ''Euphorbia hyssopifolia'' * ''Euphorbia inaequilatera'' Sond. * ''Euphorbia kerstingii'' Pax * ''Euphorbia macrophylla'' Pax * ''Euphorbia paganorum'' A.Chev. * ''Euphorbia poissoni'' Pax * ''Euphorbia polycnemoides'' Hochst. ex Boiss. * ''Euphorbia prostrata'' Aiton * ''Euphorbia pulcherrima'' Willd. ex Klotzsch * ''Euphorbia scordifolia'' Jacq. * ''Euphorbia serpens'' Kunth * ''Euphorbia sudanica'' A.Chev. * ''Euphorbia thymifolia'' * ''Euphorbia tirucalli'' * ''Euphorbia unispina'' N.E.Br. * ''Euploca ovalifolia'' (Forssk.) Diane & Hilger * ''Euploca strigosa'' (Willd.) Diane & Hilger * ''Evolvulus alsinoides'' (L.) L. * ''Evolvulus nummularius'' (L.) L. * ''Excoecaria grahamii'' Stapf * ''Excoecaria guineensis'' (Benth.) Müll.Arg. * ''Fadogia agrestis'' Schweinf. ex Hiern * ''Fadogia andersonii'' Robyns * ''Fadogia cienkowskii'' Schweinf. * ''Fadogia erythrophloea'' (K.Schum. & K.Krause) Hutch. & Dalziel * ''Fadogia pobeguinii'' Pobeg. * ''Fadogia tetraquetra'' K.Krause * ''Faidherbia albida'' (Delile) A.Chev. * ''Faroa pusilla'' Baker * ''Farsetia stenoptera'' Hochst. * ''Feretia apodanthera'' Delile * ''Ficus abutilifolia'' (Miq.) Miq. * ''Ficus artocarpoides'' Warb. * ''Ficus asperifolia'' Miq. * ''Ficus capreifolia'' Delile * ''Ficus carica'' * ''Ficus cordata'' Thunb. * ''Ficus craterostoma'' Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret * ''Ficus dicranostyla'' Mildbr. * ''Ficus elasticoides'' De Wild. * ''Ficus exasperata'' Vahl * ''Ficus glumosa'' Delile * ''Ficus ingens'' (Miq.) Miq. * ''Ficus lutea'' Vahl. * ''Ficus natalensis'' Hochst. * ''Ficus ovata'' Vahl * ''Ficus platyphylla'' Delile * ''Ficus polita'' Vahl * ''Ficus populifolia'' Vahl * ''Ficus scott-elliotii'' Mildbr. & Burret * ''Ficus sur'' Forssk. * ''Ficus sycomorus'' * ''Ficus thonningii'' Blume * ''Ficus trichopoda'' Baker * ''Ficus umbellata'' Vahl * ''Ficus vallis-choudae'' Delile * ''Ficus vogeliana'' (Miq.) Miq. * ''Fimbristylis alboviridis'' C.B.Clarke * ''Fimbristylis barteri'' Boeckeler * ''Fimbristylis bisumbellata'' (Forssk.) Bubani * ''Fimbristylis debilis'' Steud. * ''Fimbristylis dichotoma'' (L.) Vahl * ''Fimbristylis ferruginea'' (L.) Vahl * ''Fimbristylis littoralis'' Gand. * ''Fimbristylis microcarya'' F.Muell. * ''Fimbristylis pilosa'' (Poir.) Vahl * ''Fimbristylis quinquangularis'' (Vahl) Kunth * ''Fimbristylis scabrida'' Schumach. * ''Fimbristylis striolata'' Napper * ''Flabellaria paniculata'' Cav. * ''Flacourtia indica'' (Burm.f.) Merr. * ''Flemingia faginea'' (Guill. & Perr.) Baker * ''Floscopa africana'' (P.Beauv.) C.B.Clarke * ''Floscopa axillaris'' (Poir.) C.B.Clarke * ''Floscopa flavida'' C.B.Clarke * ''Floscopa glomerata'' (Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Hassk. * ''Flueggea virosa'' (Roxb. ex Willd.) Voigt * ''Fuirena ciliaris'' (L.) Roxb. * ''Fuirena leptostachya'' Oliv. * ''Fuirena stricta'' Steud. * ''Fuirena umbellata'' Rottb. * ''Gaertnera paniculata'' Benth. * ''Garcinia livingstonei'' T.Anderson * ''Garcinia ovalifolia'' Oliv. * ''Gardenia aqualla'' Stapf & Hutch. * ''Gardenia erubescens'' Stapf & Hutch. * ''Gardenia imperialis'' K.Schum. * ''Gardenia nitida'' Hook. * ''Gardenia sokotensis'' Hutch. * ''Gardenia ternifolia'' Schumach. & Thonn. * ''Genlisea africana'' Oliv. * ''Geophila repens'' (L.) I.M.Johnst. * ''Gisekia pharnaceoides'' * ''Gladiolus atropurpureus'' Baker * ''Gladiolus dalenii'' Van Geel * ''Gladiolus gregarius'' Welw. ex Baker * ''Gladiolus oligophlebius'' Baker * ''Glinus lotoides'' * ''Glinus oppositifolius'' (L.) Aug.DC. * ''Glinus radiatus'' (Ruíz & Pav.) Rohrb. * ''Gliricidia sepium'' (Jacq.) Walp. * ''Gloriosa simplex'' * ''Gloriosa superba'' * ''Glossonema boveanum'' (Decne.) Decne. * ''Gmelina arborea'' Roxb. * ''Gnidia kraussiana'' Meisn. * ''Gomphrena celosioides'' Mart. * ''Gomphrena globosa'' * ''Gongronema latifolium'' Benth. * ''Gongronema obscurum'' Bullock * ''Gossypium anomalum'' Wawra ex Wawra & Peyr. * ''Gossypium barbadense'' * ''Gossypium herbaceum'' * ''Gossypium hirsutum'' * ''Grangea ceruanoides'' Cass. * ''Grangea maderaspatana'' (L.) Desf. * ''Grewia barteri'' Burret * ''Grewia bicolor'' Juss. * ''Grewia carpinifolia'' Juss. * ''Grewia cissoides'' Hutch. & Dalziel * ''Grewia flavescens'' Juss. * ''Grewia lasiodiscus'' K.Schum. * ''Grewia mollis'' Juss. * ''Grewia tenax'' (Forssk.) Fiori * ''Grewia villosa'' Willd. * ''Guibourtia copallifera'' Benn. * ''Guiera senegalensis'' J.F.Gmel. * ''Gymnema sylvestre'' (Retz.) Schult. * ''Gymnosporia senegalensis'' (Lam.) Loes. * ''Habenaria armatissima'' Rchb.f. * ''Habenaria bongensium'' Rchb.f. * ''Habenaria ichneumonea'' (Sw.) Lindl. * ''Habenaria lecardii'' Kraenzl. * ''Habenaria longirostris'' Summerh. * ''Habenaria procera'' (Sw. ex Pers.) Lindl. * ''Habenaria zambesina'' Rchb. f. * ''Hackelochloa granularis'' (L.) Kuntze * ''Haematostaphis barteri'' Hook.f. * ''Harungana madagascariensis'' Lam. ex Poir. * ''Haumaniastrum caeruleum'' (Oliv.) P.A.Duvign. & Plancke * ''Heliotropium bacciferum'' Forssk. * ''Heliotropium crispum'' Desf. * ''Heliotropium indicum'' * ''Heliotropium zeylanicum'' (Burm.f.) Lam. * ''Herderia truncata'' Cass. * ''Hermannia tigrensis'' Hochst. ex A.Rich. * ''Heteranthera callifolia'' Rchb. ex Kunth * ''Heteropogon contortus'' (L.) Roem. & Schult. * ''Heteropogon melanocarpus'' (Elliott) Benth. * ''Hexalobus monopetalus'' (A.Rich.) Engl. & Diels * ''Hibiscus articulatus'' Hochst. ex A.Rich. * ''Hibiscus cannabinus'' * ''Hibiscus congestiflorus'' Hochr. * ''Hibiscus diversifolius'' Jacq. * ''Hibiscus gourmania'' Hutch. & Dalziel * ''Hibiscus lobatus'' (Murray) Kuntze * ''Hibiscus longisepalus'' Hochr. * ''Hibiscus mechowii'' Garcke * ''Hibiscus micranthus'' L.f. * ''Hibiscus owariensis'' P.Beauv. * ''Hibiscus panduriformis'' Burm.f. * ''Hibiscus physaloides'' Guill. & Perr. * ''Hibiscus rosa-sinensis'' * ''Hibiscus rostellatus'' Guill. & Perr. * ''Hibiscus sabdariffa'' * ''Hibiscus schizopetalus'' (Mast.) Hook.f. * ''Hibiscus scotellii'' Baker f. * ''Hibiscus sidiformis'' Baill. * ''Hibiscus squamosus'' Hochr. * ''Hibiscus sterculiifolius'' (Guill. & Perr.) Steud. * ''Hibiscus trionum'' * ''Hibiscus whytei'' Stapf * ''Holarrhena floribunda'' (G.Don) T.Durand & Schinz * ''Hoslundia opposita'' Vahl * ''Hybanthus enneaspermus'' (L.) F.Muell. * ''Hydrolea floribunda'' Kotschy & Peyr. * ''Hydrolea macrosepala'' A.W.Benn. * ''Hydrolea palustris'' (Aubl.) Raeusch. * ''Hygrophila africana'' (T.Anderson) Heine * ''Hygrophila auriculata'' (Schumach.) Heine * ''Hygrophila niokoloensis'' Berhaut * ''Hygrophila odora'' (Nees) T.Anderson * ''Hygrophila pobeguinii'' Benoist * ''Hygrophila senegalensis'' (Nees) T.Anderson * ''Hymenocardia acida'' Tul. * ''Hymenocardia heudelotii'' Müll.Arg. * ''Hymenocardia lyrata'' Tul. * ''Hyparrhenia bagirmica'' (Stapf) Stapf * ''Hyparrhenia barteri'' (Hack.) Stapf * ''Hyparrhenia bracteata'' (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Stapf * ''Hyparrhenia cyanescens'' (Stapf) Stapf * ''Hyparrhenia diplandra'' (Hack.) Stapf * ''Hyparrhenia exarmata'' (Stapf) Stapf * ''Hyparrhenia filipendula'' (Hochst.) Stapf * ''Hyparrhenia glabriuscula'' (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Stapf * ''Hyparrhenia involucrata'' Stapf * ''Hyparrhenia rudis'' Stapf * ''Hyparrhenia rufa'' (Nees) Stapf * ''Hyparrhenia smithiana'' (Hook.f.) Stapf * ''Hyparrhenia subplumosa'' Stapf * ''Hyparrhenia violascens'' (Stapf) Clayton * ''Hyparrhenia welwitschii'' (Rendle) Stapf * ''Hyperthelia dissoluta'' (Nees ex Steud.) Clayton * ''Hyphaene thebaica'' (L.) Mart. * ''Hypoestes aristata'' (Vahl) Sol. ex Roem. & Schult. * ''Hypoestes cancellata'' Nees * ''Hypoestes forskaolii'' (Vahl) R.Br. * ''Hypoestes strobilifera'' S.Moore * ''Hyptis lanceolata'' Poir. * ''Hyptis spicigera'' Lam. * ''Hyptis suaveolens'' Poit. * ''Imperata cylindrica'' (L.) Raeusch. * ''Indigofera aspera'' Perr. ex DC. * ''Indigofera barteri'' Hutch. & Dalziel * ''Indigofera berhautiana'' J.B.Gillett * ''Indigofera bracteolata'' DC. * ''Indigofera capitata'' Kotschy * ''Indigofera colutea'' (Burm.f.) Merr. * ''Indigofera congesta'' Welw. ex Baker * ''Indigofera congolensis'' De Wild. & T.Durand * ''Indigofera conjugata'' Baker * ''Indigofera costata'' Guill. & Perr. * ''Indigofera dendroides'' Jacq. * ''Indigofera diphylla'' Vent. * ''Indigofera fulvopilosa'' Brenan * ''Indigofera geminata'' Baker * ''Indigofera hirsuta'' * ''Indigofera hochstetteri'' Baker * ''Indigofera kerstingii'' Harms * ''Indigofera leprieurii'' Baker f. * ''Indigofera leptoclada'' Harms * ''Indigofera macrocalyx'' Guill. & Perr. * ''Indigofera macrophylla'' Schumach. & Thonn. * ''Indigofera microcarpa'' Desv. * ''Indigofera nigricans'' Vahl ex Pers. * ''Indigofera nigritana'' Hook.f. * ''Indigofera nummulariifolia'' (L.) Livera ex Alston * ''Indigofera oblongifolia'' Forssk. * ''Indigofera omissa'' J.B.Gillett * ''Indigofera oubanguiensis'' Tisser. * ''Indigofera paniculata'' Vahl ex Pers. * ''Indigofera pilosa'' Poir. * ''Indigofera polysphaera'' Baker * ''Indigofera prieureana'' Guill. & Perr. * ''Indigofera pulchra'' Willd. * ''Indigofera secundiflora'' Poir. * ''Indigofera senegalensis'' Lam. * ''Indigofera sessiliflora'' DC. * ''Indigofera simplicifolia'' Lam. * ''Indigofera spicata'' Forssk. * ''Indigofera stenophylla'' Guill. & Perr. * ''Indigofera strobilifera'' (Hochst.) Hochst. ex Baker * ''Indigofera suffruticosa'' Mill. * ''Indigofera terminalis'' Baker * ''Indigofera tetrasperma'' Vahl ex Pers. * ''Indigofera tinctoria'' L. * ''Indigofera trichopoda'' Lepr. ex Guill. & Perr. * ''Indigofera trita'' L.f. * ''Iphigenia pauciflora'' Martelli * ''Ipomoea aquatica'' Forssk. * ''Ipomoea argentaurata'' Hallier f. * ''Ipomoea asarifolia'' (Desr.) Roem. & Schult. * ''Ipomoea barteri'' Baker * ''Ipomoea batatas'' (L.) Lam. * ''Ipomoea blepharophylla'' Hallier f. * ''Ipomoea cairica'' (L.) Sweet * ''Ipomoea carnea'' Jacq. * ''Ipomoea chrysochaetia'' Hallier.f. * ''Ipomoea coptica'' (L.) Roth ex Roem. & Schult. * ''Ipomoea coscinosperma'' Hochst. ex Choisy * ''Ipomoea dichroa'' Choisy * ''Ipomoea eriocarpa'' R.Br. * ''Ipomoea heterotricha'' Didr. * ''Ipomoea involucrata'' P.Beauv. * ''Ipomoea kotschyana'' Hochst. ex Choisy * ''Ipomoea marginata'' (Desr.) Verdc. * ''Ipomoea mauritiana'' Jacq. * ''Ipomoea nil'' (L.) Roth * ''Ipomoea obscura'' (L.) Ker Gawl. * ''Ipomoea ochracea'' (Lindl.) G.Don * ''Ipomoea pes-tigridis'' L. * ''Ipomoea pileata'' Roxb. * ''Ipomoea quamoclit'' L. * ''Ipomoea rubens'' Choisy * ''Ipomoea setifera'' Poir. * ''Ipomoea triloba'' L. * ''Ipomoea turbinata'' Lag. * ''Ipomoea vagans'' Baker * ''Ipomoea verbascoidea'' Choisy * ''Ipomoea verticillata'' Forssk. * ''Ischaemum afrum'' (J.F.Gmel.) Dandy * ''Ischaemum amethystinum'' J.-P.Lebrun * ''Ischaemum fasciculatum'' Brongn. * ''Ischaemum rugosum'' Salisb. * ''Isoberlinia doka'' Craib & Stapf * ''Isoberlinia tomentosa'' (Harms) Craib & Stapf * ''Isoetes jaegeri'' Pitot * ''Isoetes nigritiana'' A.Br. ex Kuhn * ''Isoetes schweinfurthii'' Baker * ''Ixora brachypoda'' DC. * ''Ixora javanica'' (Blume) DC. * ''Jacquemontia tamnifolia'' (L.) Griseb. * ''Jasminum dichotomum'' Vahl * ''Jasminum kerstingii'' Gilg & G.Schellenb. * ''Jasminum obtusifolium'' Baker * ''Jatropha curcas'' L. * ''Jatropha gossypiifolia'' L. * ''Jatropha integerrima'' Jacq. * ''Jatropha kamerunica'' Pax & K.Hoffm. * ''Justicia flava'' (Vahl) Vahl * ''Justicia insularis'' T.Anderson * ''Justicia ladanoides'' Lam. * ''Justicia striata'' (Klotzsch) Bullock * ''Justicia tenella'' (Nees) T.Anderson * ''Kalanchoe crenata'' (Andrews) Haw. * ''Kalanchoe lanceolata'' (Forssk.) Pers. * ''Kallstroemia pubescens'' (G.Don) Dandy * ''Keetia cornelia'' (Cham. & Schltdl.) Bridson * ''Keetia leucantha'' (K.Krause) Bridson * ''Keetia mannii'' (Hiern) Bridson * ''Keetia venosa'' (Oliv.) Bridson * ''Khaya grandifoliola'' C.DC. * ''Khaya senegalensis'' (Desr.) A.Juss. * ''Kigelia africana'' (Lam.) Benth. * ''Kinghamia macrocephala'' (Oliv. & Hiern) C.Jeffrey * ''Kinghamia nigritana'' (Benth.) C.Jeffrey * ''Kohautia confusa'' (Hutch. & Dalziel) Bremek. * ''Kohautia grandiflora'' DC. * ''Kohautia tenuis'' (Bowdich) Mabb. * ''Kosteletzkya buettneri'' Gürke * ''Kosteletzkya grantii'' (Mast.) Garcke * ''Kyllinga bulbosa'' P.Beauv. * ''Kyllinga debilis'' C.B.Clarke * ''Kyllinga echinata'' S.S.Hooper * ''Kyllinga erecta'' Schumach. * ''Kyllinga odorata'' Vahl * ''Kyllinga pumila'' Michx. * ''Kyllinga squamulata'' Thonn. ex Vahl * ''Kyllinga tenuifolia'' Steud. * ''Kyllingiella microcephala'' (Steud.) R.W.Haines & Lye * ''Lablab purpureus'' (L.) Sweet. * ''Lactuca inermis'' Forssk. * ''Lactuca praevia'' C.D.Adams * ''Lactuca sativa'' L. * ''Lagarosiphon muscoides'' Harv. * ''Lagenaria breviflora'' (Benth.) Roberty * ''Lagenaria siceraria'' (Molina) Standl. * ''Lagerstroemia indica'' L. * ''Landolphia dulcis'' (Sabine) Pichon * ''Landolphia heudelotii'' A.DC. * ''Landolphia hirsuta'' (Hua) Pichon * ''Landolphia owariensis'' P.Beauv. * ''Lannea acida'' A.Rich. * ''Lannea barteri'' (Oliv.) Engl. * ''Lannea egregia'' Engl. & K.Krause * ''Lannea fruticosa'' (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Engl. * ''Lannea microcarpa'' Engl. & K.Krause * ''Lannea velutina'' A.Rich. * ''Lantana camara'' L. * ''Lantana ukambensis'' (Vatke) Verdc. * ''Laportea aestuans'' (L.) Chew * ''Launaea brunneri'' (Webb) Amin ex Boulos * ''Launaea intybacea'' (Jacq.) Beauverd * ''Launaea nana'' (Baker) Chiov. * ''Launaea taraxacifolia'' (Willd.) Amin ex C.Jeffrey * ''Lawsonia inermis'' L. * ''Lecaniodiscus cupanioides'' Planch. * ''Ledebouria sudanica'' (A.Chev.) Burg * ''Leea guineensis'' G.Don * ''Leersia drepanothrix'' Stapf * ''Leersia hexandra'' Sw. * ''Lemna aequinoctialis'' Welw. * ''Leonotis nepetifolia'' (L.) R.Br. * ''Lepidagathis alopecuroides'' (Vahl) R.Br. ex Griseb. * ''Lepidagathis anobrya'' Nees * ''Lepidagathis capituliformis'' Benoist * ''Lepidagathis collina'' (Endl.) Milne-Redh. * ''Lepidagathis hamiltoniana'' Wall. * ''Lepidagathis heudelotiana'' Nees * ''Lepidagathis sericea'' Benoist * ''Lepidium sativum'' L. * ''Lepistemon owariense'' (P.Beauv.) Hallier f. * ''Leptadenia arborea'' (Forssk.) Schweinf. * ''Leptadenia hastata'' (Pers.) Decne. * ''Leptadenia pyrotechnica'' (Forssk.) Decne. * ''Leptochloa coerulescens'' Steud. * ''Leptoderris brachyptera'' (Benth.) Dunn * ''Leptothrium senegalense'' (Kunth) Clayton * ''Leucaena leucocephala'' (Lam.) de Wit * ''Leucas martinicensis'' (Jacq.) R.Br. * ''Limeum diffusum'' (J.Gay) Schinz * ''Limeum pterocarpum'' (J.Gay) Heimerl * ''Limeum viscosum'' (J.Gay) Fenzl * ''Limnophila barteri'' Skan * ''Limnophila dasyantha'' (Engl. & Gilg) Skan * ''Limnophila indica'' (L.) Druce * ''Limnophyton obtusifolium'' (L.) Miq. * ''Lindernia diffusa'' (L.) Wettst. * ''Lindernia exilis'' Philcox * ''Lindernia parviflora'' (Roxb.) Haines * ''Lindernia schweinfurthii'' (Engl.) Dandy * ''Lindernia senegalensis'' (Benth.) Skan * ''Linzia nigritiana'' (Oliv. & Hiern) Isawumi * ''Linzia purpurea'' (Sch.Bip. ex Walp.) Isawumi * ''Lipocarpha albiceps'' Ridl. * ''Lipocarpha atra'' Ridl. * ''Lipocarpha chinensis'' (Osbeck) Kern * ''Lipocarpha filiformis'' (Vahl) Kunth * ''Lipocarpha gracilis'' Nees * ''Lipocarpha kernii'' (Raymond) Goetgh. * ''Lipocarpha prieuriana'' Steud. * ''Lippia chevalieri'' Moldenke * ''Lippia multiflora'' Moldenke * ''Litogyne gariepina'' (DC.) Anderb. * ''Lobelia djurensis'' Engl. & Diels * ''Loeseneriella africana'' (Willd.) N.Hallé * ''Lonchocarpus sericeus'' (Poir.) Kunth * ''Lophira lanceolata'' Tiegh. ex Keay * ''Loudetia annua'' (Stapf) C.E.Hubb. * ''Loudetia arundinacea'' (A.Rich.) Steud. * ''Loudetia flavida'' (Stapf) C.E.Hubb. * ''Loudetia hordeiformis'' (Stapf) C.E.Hubb. * ''Loudetia kagerensis'' (K.Schum.) C.E.Hubb. ex Hutch. * ''Loudetia phragmitoides'' (Peter) C.E.Hubb. * ''Loudetia simplex'' (Nees) C.E.Hubb. * ''Loudetia togoensis'' (Pilg.) C.E.Hubb. * ''Loudetiopsis ambiens'' (K.Schum.) Conert * ''Loudetiopsis capillipes'' (C.E.Hubb.) Conert * ''Loudetiopsis chrysothrix'' (Nees) Conert * ''Loudetiopsis kerstingii'' (Pilg.) Conert * ''Loudetiopsis pobeguinii'' (Jacq.-Fél.) Clayton * ''Loudetiopsis scaettae'' (A.Camus) Clayton * ''Loudetiopsis thoroldii'' (C.E.Hubb.) J.B.Phipps * ''Loudetiopsis tristachyoides'' (Trin.) Conert * ''Ludwigia abyssinica'' A.Rich. * ''Ludwigia adscendens'' (L.) Hara * ''Ludwigia africana'' (Brenan) Hara * ''Ludwigia decurrens'' Walter * ''Ludwigia erecta'' (L.) Hara * ''Ludwigia hyssopifolia'' (G.Don) Exell * ''Ludwigia leptocarpa'' (Nutt.) H.Hara * ''Ludwigia octovalvis'' (Jacq.) P.H.Raven * ''Ludwigia perennis'' L. * ''Ludwigia senegalensis'' (DC.) Troch. * ''Ludwigia stenorraphe'' (Brenan) Hara * ''Luffa acutangula'' (L.) M.Roem. * ''Luffa cylindrica'' (L.) M.Roem. * ''Lycopersicon esculentum'' Mill. * ''Lycopodiella affinis'' (Bory) Pic. Serm. * ''Macaranga schweinfurthii'' Pax * ''Macledium sessiliflorum'' (Harv.) S.Ortiz * ''Macroptilium atropurpureum'' (DC.) Urb. * ''Macroptilium lathyroides'' (L.) Urb. * ''Macrosphyra longistyla'' (DC.) Hiern * ''Macrotyloma africanum'' (R.Wilczek) Verdc. * ''Macrotyloma biflorum'' (Schumach. & Thonn.) Hepper * ''Macrotyloma geocarpum'' (Harms) Maréchal & Baudet * ''Macrotyloma stenophyllum'' (Harms) Verdc. * ''Maerua angolensis'' DC. * ''Maerua crassifolia'' Forssk. * ''Maerua de-waillyi'' Aubrév. & Pellegr. * ''Maerua oblongifolia'' (Forssk.) A.Rich. * ''Maerua pseudopetalosa'' (Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) DeWolf * ''Malachra radiata'' (L.) L. * ''Mallotus oppositifolius'' (Geiseler) Müll.Arg. * ''Malvastrum coromandelianum'' (L.) Garcke * ''Mangifera indica'' L. * ''Manihot esculenta'' Crantz * ''Manihot glaziovii'' Müll.Arg. * ''Manilkara multinervis'' (Baker) Dubard * ''Manilkara obovata'' (Sabine & G.Don) J.H.Hemsl. * ''Maranthes polyandra'' (Benth.) Prance * ''Marantochloa purpurea'' (Ridl.) Milne-Redh. * ''Margaritaria discoidea'' (Baill.) G.L.Webster * ''Mariscus cylindristachyus'' Steud. * ''Mariscus flabelliformis'' Kunth * ''Mariscus luridus'' C.B.Clarke * ''Mariscus schweinfurthii'' Chiov. * ''Mariscus squarrosus'' (L.) C.B.Clarke * ''Mariscus sumatrensis'' (Retz.) J.Raynal * ''Markhamia tomentosa'' (Benth.) K.Schum. ex Engl. * ''Marsilea berhautii'' Tardieu * ''Marsilea distorta'' A.Br. * ''Marsilea gibba'' A.Br. * ''Marsilea minuta'' L. * ''Marsilea trichopoda'' A.Br. * ''Martynia annua'' L. * ''Melanthera abyssinica'' (Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.) Vatke * ''Melanthera elliptica'' O.Hoffm. * ''Melanthera gambica'' Hutch. & Dalziel * ''Melanthera rhombifolia'' O.Hoffm. & Muschl. * ''Melanthera scandens'' (Schumach. & Thonn.) Roberty * ''Melastomastrum afzelii'' (Hook.f.) A.Fern. & R.Fern. * ''Melastomastrum capitatum'' (Vahl) A.Fern. & R.Fern. * ''Melia azedarach'' L. * ''Melicoccus bijugatus'' Jacq. * ''Melinis repens'' (Willd.) Zizka * ''Melinis tenuissima'' Stapf * ''Melliniella micrantha'' Harms * ''Melochia corchorifolia'' L. * ''Melochia melissifolia'' Benth. * ''Merremia aegyptia'' (L.) Urb. * ''Merremia dissecta'' (Jacq.) Hallier f. * ''Merremia emarginata'' (Burm.f.) Hallier f. * ''Merremia hederacea'' (Burm.f.) Hallier f. * ''Merremia kentrocaulos'' (C.B.Clarke) Hallier f. * ''Merremia pinnata'' (Hochst. ex Choisy) Hallier f. * ''Merremia pterygocaulos'' (Choisy) Hallier f. * ''Merremia tridentata'' (L.) Hallier f. * ''Merremia umbellata'' (L.) Hallier f. * ''Mezoneuron benthamianum'' Baill. * ''Micrargeria filiformis'' (Schumach. & Thonn.) Hutch. & Dalziel * ''Microchloa indica'' (L.f.) P.Beauv. * ''Microchloa kunthii'' Desv. * ''Micrococca mercurialis'' (L.) Benth. * ''Mikania chevalieri'' (C.D.Adams) W.C.Holmes & McDaniel * ''Milicia excelsa'' (Welw.) C.C.Berg * ''Mimosa pigra'' L. * ''Mimosa pudica'' L. * ''Mimusops kummel'' A.DC. * ''Mirabilis jalapa'' L. * ''Mitracarpus hirtus'' (L.) DC. * ''Mitragyna inermis'' (Willd.) Kuntze * ''Mollugo cerviana'' (L.) Ser. ex DC. * ''Mollugo nudicaulis'' Lam. * ''Momordica balsamina'' L. * ''Momordica charantia'' L. * ''Monanthotaxis parvifolia'' (Oliv.) Verdc. * ''Monechma ciliatum'' (Jacq.) Milne-Redh. * ''Monechma depauperatum'' (T.Anderson) C.B.Clarke * ''Monechma ndellense'' (Lindau) J.Miège & Heine * ''Monochoria brevipetiolata'' Verdc. * ''Monocymbium ceresiiforme'' (Nees) Stapf * ''Monotes kerstingii'' Gilg * ''Monsonia senegalensis'' Guill. & Perr. * ''Morelia senegalensis'' A.Rich. * ''Moringa oleifera'' L. * ''Mucuna poggei'' Taub. * ''Mucuna pruriens'' (L.) DC. * ''Multidentia pobeguinii'' (Hutch. & Dalziel) Bridson * ''Murdannia simplex'' (Vahl) Brenan * ''Musa x'' paradisiaca L. * ''Mussaenda elegans'' Schumach. & Thonn. * ''Myrianthus serratus'' (Trécul) Benth. & Hook. * ''Najas baldwinii'' Horn * ''Najas welwitschii'' Rendle * ''Napoleonaea heudelotii'' A.Juss. * ''Napoleonaea vogelii'' Hook. & Planch. * ''Nelsonia canescens'' (Lam.) Spreng. * ''Nelsonia smithii'' Oerst. * ''Nemum spadiceum'' (Lam.) Desv. ex Ham. * ''Neohyptis paniculata'' (Baker) J.K.Morton * ''Neorautanenia mitis'' (A.Rich.) Verdc. * ''Nephrolepis biserrata'' (Sw.) Schott * ''Nephrolepis undulata'' (Afzel. ex Sw.) J. Sm. * ''Nephthytis afzelii'' Schott * ''Neptunia oleracea'' Lour. * ''Nerium oleander'' L. * ''Nervilia adolphi'' Schltr. * ''Nervilia bicarinata'' (Blume) Schltr. * ''Nervilia fuerstenbergiana'' Schltr. * ''Nervilia kotschyi'' (Rchb.f.) Schltr. * ''Nervilia simplex'' (Thouars) Schltr. * ''Nesaea cordata'' Hiern * ''Nesaea mossiensis'' A.Chev. * ''Nesphostylis holosericea'' (Baker) Verdc. * ''Neurotheca loeselioides'' (Spruce ex Progel) Baill. * ''Newbouldia laevis'' (P.Beauv.) Seem. ex Bureau * ''Nicotiana rustica'' L. * ''Nicotiana tabacum'' L. * ''Nothosaerva brachiata'' (L.) Wight * ''Nymphaea lotus'' L. * ''Nymphaea maculata'' Schumach. & Thonn. * ''Nymphaea micrantha'' Guill. & Perr. * ''Nymphoides ezannoi'' Berhaut * ''Nymphoides indica'' (L.) Kuntze * ''Ochna afzelii'' R.Br. ex Oliv. * ''Ochna rhizomatosa'' (Tiegh.) Keay * ''Ochna schweinfurthiana'' F.Hoffm. * ''Ocimum americanum'' L. * ''Ocimum basilicum'' L. * ''Ocimum gratissimum'' L. * ''Ocimum irvinei'' J.K.Morton * ''Oeceoclades maculata'' (Lindl.) Lindl. * ''Olax subscorpioidea'' Oliv. * ''Oldenlandia affinis'' (Roem. & Schult.) DC. * ''Oldenlandia capensis'' L.f. * ''Oldenlandia corymbosa'' L. * ''Oldenlandia herbacea'' (L.) Roxb. * ''Oldenlandia lancifolia'' (Schumach.) DC. * ''Olyra latifolia'' L. * ''Omphalogonus calophyllus'' Baill. * ''Oncoba spinosa'' Forssk. * ''Ophioglossum costatum'' R.Br. * ''Ophioglossum gomezianum'' Welw. ex A.Br. * ''Ophioglossum reticulatum'' L. * ''Opilia amentacea'' Roxb. * ''Oplismenus burmannii'' (Retz.) P.Beauv. * ''Oplismenus hirtellus'' (L.) P.Beauv. * ''Orbea decaisneana'' (Lehm.) Bruyns * ''Ornithogalum viride'' (L.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt * ''Oropetium aristatum'' (Stapf) Pilg. * ''Orthosiphon pallidus'' Royle ex Benth. * ''Orthosiphon rubicundus'' (D.Don) Benth. * ''Oryza barthii'' A.Chev. * ''Oryza glaberrima'' Steud. * ''Oryza longistaminata'' A.Chev. & Roehr. * ''Oryza sativa'' L. * ''Osbeckia tubulosa'' Sm. * ''Osmunda regalis'' L. * ''Ottelia ulvifolia'' (Planch.) Walp. * ''Oxalis corniculata'' L. * ''Oxyanthus racemosus'' (Schum. & Thonn.) Keay * ''Oxycaryum cubense'' (Poepp. & Kunth) Lye * ''Oxystelma bornouense'' R.Br. * ''Oxytenanthera abyssinica'' (A.Rich.) Munro * ''Ozoroa obovata'' (Oliv.) R.Fern. & A.Fern. * ''Ozoroa pulcherrima'' (Schweinf.) R.Fern. & A.Fern. * ''Pachycarpus lineolatus'' (Decne.) Bullock * ''Pancratium tenuifolium'' Hochst. ex A.Rich. * ''Pancratium trianthum'' Herb. * ''Pandanus brevifrugalis'' Huynh * ''Pandiaka angustifolia'' (Vahl) Hepper * ''Pandiaka involucrata'' (Moq.) B.D.Jacks. * ''Panicum afzelii'' Sw. * ''Panicum anabaptistum'' Steud. * ''Panicum antidotale'' Retz. * ''Panicum brazzavillense'' Franch. * ''Panicum brevifolium'' L. * ''Panicum coloratum'' L. * ''Panicum congoense'' Franch. * ''Panicum dregeanum'' Nees * ''Panicum fluviicola'' Steud. * ''Panicum griffonii'' Franch. * ''Panicum humile'' Nees ex Steud. * ''Panicum laetum'' Kunth * ''Panicum laxum'' Sw. * ''Panicum maximum'' Jacq. * ''Panicum nervatum'' (Franch.) Stapf * ''Panicum nigerense'' Hitchc. * ''Panicum pansum'' Rendle * ''Panicum parvifolium'' Lam. * ''Panicum phragmitoides'' Stapf * ''Panicum pilgeri'' Mez * ''Panicum praealtum'' Afzel. ex Sw. * ''Panicum subalbidum'' Kunth * ''Panicum tenellum'' Lam. * ''Panicum turgidum'' Forssk. * ''Parahyparrhenia annua'' (Hack.) Clayton * ''Parahyparrhenia perennis'' Clayton * ''Paratheria prostrata'' Griseb. * ''Parinari congensis'' Didr. * ''Parinari curatellifolia'' Planch. ex Benth. * ''Parinari excelsa'' Sabine * ''Parkia biglobosa'' (Jacq.) R.Br. ex G.Don * ''Parkinsonia aculeata'' L. * ''Paspalidium geminatum'' (Forssk.) Stapf * ''Paspalum conjugatum'' P.J.Bergius * ''Paspalum scrobiculatum'' L. * ''Paspalum vaginatum'' Sw. * ''Passiflora edulis'' Sims * ''Passiflora foetida'' L. * ''Paullinia pinnata'' L. * ''Pavetta corymbosa'' (DC.) F.N.Williams * ''Pavetta crassipes'' K.Schum. * ''Pavetta lasioclada'' (K.Krause) Mildbr. ex Bremek. * ''Pavetta oblongifolia'' (Hiern) Bremek. * ''Pavonia senegalensis'' (Cav.) Leistner * ''Pavonia triloba'' Guill. & Perr. * ''Peltophorum pterocarpum'' (DC.) K.Heyne * ''Pennisetum glaucum'' (L.) R.Br. * ''Pennisetum hordeoides'' (Lam.) Steud. * ''Pennisetum pedicellatum'' Trin. * ''Pennisetum polystachion'' (L.) Schult. * ''Pennisetum setigerum'' (Vahl) Wipff * ''Pennisetum sieberianum'' (Schltr.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. * ''Pennisetum unisetum'' (Nees) Benth. * ''Pennisetum violaceum'' (Lam.) Rich. * ''Pentadesma butyracea'' Sabine * ''Pentanema indicum'' (L.) Y.Ling * ''Pentatropis nivalis'' (J.F.Gmel.) D.V.Field & J.R.I.Wood * ''Peperomia pellucida'' H.B. & K. * ''Pergularia daemia'' (Forssk.) Chiov. * ''Pergularia tomentosa'' L. * ''Pericopsis laxiflora'' (Benth.) Meeuwen * ''Periploca nigrescens'' Afzel. * ''Perotis indica'' (L.) Kuntze * ''Perotis patens'' Gand. * ''Perotis scabra'' Willd. ex Trin. * ''Persea americana'' Mill. * ''Persicaria decipiens'' (R.Br.) K.L.Wilson * ''Persicaria limbata'' (Meisn.) H.Hara * ''Persicaria madagascariensis'' (Meisn.) S.Ortíz & Paiva * ''Persicaria senegalensis'' (Meisn.) Soják * ''Phaseolus vulgaris'' L. * ''Phaulopsis barteri'' T.Anderson * ''Phaulopsis ciliata'' (Willd.) Hepper * ''Phaulopsis imbricata'' (Forssk.) Sweet * ''Philenoptera cyanescens'' (Schumach. & Thonn.) Roberty * ''Philenoptera laxiflora'' (Guill. & Perr.) Roberty * ''Phoenix dactylifera'' L. * ''Phoenix reclinata'' Jacq. * ''Phragmites australis'' (Cav.) Steud. * ''Phragmites karka'' (Retz.) Steud. * ''Phyla nodiflora'' (L.) Greene * ''Phyllanthus alpestris'' Beille * ''Phyllanthus amarus'' Schumach. & Thonn. * ''Phyllanthus beillei'' Hutch. * ''Phyllanthus fraternus'' G.L.Webster * ''Phyllanthus maderaspatensis'' L. * ''Phyllanthus muellerianus'' (Kuntze) Exell * ''Phyllanthus pentandrus'' Schumach. & Thonn. * ''Phyllanthus reticulatus'' Poir. * ''Phyllanthus rotundifolius'' Klein ex Willd. * ''Phyllanthus sublanatus'' Schumach. & Thonn. * ''Phyllanthus welwitschianus'' Müll.Arg. * ''Physalis angulata'' L. * ''Physalis lagascae'' Roem. & Schult. * ''Piliostigma reticulatum'' (DC.) Hochst. * ''Piliostigma thonningii'' (Schumach.) Milne-Redh. * ''Pistia stratiotes'' L. * ''Pithecellobium dulce'' (Roxb.) Benth. * ''Pityrogramma calomelanos'' (L.) Link * ''Platostoma africanum'' P.Beauv. * ''Platycoryne paludosa'' (Lindl.) Rolfe * ''Plectranthus bojeri'' (Benth.) Hedge * ''Plectranthus chevalieri'' (Briq.) B.J.Pollard & A.J.Paton * ''Plectranthus esculentus'' N.E.Br. * ''Plectranthus gracillimus'' (T.C.E.Fr.) Hutch. & Dandy * ''Plectranthus monostachyus'' (P.Beauv.) B.J.Pollard * ''Pluchea ovalis'' (Pers.) DC. * ''Plumbago auriculata'' Lam. * ''Plumbago zeylanica'' L. * ''Plumeria alba'' L. * ''Plumeria rubra'' L. * ''Polycarpaea billei'' J.-P.Lebrun * ''Polycarpaea corymbosa'' (L.) Lam. * ''Polycarpaea eriantha'' Hochst. ex A.Rich. * ''Polycarpaea linearifolia'' (DC.) DC. * ''Polycarpaea tenuifolia'' (Willd.) DC. * ''Polycarpon prostratum'' (Forssk.) Asch. & Schweinf. * ''Polygala acicularis'' Oliv. * ''Polygala arenaria'' Willd. * ''Polygala atacorensis'' Jacq.-Fél. * ''Polygala baikiei'' Chodat * ''Polygala butyracea'' Heckel * ''Polygala capillaris'' E.Mey. ex Harv. * ''Polygala erioptera'' DC. * ''Polygala guineensis'' Willd. * ''Polygala irregularis'' Boiss. * ''Polygala multiflora'' Poir. * ''Polygala petitiana'' A.Rich. * ''Polygonum plebeium'' R.Br. * ''Polygonum pulchrum'' Blume * ''Polystachya golungensis'' Rchb.f. * ''Porphyrostemma chevalieri'' (O.Hoffm.) Hutch. & Dalziel * ''Portulaca foliosa'' Ker Gawl. * ''Portulaca grandiflora'' Hook. * ''Portulaca oleracea'' L. * ''Portulaca quadrifida'' L. * ''Potamogeton octandrus'' Poir. * ''Potamogeton schweinfurthii'' A.Benn. * ''Pouchetia africana'' A.Rich. ex DC. * ''Pouteria alnifolia'' (Baker) Roberty * ''Pouzolzia guineensis'' Benth. * ''Premna lucens'' A.Chev. * ''Prosopis africana'' (Guill. & Perr.) Taub. * ''Prosopis chilensis'' (Molina) Stuntz * ''Prosopis juliflora'' (Sw.) DC. * ''Protea madiensis'' Oliv. * ''Pseudarthria fagifolia'' Baker * ''Pseudarthria hookeri'' Wight & Arn. * ''Pseudechinolaena polystachya'' (Kunth) Stapf * ''Pseudocedrela kotschyi'' (Schweinf.) Harms * ''Pseudoconyza viscosa'' (Mill.) D'Arcy * ''Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum'' (L.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt * ''Pseudospondias microcarpa'' (A.Rich.) Engl. * ''Psidium guajava'' L. * ''Psophocarpus monophyllus'' Harms * ''Psophocarpus palustris'' Desv. * ''Psorospermum corymbiferum'' Hochr. * ''Psorospermum febrifugum'' Spach * ''Psorospermum glaberrimum'' Hochr. * ''Psorospermum senegalense'' Spach * ''Psychotria psychotrioides'' (DC.) Roberty * ''Psychotria vogeliana'' Benth. * ''Psydrax acutiflora'' (Hiern) Bridson * ''Psydrax horizontalis'' (Schumach.) Bridson * ''Psydrax parviflora'' (Afzel.) Bridson * ''Psydrax subcordata'' (DC.) Bridson * ''Pteleopsis habeensis'' Aubrév. ex Keay * ''Pteleopsis suberosa'' Engl. & Diels * ''Pterocarpus erinaceus'' Poir. * ''Pterocarpus lucens'' Lepr. ex Guill. & Perr. * ''Pterocarpus santalinoides'' DC. * ''Pulicaria incisa'' (Lam.) DC. * ''Pulicaria undulata'' (L.) C.A.Mey. * ''Punica granatum'' L. * ''Pupalia lappacea'' (L.) A.Juss. * ''Pycnocycla ledermannii'' H.Wolff * ''Pycreus acuticarinatus'' (Kük.) Cherm. * ''Pycreus aethiops'' (Welw. ex Ridl.) C.B.Clarke * ''Pycreus capillifolius'' (A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke * ''Pycreus flavescens'' (L.) P.Beauv. ex Rchb. * ''Pycreus lanceolatus'' (Poir.) C.B.Clarke * ''Pycreus macrostachyos'' (Lam.) J.Raynal * ''Pycreus melas'' (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke * ''Pycreus mundtii'' Nees * ''Pycreus pseudodiaphanus'' S.S.Hooper * ''Pycreus pumilus'' (L.) Domin * ''Pycreus smithianus'' (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke * ''Pycreus unioloides'' (R.Br.) Urb. * ''Quassia undulata'' (Guill. & Perr.) F.Dietr. * ''Raphia sudanica'' A.Chev. * ''Raphionacme brownii'' Scott-Elliot * ''Raphionacme splendens'' Schlechter * ''Raphionacme vignei'' Bruce * ''Rauvolfia vomitoria'' Afzel. * ''Ravenala madagascariensis'' Sonn. * ''Requienia obcordata'' (Lam. ex Poir.) DC. * ''Rhamphicarpa fistulosa'' (Hochst.) Benth. * ''Rhaphiostylis beninensis'' Planch. * ''Rhus crenulata'' A.Rich. * ''Rhus longipes'' Engl. * ''Rhynchosia albae-pauli'' Berhaut * ''Rhynchosia buettneri'' Harms * ''Rhynchosia densiflora'' (Roth) DC. * ''Rhynchosia hirta'' (Andrews) Meikle & Verdc. * ''Rhynchosia minima'' (L.) DC. * ''Rhynchosia nyasica'' Baker * ''Rhynchosia procurrens'' (Hiern) K.Schum. * ''Rhynchosia pycnostachya'' (DC.) Meikle * ''Rhynchosia resinosa'' (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Baker * ''Rhynchosia sublobata'' (Schumach. & Thonn.) Meikle * ''Rhynchospora candida'' (Nees) Boeckeler * ''Rhynchospora corymbosa'' (L.) Britton * ''Rhynchospora eximia'' (Nees) Boeckeler * ''Rhynchospora gracillima'' Thwaites * ''Rhynchospora perrieri'' Cherm. * ''Rhynchospora triflora'' Vahl * ''Rhytachne furtiva'' Clayton * ''Rhytachne rottboellioides'' Desv. * ''Rhytachne triaristata'' (Steud.) Stapf * ''Richardia brasiliensis'' Gomes * ''Ricinus communis'' L. * ''Ritchiea capparoides'' (Andrews) Britten * ''Ritchiea erecta'' Hook.f. * ''Ritchiea reflexa'' (Thonn.) Gilg & Gilg-Ben. * ''Rogeria adenophylla'' J.Gay ex Delile * ''Rotala elatinoides'' (DC.) Hiern * ''Rotala mexicana'' Cham. & Schltdl. * ''Rotala stagnina'' Hiern * ''Rotala tenella'' (Guill. & Perr.) Hiern * ''Rotala welwitschii'' Exell * ''Rotheca alata'' (Gürke) Verdc. * ''Rothia hirsuta'' (Guill. & Perr.) Baker * ''Rothmannia longiflora'' Salisb. * ''Rottboellia cochinchinensis'' (Lour.) Clayton * ''Rotula aquatica'' Lour. * ''Rourea coccinea'' (Thonn. ex Schumach.) Benth. * ''Rourea minor'' (Gaertn.) Alston * ''Ruellia patula'' Jacq. * ''Ruellia praetermissa'' Schweinf. ex Lindau * ''Rutidea parviflora'' DC. * ''Rytigynia senegalensis'' Blume * ''Rytigynia umbellulata'' (Hiern) Robyns * ''Saba comorensis'' (Bojer ex A.DC.) Pichon * ''Saba senegalensis'' (A.DC.) Pichon * ''Saba thompsonii'' (A.Chev.) Pichon * ''Sabicea brevipes'' Wernham * ''Sabicea venosa'' Benth. * ''Saccharum officinarum'' L. * ''Saccharum spontaneum'' L. * ''Sacciolepis africana'' C.E.Hubb. & Snowden * ''Sacciolepis chevalieri'' Stapf * ''Sacciolepis ciliocincta'' (Pilg.) Stapf * ''Sacciolepis cymbiandra'' Stapf * ''Sacciolepis indica'' (L.) Chase * ''Sacciolepis micrococca'' Mez * ''Sagittaria guayanensis'' Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth * ''Salacia owabiensis'' Hoyle * ''Salacia pallescens'' Oliv. * ''Salacia pyriformis'' (Sabine) Steud. * ''Salacia stuhlmanniana'' Loes. * ''Salvadora persica'' L. * ''Sansevieria liberica'' Gérôme & Labroy * ''Sansevieria longiflora'' Sims * ''Sansevieria senegambica'' Baker * ''Sarcocephalus latifolius'' (Sm.) E.A.Bruce * ''Sarcocephalus pobeguinii'' Pobeg. * ''Sarcostemma viminale'' (L.) R.Br. * ''Sauvagesia erecta'' L. * ''Scadoxus multiflorus'' (Martyn) Raf. * ''Schizachyrium brevifolium'' (Sw.) Nees ex Büse * ''Schizachyrium exile'' (Hochst.) Pilg. * ''Schizachyrium nodulosum'' (Hack.) Stapf * ''Schizachyrium penicillatum'' Jacq.-Fél. * ''Schizachyrium platyphyllum'' (Franch.) Stapf * ''Schizachyrium ruderale'' Clayton * ''Schizachyrium rupestre'' (K.Schum.) Stapf * ''Schizachyrium sanguineum'' (Retz.) Alston * ''Schizachyrium schweinfurthii'' (Hack.) Stapf * ''Schizachyrium urceolatum'' (Hack.) Stapf * ''Schoenefeldia gracilis'' Kunth * ''Schoenoplectiella juncea'' (Willd.) Lye * ''Schoenoplectiella lateriflora'' (J.F.Gmel.) Lye * ''Schoenoplectiella roylei'' (Nees) Lye * ''Schoenoplectiella senegalensis'' (Hochst. ex Steud.) Lye * ''Schoenoplectus corymbosus'' (Roth ex Roem. & Schult.) J.Raynal * ''Schoenoplectus litoralis'' (Schrad.) Palla * ''Schoenoplectus subulatus'' (Vahl) Lye * ''Schouwia purpurea'' (Forssk.) Schweinf. * ''Schultesia stenophylla'' Mart. * ''Schwenckia americana'' L. * ''Scleria achtenii'' De Wild. * ''Scleria bulbifera'' Hochst. ex A.Rich. * ''Scleria depressa'' (C.B.Clarke) Nelmes * ''Scleria distans'' Poir. * ''Scleria foliosa'' Hochst. ex A.Rich. * ''Scleria lacustris'' C.Wright * ''Scleria lagoensis'' Boeckeler * ''Scleria lithosperma'' (L.) Sw. * ''Scleria melaleuca'' Rchb. ex Schltr. & Cham. * ''Scleria melanotricha'' Hochst. ex A.Rich. * ''Scleria mikawana'' Makino * ''Scleria naumanniana'' Boeckeler * ''Scleria pergracilis'' (Nees) Kunth * ''Scleria racemosa'' Poir. * ''Scleria sphaerocarpa'' (E.A.Rob.) Napper * ''Scleria tessellata'' Willd. * ''Sclerocarpus africanus'' Jacq. ex Murray * ''Sclerocarya birrea'' (A.Rich.) Hochst. * ''Scoparia dulcis'' L. * ''Sebastiania chamaelea'' (L.) Müll.Arg. * ''Secamone afzelii'' (Schult.) K.Schum. * ''Securidaca longipedunculata'' Fresen. * ''Sehima ischaemoides'' Forssk. * ''Selaginella protensa'' Alston * ''Senegalia ataxacantha'' DC. * ''Senegalia gourmaensis'' A.Chev. * ''Senegalia laeta'' R.Br. ex Benth. * ''Senegalia macrostachya'' Rchb. ex DC. * ''Senegalia polyacantha'' Willd. * ''Senegalia senegal'' (L.) Willd. * ''Senna alata'' (L.) Roxb. * ''Senna hirsuta'' L. * ''Senna italica'' Mill. * ''Senna obtusifolia'' L. * ''Senna occidentalis'' L. * ''Senna podocarpa'' Guill. & Perr. * ''Senna siamea'' Lam. * ''Senna singueana'' Delile * ''Senna surattensis'' Burm.f. * ''Sericanthe chevalieri'' (K.Krause) Robbr. * ''Sesamum alatum'' Thonn. * ''Sesamum indicum'' L. * ''Sesamum radiatum'' Schumach. & Thonn. * ''Sesbania bispinosa'' (Jacq.) W.Wight * ''Sesbania dalzielii'' E.Phillips & Hutch. * ''Sesbania leptocarpa'' DC. * ''Sesbania pachycarpa'' DC. * ''Sesbania rostrata'' Bremek. & Oberm. * ''Sesbania sesban'' (L.) Merr. * ''Sesbania sudanica'' J.B.Gillett * ''Sesuvium hydaspicum'' (Edgew.) Gonç. * ''Setaria barbata'' (Lam.) Kunth * ''Setaria longiseta'' P.Beauv. * ''Setaria pumila'' (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. * ''Setaria sphacelata'' (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. ex M.B.Moss * ''Setaria verticillata'' (L.) P.Beauv. * ''Shirakiopsis elliptica'' (Hochst.) Esser * ''Sida acuta'' Burm.f. * ''Sida alba'' L. * ''Sida cordifolia'' L. * ''Sida javensis'' Cav. * ''Sida linifolia'' Juss. ex Cav. * ''Sida ovata'' Forssk. * ''Sida rhombifolia'' L. * ''Sida urens'' L. * ''Siphonochilus aethiopicus'' (Schweinf.) B.L.Burtt * ''Smeathmannia pubescens'' Sol. ex R.Br. * ''Smilax anceps'' Willd. * ''Solanum aculeatissimum'' Jacq. * ''Solanum aethiopicum'' L. * ''Solanum cerasiferum'' Dunal * ''Solanum dasyphyllum'' Schumach. & Thonn. * ''Solanum incanum'' L. * ''Solanum melongena'' L. * ''Solanum nigrum'' L. * ''Solanum torvum'' Sw. * ''Solanum tuberosum'' L. * ''Solenostemon rotundifolius'' (Poir.) J.K.Morton * ''Sonchus asper'' (L.) Hill * ''Sonchus oleraceus'' L. * ''Sopubia parviflora'' Engl. * ''Sopubia ramosa'' (Hochst.) Hochst. * ''Sopubia simplex'' (Hochst.) Hochst. * ''Sorghastrum bipennatum'' (Hack.) Pilg. * ''Sorghastrum stipoides'' (Kunth) Nash * ''Sorghum arundinaceum'' (Desv.) Stapf * ''Sorghum bicolor'' (L.) Moench * ''Sorghum purpureo-sericeum'' (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Asch. & Schweinf. * ''Sorindeia juglandifolia'' (A.Rich.) Planch. ex Oliv. * ''Spermacoce chaetocephala'' DC. * ''Spermacoce filifolia'' (Schumach. & Thonn.) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork * ''Spermacoce hepperana'' Verdc. * ''Spermacoce octodon'' (Hepper) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork * ''Spermacoce pusilla'' Wall. * ''Spermacoce quadrisulcata'' (Bremek.) Verdc. * ''Spermacoce radiata'' (DC.) Hiern * ''Spermacoce ruelliae'' DC. * ''Spermacoce spermacocina'' (K.Schum.) Bridson & Puff * ''Spermacoce stachydea'' DC. * ''Spermacoce verticillata'' L. * ''Sphaeranthus angustifolius'' DC. * ''Sphaeranthus senegalensis'' DC. * ''Sphaerocodon caffrum'' (Meisn.) Schltr. * ''Sphenoclea zeylanica'' Gaertn. * ''Sphenostylis schweinfurthii'' Harms * ''Sphenostylis stenocarpa'' (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Harms * ''Spigelia anthelmia'' L. * ''Spondianthus preussii'' Engl. * ''Spondias mombin'' L. * ''Sporobolus festivus'' Hochst. ex A.Rich. * ''Sporobolus helvolus'' (Trin.) T.Durand & Schinz * ''Sporobolus microprotus'' Stapf * ''Sporobolus paniculatus'' (Trin.) T.Durand & Schinz * ''Sporobolus pectinellus'' Mez * ''Sporobolus pellucidus'' Hochst. * ''Sporobolus pilifer'' (Trin.) Kunth * ''Sporobolus pyramidalis'' P.Beauv. * ''Sporobolus sanguineus'' Rendle * ''Sporobolus stolzii'' Mez * ''Sporobolus subglobosus'' A.Chev. * ''Stachytarpheta indica'' (L.) Vahl * ''Stapfochloa lamproparia'' (Stapf) H.Scholz * ''Steganotaenia araliacea'' Hochst. * ''Stemodia serrata'' Benth. * ''Stenotaphrum dimidiatum'' (L.) Brongn. * ''Stenotaphrum secundatum'' (Walter) Kuntze * ''Sterculia setigera'' Delile * ''Sterculia tragacantha'' Lindl. * ''Stereospermum kunthianum'' Cham. * ''Stomatanthes africanus'' (Oliv. & Hiern) R.M.King & H.Rob. * ''Striga asiatica'' (L.) Kuntze * ''Striga aspera'' (Willd.) Benth. * ''Striga baumannii'' Engl. * ''Striga bilabiata'' (Thunb.) Kuntze * ''Striga brachycalyx'' Engl. ex Skan * ''Striga forbesii'' Benth. * ''Striga gesnerioides'' (Willd.) Vatke * ''Striga hermonthica'' (Delile) Benth. * ''Striga klingii'' (Engl.) Skan * ''Striga macrantha'' (Benth.) Benth. * ''Striga passargei'' Engl. * ''Strophanthus gratus'' (Wall. & Hook.) Baill. * ''Strophanthus hispidus'' DC. * ''Strophanthus sarmentosus'' DC. * ''Struchium sparganophorum'' (L.) Kuntze * ''Strychnos congolana'' Gilg * ''Strychnos cuminodora'' Leeuwenberg * ''Strychnos innocua'' Delile * ''Strychnos spinosa'' Lam. * ''Strychnos usambarensis'' Gilg * ''Stylochaeton hypogaeus'' Lepr. * ''Stylochaeton lancifolius'' Kotschy & Peyr. * ''Stylosanthes erecta'' P.Beauv. * ''Stylosanthes fruticosa'' (Retz.) Alston * ''Stylosanthes guianensis'' (Aubl.) Sw. * ''Stylosanthes hamata'' L. * ''Synedrella nodiflora'' Gaertn. * ''Synsepalum brevipes'' (Baker) T.D.Penn. * ''Synsepalum pobeguinianum'' (Pierre ex Lecomte) Aké Assi & L.Gaut. * ''Syzygium guineense'' (Willd.) DC. * ''Tacazzea apiculata'' Oliv. * ''Tacca leontopetaloides'' (L.) Kuntze * ''Talinum triangulare'' (Jacq.) Willd. * ''Tamarindus indica'' L. * ''Tapinanthus bangwensis'' (Engl. & K.Krause) Danser * ''Tapinanthus globiferus'' (A.Rich.) Tiegh. * ''Tapinanthus ophiodes'' (Sprague) Danser * ''Tarenna pavettoides'' (Harv.) Sim * ''Tarenna thomasii'' Hutch. & Dalziel * ''Tecoma stans'' (L.) Juss. ex Kunth * ''Tectona grandis'' L.f. * ''Telosma africana'' (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br. * ''Tephrosia berhautiana'' Lescot * ''Tephrosia bracteolata'' Guill. & Perr. * ''Tephrosia deflexa'' Baker * ''Tephrosia elegans'' Schumach. * ''Tephrosia gracilipes'' Guill. & Perr. * ''Tephrosia humilis'' Guill. & Perr. * ''Tephrosia lathyroides'' Guill. & Perr. * ''Tephrosia lebrunii'' Cronquist * ''Tephrosia letestui'' Tisser. * ''Tephrosia linearis'' (Willd.) Pers. * ''Tephrosia lupinifolia'' DC. * ''Tephrosia mossiensis'' A.Chev. * ''Tephrosia nana'' Schweinf. * ''Tephrosia pedicellata'' Baker * ''Tephrosia platycarpa'' Guill. & Perr. * ''Tephrosia purpurea'' (L.) Pers. * ''Tephrosia sylviae'' Berhaut * ''Tephrosia uniflora'' Pers. * ''Tephrosia villosa'' (L.) Pers. * ''Teramnus buettneri'' (Harms) Baker f. * ''Teramnus labialis'' (L.f.) Spreng. * ''Terminalia albida'' Scott-Elliot * ''Terminalia avicennioides'' Guill. & Perr. * ''Terminalia catappa'' L. * ''Terminalia ivorensis'' A.Chev. * ''Terminalia laxiflora'' Engl. & Diels * ''Terminalia macroptera'' Guill. & Perr. * ''Terminalia mantaly'' H.Perrier * ''Terminalia mollis'' M.A.Lawson * ''Terminalia schimperiana'' Hochst. * ''Tetracera alnifolia'' Willd. * ''Tetracera potatoria'' Afzel. ex G.Don * ''Tetrapogon cenchriformis'' (A.Rich.) Clayton * ''Thalia geniculata'' L. * ''Thaumatococcus daniellii'' (Bennet) Benth. * ''Thelepogon elegans'' Roth * ''Thelypteris dentata'' (Forsk.) E. St. John * ''Thelypteris striata'' (Schumach.) Schelpe * ''Themeda triandra'' Forssk. * ''Thesium viride'' A.W.Hill * ''Thespesia populneoides'' (Roxb.) Kostel. * ''Thonningia sanguinea'' Vahl * ''Thunbergia erecta'' (Benth.) T.Anderson * ''Tinnea aethiopica'' Kotschy ex Hook.f. * ''Tinnea barteri'' Gürke * ''Tinospora bakis'' (A.Rich.) Miers * ''Trachypogon spicatus'' (L.f.) Kuntze * ''Tragia senegalensis'' Müll.Arg. * ''Tragia tenuifolia'' Benth. * ''Tragia vogelii'' Keay * ''Tragia volubilis'' L. * ''Tragia wildemanii'' Beille * ''Tragus berteronianus'' Schult. * ''Tragus racemosus'' (L.) All. * ''Trapa natans'' L. * ''Trema orientalis'' (L.) Blume * ''Trianthema portulacastrum'' L. * ''Tribulus terrestris'' L. * ''Tricalysia okelensis'' Hiern * ''Trichilia emetica'' Vahl * ''Trichoneura mollis'' (Kunth) Ekman * ''Tricliceras pilosum'' (Willd.) R.Fern. * ''Triclisia patens'' Oliv. * ''Triclisia subcordata'' Oliv. * ''Tridax procumbens'' L. * ''Tripogon minimus'' (A.Rich.) Steud. * ''Tristachya superba'' (De Not.) Schweinf. & Asch. * ''Tristemma mauritianum'' J.F.Gmel. * ''Tristicha trifaria'' (Bory ex Willd.) Spreng. * ''Triumfetta lepidota'' K.Schum. * ''Triumfetta pentandra'' A.Rich. * ''Triumfetta rhomboidea'' Jacq. * ''Triumfetta setulosa'' Mast. * ''Trochomeria macrocarpa'' (Sond.) Hook.f. * ''Tylophora oblonga'' N.E.Br. * ''Tylophora oculata'' N.E.Br. * ''Typha domingensis'' Pers. * ''Uapaca heudelotii'' Baill. * ''Uapaca togoensis'' Pax * ''Uncaria africana'' G.Don * ''Uncaria talbotii'' Wernham * ''Uraria picta'' (Jacq.) DC. * ''Urelytrum annuum'' Stapf * ''Urelytrum muricatum'' C.E.Hubb. * ''Urena lobata'' L. * ''Urochloa brizantha'' (A.Rich.) Stapf * ''Urochloa comata'' (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Sosef * ''Urochloa falcifera'' (Trin.) Stapf * ''Urochloa jubata'' (Fig. & De Not.) Sosef * ''Urochloa ruziziensis'' (R.Germ. & C.M.Evrard) Crins * ''Urochloa trichopus'' (Hochst.) Stapf * ''Usteria guineensis'' Willd. * ''Utricularia arenaria'' A.DC. * ''Utricularia foliosa'' L. * ''Utricularia gibba'' L. * ''Utricularia inflexa'' Forssk. * ''Utricularia micropetala'' Sm. * ''Utricularia pubescens'' Sm. * ''Utricularia reflexa'' Oliv. * ''Utricularia rigida'' Benj. * ''Utricularia simulans'' Pilger * ''Utricularia spiralis'' Sm. * ''Utricularia stellaris'' L.f. * ''Utricularia subulata'' L. * ''Uvaria chamae'' P.Beauv. * ''Vachellia flava, Vachellia ehrenbergiana'' Hayne * ''Vachellia gerrardii'' Benth. * ''Vachellia nilotica'' (L.) Willd. ex Delile * ''Vachellia seyal'' Delile * ''Vachellia sieberiana'' DC. * ''Vachellia tortilis'' (Forssk.) Hayne * ''Vahlia dichotoma'' (Murray) Kuntze * ''Vahlia digyna'' (Retz.) Kuntze * ''Vahlia geminiflora'' (Delile) Bridson * ''Vangueriella spinosa'' (Schumach. & Thonn.) Verdc. * ''Vepris heterophylla'' (Engl.) Letouzey * ''Vernonia adoensis'' Sch.Bip. ex Walp. * ''Vernonia ambigua'' Kotschy & Peyr. * ''Vernonia amygdalina'' Delile * ''Vernonia chapmanii'' C.D.Adams * ''Vernonia chthonocephala'' O.Hoffm. * ''Vernonia colorata'' (Willd.) Drake * ''Vernonia galamensis'' (Cass.) Less. * ''Vernonia gerberiformis'' Oliv. & Hiern * ''Vernonia guineensis'' Benth. * ''Vernonia perrottetii'' Sch.Bip. ex Walp. * ''Vernonia plumbaginifolia'' Fenzl ex Oliv. & Hiern * ''Vernonia pumila'' Kotschy & Peyr. * ''Vernonia smithiana'' Less. * ''Vernoniastrum camporum'' (A.Chev.) Isawumi * ''Vetiveria fulvibarbis'' (Trin.) Stapf * ''Vigna adenantha'' (G.Mey.) Maréchal & Mascherpa & Stainier * ''Vigna filicaulis'' Hepper * ''Vigna gracilis'' (Guill. & Perr.) Hook.f. * ''Vigna heterophylla'' A.Rich. * ''Vigna kirkii'' (Baker) J.B.Gillett * ''Vigna luteola'' (Jacq.) Benth. * ''Vigna parkeri'' Baker * ''Vigna racemosa'' (G.Don) Hutch. & Dalziel * ''Vigna radiata'' (L.) R.Wilczek * ''Vigna reticulata'' Hook.f. * ''Vigna stenophylla'' Harms * ''Vigna subterranea'' (L.) Verdc. * ''Vigna unguiculata'' (L.) Walp. * ''Vigna venulosa'' Baker * ''Vigna vexillata'' (L.) A.Rich. * ''Virectaria multiflora'' (Sm.) Bremek. * ''Vismia guineensis'' (L.) Choisy * ''Vitellaria paradoxa'' C.F.Gaertn. * ''Vitex chrysocarpa'' Planch. ex Benth. * ''Vitex doniana'' Sweet * ''Vitex madiensis'' Oliv. * ''Voacanga africana'' Stapf * ''Voacanga thouarsii'' Roem. & Schult. * ''Vossia cuspidata'' (Roxb.) Griff. * ''Wahlenbergia hirsuta'' (Edgew.) Tuyn * ''Wahlenbergia lobelioides'' (L.f.) Link * ''Wahlenbergia perrottetii'' (A.DC.) Thulin * ''Waltheria indica'' L. * ''Waltheria lanceolata'' R.Br. ex Mast. * ''Warneckea fascicularis'' (Planch. ex Benth.) Jacq.-Fél. * ''Wissadula rostrata'' (Schumach.) Hook.f. * ''Xanthosoma sagittifolium'' (L.) Schott * ''Xeroderris stuhlmannii'' (Taub.) Mendonça & E.C.Sousa * ''Ximenia americana'' L. * ''Xylopia acutiflora'' (Dunal) A.Rich. * ''Xylopia aethiopica'' (Dunal) A.Rich. * ''Xylopia elliotii'' Engl. & Diels * ''Xyris barteri'' N.E.Br. * ''Xyris decipiens'' N.E.Br. * ''Xyris straminea'' L.A.Nilsson * ''Xysmalobium heudelotianum'' Decne. * ''Zaleya pentandra'' (L.) C.Jeffrey * ''Zanha golungensis'' Hiern * ''Zanthoxylum leprieurii'' Guill. & Perr. * ''Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides'' (Lam.) Zepern. & Timler * ''Zea mays'' L. * ''Zehneria capillacea'' (Schumach.) C.Jeffrey * ''Zehneria hallii'' C.Jeffrey * ''Zehneria scabra'' (L.f.) Sond. * ''Zehneria thwaitesii'' (Schweinf.) C.Jeffrey * ''Ziziphus abyssinica'' A.Rich. * ''Ziziphus lotus'' (L.) Lam. * ''Ziziphus mauritiana'' Lam. * ''Ziziphus mucronata'' Willd. * ''Ziziphus spina-christi'' (L.) Desf. * ''Zornia durumuensis'' De Wild. * ''Zornia glochidiata'' Rchb. ex DC. * ''Zoysia matrella'' (L.) Merr. * ''Zoysia tenuifolia'' Willd. ex Thiele * ''Zygotritonia crocea'' Stapf

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{{Reflist Flora of Burkina Faso, Lists of plants by location, Burkina Faso