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Caatinga Caatinga (, ) is a type of semi-arid tropical vegetation, and an ecoregion characterized by this vegetation in interior northeastern Brazil. The name "Caatinga" is a Tupi word meaning "white forest" or "white vegetation" (''caa'' = forest, v ...

vegetation Vegetation is an assemblage of plant species and the ground cover they provide. It is a general term, without specific reference to particular taxa, life forms, structure, spatial extent, or any other specific botanical or geographic character ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Acanthaceae Acanthaceae is a family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are tropical herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epiphytes. Only a few species are distributed in te ...

* '' Anisacanthus'' '' brasiliensis''

Lindau Lindau (german: Lindau (Bodensee), ''Lindau am Bodensee''; ; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Lindou'') is a major Town#Germany, town and Lindau (island), island on the eastern side of Lake Constance (''Bodensee'' in German) in Bavaria, Ge ...

* '' Anisacanthus trilobus''

* '' Lophostachys'' '' floribunda''

Ness Ness or NESS may refer to: Places Australia * Ness, Wapengo, a heritage-listed natural coastal area in New South Wales United Kingdom * Ness, Cheshire, England, a village * Ness, Lewis, the most northerly area on Lewis, Scotland, UK * Cuspate ...

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Ruellia ''Ruellia'' is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as ruellias or wild petunias. They are not closely related to petunias (''Petunia'') although both genera belong to the same euasterid clade. The genus was named in honor of Jean Ruelle ( ...

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asperula ''Asperula'', commonly known as woodruff, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 194 species and has a wide distribution area from Europe, northern Africa, temperate and subtropical Asia to Australasia. Species * ' ...

Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...

Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of ...

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Ruellia geminiflora ''Ruellia geminiflora'', known locally as ipecacuanha-da-flor-roxa, is a species native to Argentina; Brazil, typically Caatinga and Cerrado vegetation; Guianas, and Venezuela. The roots of this plant contains possibly toxic substances. '' Ruel ...

Kunth Carl Sigismund Kunth (18 June 1788 – 22 March 1850), also Karl Sigismund Kunth or anglicized as Charles Sigismund Kunth, was a German botanist. He is known for being one of the first to study and categorise plants from the American continents, ...

Amaranthaceae Amaranthaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus ''Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, making it ...

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Alternanthera ''Alternanthera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae. It is a widespread genus with most species occurring in the tropical Americas,Sánchez-Del Pino, I., et al. (2012)Molecular phylogenetics of ''Alternanthera'' (Gomphren ...

'' '' brasiliana'' ( L.)

Kuntze Kuntze is a surname of German origin. People with that name include: * Carl Kuntze (1922-2006), Dutch rower who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics * Edward J. Kuntze (1826-1870), Prussian-born American sculptor * Otto Kuntze (1843-1907), German ...

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Webb Webb most often refers to James Webb Space Telescope which is named after James E. Webb, second Administrator of NASA. It may also refer to: Places Antarctica * Webb Glacier (South Georgia) * Webb Glacier (Victoria Land) *Webb Névé, Victoria ...

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Gomphrena ''Gomphrena'' is a genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae. They are known as the globe amaranths. Species include: * ''Gomphrena agrestis'' * ''Gomphrena canescens'' * ''Gomphrena celosioides'' * ''Gomphrena globosa''—Globe amaranth * '' ...

'' '' reticulata'' Seub. * '' Gomphrena prostrata''

Mart. Carl Friedrich Philipp (Karl Friedrich Philipp) von Martius (17 April 1794 – 13 December 1868) was a German botanist and explorer. Life Martius was born at Erlangen, the son of Prof Ernst Wilhelm Martius, court apothecary. He graduated PhD f ...

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Iresine ''Iresine'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae. It contains 20 to 25 species, all of which are native to the American tropics. The generic name is derived from the Greek word εριος (''erios''), meaning "wooly", refer ...

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Anacardiaceae The Anacardiaceae, commonly known as the cashew family or sumac family, are a family of flowering plants, including about 83 genera with about 860 known species. Members of the Anacardiaceae bear fruits that are drupes and in some cases produce ...

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Myracrodruon ''Myracrodruon'' is a genus of plants in the family Anacardiaceae. Species are native to South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay). Taxonomy The genus name first appeared in 1862 in a publication by Francisco Freire Allemão and Man ...

'' '' urundeuva'' M.Allemão * ''

Schinopsis ''Schinopsis'' is a genus of South American trees in the family Anacardiaceae, also known by the common names quebracho, quebracho colorado and red quebracho. In Brazil it is known as ''baraúna'' or ''braúna''. Description The species within t ...

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Schinus ''Schinus'' is a genus of flowering trees and tall shrubs in the sumac family, Anacardiaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as pepper trees. The Peruvian pepper tree (''Schinus molle'') is the source of the spice known as pink pepperco ...

'' '' terebinthifolius'' Raddi * ''

Spondias ''Spondias'' is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae. The genus consists of 17 described species, 7 of which are native to the Neotropics and about 10 are native to tropical Asia. They are commonly named hog plums, Spa ...

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Annonaceae The Annonaceae are a Family (biology), family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs, or rarely lianas commonly known as the custard apple family or soursop family. With 108 accepted genera and about 2400 known species, it is the largest ...

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Annona ''Annona'' (from Taíno ''annon'') is a genus of flowering plants in the pawpaw/sugar apple family, Annonaceae. It is the second largest genus in the family after ''Guatteria'', containing approximately 166

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Annona glabra ''Annona glabra'' is a Tropics, tropical fruit tree in the family Annonaceae, in the same genus as the soursop and cherimoya. Common names include pond apple, alligator apple (so called because American alligators often eat the fruit), swamp appl ...

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Xylopia ''Xylopia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. They are mostly trees and some shrubs. There are about 160 species distributed in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.Moreira, I. C., Lago, J. H. G., Young, M. C. M., & Roque, N. F. ...

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Apocynaceae Apocynaceae (from ''Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison Members of the ...

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Allamanda ''Allamanda'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. They are native to the Americas, where they are distributed from Mexico to Argentina. Some species are familiar as ornamental plants cultivated for their large, colorful flow ...

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A.DC. Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (28 October 18064 April 1893) was a French-Swiss botanist, the son of the Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. Biography De Candolle, son of Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, first devot ...

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Allamanda blanchetii ''Allamanda blanchetii'' (purple allamanda, violet allamanda; Pilaghanti in Sanskrit synonym (taxonomy), syn. ''Allamanda violacea'') is a species of perennial flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae native to Brazil. Cultivated as an ornamenta ...

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Allamanda puberula ''Allamanda puberula'' (syn. ''Allamanda puberula'' var. ''glabrata'' Müll.Arg.) is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae, which is native to Brazil, typically in Caatinga, and Cerrado vegetation. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis ...

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Aspidosperma ''Aspidosperma'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1824. It is native to South America, Central America, southern Mexico, and the West Indies The West Indies is a subregion of North A ...

'' '' polyneuron'' Müll.Arg. * '' Aspidosperma populifolium''

* '' Aspidosperma pyricollum'' Müll.Arg. * '' Condylocarpon'' '' isthmicum'' = '' Condylocarpus ishtimicum'' ( Vell.)

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Hancornia ''Hancornia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family (biology), family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1812. It is native to South America (Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay). It contains only one known species, ''Hancornia speciosa ...

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Gomes ''Gomes'' is a common Portuguese and Old Galician surname. It derived from the given name ''Gomes'', which derived from the Visigothic word ''guma'', meaning "man". Its Spanish equivalent is Gómez. Notable people A–E *Al Gomes (born 1960), ...

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Himatanthus ''Himatanthus'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1819. It is native to Panama and South America. ;Species # '' Himatanthus articulatus'' (Vahl) Woodson - widespread from Panama east to French ...

'' '' lancifolia'' ( Müll.Arg.) Woodson * '' Odontadenia'' '' lutea'' ( Vell.) Markgr. * '' Peschiera'' '' affinis'' ( Müll.Arg.) Miers

Arecaceae The Arecaceae is a family of perennial flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are called palm trees ...

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Acrocomia aculeata ''Acrocomia aculeata'' is a species of palm native to the Neotropics, from southern Mexico and the Caribbean south to Paraguay and northern Argentina. Common names include grugru palm, gloo gloo, macaúba palm, coyol palm, and macaw palm; synonym ...

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Syagrus comosa Syagrus may refer to: * Syagrus (legendary poet), a legendary Greek oral poet *Syagrus (plant) ''Syagrus'' is a genus of Arecaceae (palms), native to South America, with one species endemic to the Lesser Antilles. The genus is closely related ...

* '' Syagrus flexuosa''

Becc. Odoardo Beccari (16 November 1843 – 25 October 1920) was an Italian botanist famous for his discoveries in Indonesia, particularly New Guinea, and Australia. He has been called the greatest botanist to ever study Malesia. His author abbrevi ...

Aristolochiaceae The Aristolochiaceae () are a family, the birthwort family, of flowering plants with seven genera and about 400 known species belonging to the order Piperales. The type genus is ''Aristolochia'' L. Description They are mostly perennial, herb ...

* '' Aristolochia allemanii'' Hoehne * ''

Aristolochia brasiliensis ''Aristolochia labiata'', the mottled Dutchman's pipe or rooster flower, is an ornamental plant which is native to Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both ...

et Zucc. * '' Aristolochia cymbifera''

et Zucc. * '' Aristolochia cordigera''

Willd. Carl Ludwig Willdenow (22 August 1765 – 10 July 1812) was a German botanist, pharmacist, and plant taxonomist. He is considered one of the founders of phytogeography, the study of the geographic distribution of plants. Willdenow was also ...

Klotzsch Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist. His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Origin ...

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Aristolochia gigantea ''Aristolochia gigantea'', the Brazilian Dutchman's pipe or giant pelican flower ( syn. ''Aristolochia sylvicola'' Standl.), is an ornamental plant native to Brazil. Typical of subtropical Bahia and Minas Gerais vegetation, it is a vigorous ever ...

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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. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

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Acanthospermum ''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'' ...

'' '' australe'' (Loef.) O. Kunze * '' Acanthospermum hispidum'' DC. * ''

Dasyphyllum ''Dasyphyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is distributed in South America, with several species in southeastern Brazil.brasiliensis'' * ''

Eupatorium ''Eupatorium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, containing from 36 to 60 species depending on the classification system. Most are herbaceous perennials growing to tall. A few are shrubs. The genus is native to temperate ...

'' '' amygdalinum'' Lam. * '' Eupatorium bracteatum'' Gardn. * '' Eupatorium laevis'' DC. * '' Gochnatia'' '' amplexifolia'' (Gardn.) Cabr. * '' Gochnatia blanchetiana'' (DC.) Cabr. * ''

Mikania ''Mikania'' is a genus of about 450 species of plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae. The name honors the Czech botanist Johann Christian Mikan, 1743–1814. Members of the genus are stem twiners and lianas and are common ...

'' '' cordifolia'' Willd. * '' Mikania macrophylla'' Schultz. Bip. * '' Mikania reticulata'' DC. * ''

Parthenium ''Parthenium'' is a genus of North American shrubs in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae and subfamily Asteroideae. The name ''Parthenium'' is an evolution of the Ancient Greek name παρθένιον (''parthenion''), which ref ...

'' '' histerophorus'' L. * '' Spilanthes'' ''

acmella ''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 ...

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Vernonia ''Vernonia'' is a genus of about 350 species of forbs and shrubs in the Daisy family Asteraceae. Some species are known as ironweed. Some species are edible and of economic value. They are known for having intense purple flowers. There have been ...

'' '' ligulaeflora'' Less. * '' Vernonia polyanthes'' Less. * '' Vernonia scorpioides'' Pers.

Bignoniaceae Bignoniaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales commonly known as the bignonias or trumpetvines.Vernon H. Heywood, Richard K. Brummitt, Ole Seberg, and Alastair Culham. ''Flowering Plant Families of the World''. Firefly Books: ...

* '' Alsocydia'' '' erubescens'' Mart. ex DC. * '' Anemopaegma'' '' glaucum'' Mart. * '' Arrabidea'' '' rotundata'' Bur. * '' Arrabidea trichoclata'' Burr. * '' Batocydia'' ''

unguis A claw is a curved, pointed appendage found at the end of a toe or finger in most amniotes (mammals, reptiles, birds). Some invertebrates such as beetles and spiders have somewhat similar fine, hooked structures at the end of the leg or tarsus ...

'' Mart. * '' Cuspidaria'' cordata Maltos * '' Distictes'' '' mansoana'' Pers. * '' Friedericia'' ''

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Handroanthus impetiginosus ''Handroanthus impetiginosus'', the pink ipê, pink lapacho or pink trumpet tree, is a tree in the family Bignoniaceae, distributed throughout North, Central and South America, from northern Mexico south to northern Argentina. It is the national ...

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Jacaranda ''Jacaranda'' is a genus of 49 species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. The generic name is also used as the common name. The species ''Jacaranda mimosifolia'' has achie ...

'' '' brasiliana'' Pers. * '' Jacaranda caroba'' DC. * '' Jacaranda cuspidifolia'' Mart. * '' Jacaranda elegans'' Mart. * '' Lundia'' ''

nitidula ''Nitidula'' is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae The sap beetles, also known as Nitidulidae, are a family (biology), family of beetles. They are small (2–6 mm) ovoid, usually dull-coloured beetles, with knobbed ...

'' Mart. * '' Pyrostegia'' '' venusca'' (Ker-Gavahl) Miers. * ''

Tabebuia ''Tabebuia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae.Eberhard Fischer, Inge Theisen, and Lúcia G. Lohmann. 2004. "Bignoniaceae". pages 9-38. In: Klaus Kubitzki (editor) and Joachim W. Kadereit (volume editor). ''The Families a ...

'' '' avellanedae'' Lorentz et Giseb. * '' Tabebuia caraiba'' (Mart.) Bur. * '' Tabebuia chrysotricha'' (Mart. ex DC.) Stand. * '' Tabebuia geminiflora'' Rizz. & Mattos

Bombacaceae Bombacaceae were long recognised as a family of flowering plants or Angiospermae. The family name was based on the type genus ''Bombax''. As is true for many botanical names, circumscription and status of the taxon has varied with taxonomic point ...

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Cavanillesia ''Cavanillesia'' is a genus of trees in the family Malvaceae. It is native to Panama and South America. Taxonomy ''Cavanillesia'' consists of 5 species so far: * '' Cavanillesia arborea'' * '' Cavanillesia chicamochae'' * ''Cavanillesia hy ...

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arborea Arborea is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Oristano, Sardinia, Italy, whose economy is largely based on agriculture and cattle breeding with production of vegetables, rice, fruit and milk (notably the local milk product Arborea). Histo ...

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Chorisia ''Ceiba'' is a genus of trees in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas (from Mexico and the Caribbean to N Argentina) and tropical West Africa. Some species can grow to tall or more, with a straight, ...

'' '' ventricosa'' Mart. * ''

Ceiba ''Ceiba'' is a genus of trees in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas (from Mexico and the Caribbean to N Argentina) and tropical West Africa. Some species can grow to tall or more, with a straight, la ...

'' '' jasminodora'' K. Schum. * ''

Ceiba pentandra ''Ceiba pentandra'' is a tropical tree of the order Malvales and the family Malvaceae (previously emplaced in the family Bombacaceae), native to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, northern South America, and (as the variety ''C. pentandr ...

'' Gaertn. * '' Ceiba rivieri'' K. Schum.

Boraginaceae Boraginaceae, the borage or forget-me-not family, includes about 2,000 species of shrubs, trees and herbs in 146, to 156 genera with a worldwide distribution. The APG IV system from 2016 classifies the Boraginaceae as single family of the order ...

* '' Auxemma'' '' glazioviana'' Taub. * '' Auxemma oncocalyx'' Taub. * ''

Cordia ''Cordia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 300 species of shrubs and trees, that are found worldwide, mostly in warmer regions. Many of the species are commonly called manjack, while ''bocote' ...

'' '' insignis'' Cham. * '' Cordia leucocephala'' Moric. * '' Cordia nodosa'' Lam. * '' Cordia trichotoma'' (Vell.) Mart. * ''

Heliotropium ''Heliotropium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the heliotrope family, Heliotropiaceae. There are around 325 species in this almost cosmopolitan genus, which are commonly known as heliotropes (sg. ). It is highly toxic for dogs and cats. Et ...

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Heliotropium laceolatum ''Heliotropium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the heliotrope family, Heliotropiaceae. There are around 325 species in this almost cosmopolitan genus, which are commonly known as heliotropes (sg. ). It is highly toxic for dogs and cats. Et ...

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Bromeliaceae The Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) are a family of monocot Monocotyledons (), commonly referred to as monocots, (Lilianae ''sensu'' Chase & Reveal) are grass and grass-like flowering plants (angiosperms), the seeds of which typically contain o ...

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Aechmea ''Aechmea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae (subfamily Bromelioideae). The name comes from the Greek ''aichme'', meaning "spear". Suggested pronunciations include and . ''Aechmea'' comprises eight subgenera and around ...

'' '' bromeliaefolia'' Mart. * ''

Bromelia ''Bromelia'' is a genus of about 70 plant species widespread across Latin America and the West Indies. It is the type genus of the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae, and its type species is '' B. karatas''. ''Bromelia'' species are ch ...

'' '' laciniosa'' * '' Neoglaziovia'' '' variegata'' Mez.

Burseraceae The Burseraceae are a moderate-sized family of 17-19 genera and about 540 species of flowering plants. The actual numbers differ according to the time period in which a given source is written describing this family. The Burseraceae are also know ...

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Bursera ''Bursera'' is a genus with about 100 described species of flowering shrubs and trees varying in size up to high. It is the type genus for Burseraceae. The trees are native (often for many species endemic) to the Americas, from the southern Uni ...

'' '' leptophloeus'' (Mart.) Engl. * '' Protium'' '' heptaphyllum'' Mart.

Cactaceae A cactus (, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae, a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1750 known species of the order Caryophyllales. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Greek ...

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Brasilicereus ''Brasilicereus'' is a genus of cactus, cacti known only from Brazil and comprising 2 species. Species References

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'' '' brevifolius'' Ritter * '' Cereus'' '' jamacaru'' DC. * '' Cereus lindmanianus'' Bruin & Bred * '' Cereus squamosus'' Guerck. * ''

Coleocephalocereus ''Coleocephalocereus'' is a genus of erect and semi-erect columnar cactus, cacti from Brazil. These species develop a cephalium with wool and bristles. They are common to the inselbergs of the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest, and can comprise a do ...

aureus The ''aureus'' ( ''aurei'', 'golden', used as a noun) was a gold coin of ancient Rome originally valued at 25 pure silver ''denarii'' (sin. denarius). The ''aureus'' was regularly issued from the 1st century BC to the beginning of the 4th cent ...

Ritter * '' Coleocephalocereus pupureus'' Bruin & Bred * '' Melanocactus'' '' azureus'' Bruin & Bred * '' Melanocactus bahiensis'' (Br. & R.) Werderm * '' Melanocactus goniodacanthus'' Lem. * '' Melanocactus leusselinkianus'' Brin & bred. * '' Melanocactus oreas'' Miq. * ''

Opuntia ''Opuntia'', commonly called prickly pear or pear cactus, is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae. Prickly pears are also known as ''tuna'' (fruit), ''sabra'', ''nopal'' (paddle, plural ''nopales'') from the Nahuatl word f ...

'' '' inamoema'' K. Schum. * ''

Opuntia monacantha ''Opuntia monacantha'', commonly known as drooping prickly pear, cochineal prickly pear, or Barbary fig, is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae native to South America. Taxonomy The species was first formally described in 1812 by botani ...

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Pereskia ''Pereskia'' is a small genus of about four species of cacti that do not look much like other types of cacti, having substantial leaves and non-succulent stems. The genus is named after Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, a 16th-century French bota ...

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aculeata Aculeata is a subclade of Hymenoptera containing ants, bees, and stinging wasps. The name is a reference to the defining feature of the group, which is the modification of the ovipositor into a stinger. However, many members of the group cannot ...

'' Mill. * '' Pereskia aureiflora'' Ritter * '' Pereskia quiabenta'' Gurcke * '' Pilocereus cenepequei'' Rizz & Mattos * '' Pilocereus glaucescens'' (Lab.) Byl. & Powl. * '' Pilocereus magnificus'' (Bui & Breel) Ritter * '' Pilocereus multicostatus'' Ritter * '' Quiabentia zehntneri'' (Br. et Ros.) Br. et Ros. * ''

Rhodocactus bahiensis ''Rhodocactus bahiensis'' is a species of tree-like cactus that is Endemism, endemic to the Brazilian state of Bahia. First described as ''Pereskia bahiensis'', it was transferred to ''Rhodocactus'' in 2016. Like all species in the genus ''Rhodo ...

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Caesalpinioideae Caesalpinioideae is a botanical name at the rank of subfamily, placed in the large family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. Its name is formed from the generic name ''Caesalpinia''. It is known also as the peacock flower subfamily. The Caesalpinioideae ...

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Apuleia ''Apuleia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Dialioideae The subfamily Dialioideae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae (legumes). This subfamily includes many tropical trees ...

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leiocarpa ''Leiocarpa'' is a genus of 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. Commonly referred to a ...

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Bauhinia ''Bauhinia'' () is a large genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Cercidoideae and tribe Bauhinieae, in the large flowering plant family Fabaceae, with a pantropical distribution. The genus was named after the Bauhin brothers Gaspard and Jo ...

'' '' acureana'' Moric. * '' Bauhinia cheilanta'' (Bong.) Steud. * '' Bauhinia coronata'' Benth. * ''

Bauhinia forficata ''Bauhinia forficata'', commonly known as Brazilian orchid tree, pata-de-vaca,, pezuña de vaca is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Peru , image_flag = Fl ...

'' Link. * '' Bauhinia microphylla'' Vog. * '' Bauhinia pulchella'' Benth. * '' Bauhinia radiana'' Vell. * '' Bauhinia rubiginosa'' Bong. * '' Bauhinia scadens'' Benth. * '' Caesalpinia bracteosa'' Tul. * '' Caesalpinia ferrea'' Mart ex Tul. * '' Caesalpinia microphylla'' Mart. * '' Caesalpinia pyramidalis'' Tul. * '' Cassia ferruginea'' (

Schrad. Heinrich Adolf Schrader (1 January 1767 in Alfeld near Hildesheim – 22 October 1836 in Göttingen) was a German botanist and mycologist. He studied medicine early in life. He named the Australian plant genus '' Hakea'' in 1797. In 1795 he ...

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DC. Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle ...

* '' Cassia sericea'' Swartz * '' Cenostigma gardneriana'' Tul. * ''

Copaifera martii ''Copaifera'' is a genus of tropical plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The scientific name means "copal-bearer" (or more accurately, ''copaiba''-bearer), since economically important resins and essential oils can be acquired from them. They ...

'' Hayne * ''

Senna alata ''Senna alata'' is an important medicinal tree, as well as an ornamental flowering plant in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It also known as emperor's candlesticks, candle bush, candelabra bush, Christmas candles, empress candle plant, ringworm s ...

'' (L.) Irwin & Barneby * '' Senna excelsa'' (Schrad) Irwin & Barneby * '' Senna martiana'' (Schrad) Irwin & Barneby * ''

Senna multijuga ''Senna multijuga'', the November shower or false sicklepod, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to wet tropical areas of Latin America, and widely introduced to other tropical locales such as Africa, India, Indo ...

'' (Rich.) Irwin & Barneby * '' Senna speciosa'' (Schrad) Irwin & Barneby

Cannabaceae Cannabaceae is a small family (biology), family of flowering plants, known as the hemp family. As now Circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed, the family includes about 170 species grouped in about 11 genera, including ''Cannabis'' (hemp), ''H ...

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Trema micrantha ''Trema micrantha'', the Jamaican nettletree or capulin, is a plant species native to warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere. It has been reported from Mexico, Central America, tropical South America, the Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola ...

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Capparaceae The Capparaceae (or Capparidaceae), commonly known as the caper family, are a family of plants in the order Brassicales. As currently circumscribed, the family contains 33 genera and about 700 species. The largest genera are '' Capparis'' (about ...

* '' Capparis flexuosa'' L. * ''

Cleome ''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 ...

'' '' affinis'' L. * ''

Cleome spinosa ''Cleome spinosa'', called the spiny spiderflower, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Cleome ''Cleome'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cleomaceae, commonly known as spider flowers, spider plants, spider weeds, or bee ...

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Cecropiaceae The Urticaceae are a family (biology), family, the nettle family, of flowering plants. The family name comes from the genus ''Urtica''. The Urticaceae include a number of well-known and useful plants, including nettles in the genus ''Urtica'', ...

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Cecropia ''Cecropia'' is a Neotropical genus consisting of 61 recognized species with a highly distinctive lineage of dioecious trees. The genus consists of pioneer trees in the more or less humid parts of the Neotropics, with the majority of the speci ...

'' '' hololeuca'' Miq.

Celastraceae The Celastraceae (staff-vine or bittersweet) are a family of 97 genera and 1,350 species of herbs, vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only ''Celastrus'' (the staf ...

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Maytenus ''Maytenus'' ''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607 is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia and Australasia, the Indi ...

'' '' obtusifolia'' Mart. * '' Maytenus rigida'' Mart.

Chrysobalanaceae Chrysobalanaceae is a family of flowering plants, consisting of trees and shrubs in 27 genera and about 700 species of pantropical distribution with a centre of diversity in the Amazon. Some of the species contain silica in their bodies for rigi ...

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Hirtella ''Hirtella'' is a genus of 110 species of woody trees in family Chrysobalanaceae. It was first described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. ''Hirtella'' naturally occurs in tropical forests throughout Latin America, the West Indies, southeast Afri ...

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'' Aubl. * '' Hirtella glandulosa'' Spreng. * '' Hirtella martiana'' Hook. * ''

Licania ''Licania'' is a genus of over 200 species of trees and shrubs in the family Chrysobalanaceae. Species are found naturally occurring in Neotropical forests from southern Mexico to Brazil and the Lesser Antilles. Due to increased deforestation and ...

'' '' rigida'' Mart.

Clusiaceae The Clusiaceae or Guttiferae Juss. (1789) (''nom. alt. et cons.'' = alternative and valid name) are a family of plants including 13 genera and ca 750 species. Several former members of Clusiacae are now placed in Calophyllaceae and Hypericaceae. ...

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Rheedia ''Garcinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Clusiaceae native to Asia, America, Australia, tropical and southern Africa, and Polynesia. The number of species is disputed; Plants of the World Online (POWO) recognise up to 400. Common ...

'' '' gardneriana'' Lindl. & Trin.

Cochlospermaceae The Cochlospermaceae were a family of two genera and 20-25 species of trees and shrubs, first described by Jules Émile Planchon in 1847. They have been included in the Bixaceae from the APG III system onwards. The older APG II system treated th ...

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Cochlospermum ''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 Au ...

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insigne An insignia () is a sign or mark distinguishing a group, grade, rank, or function. It can be a symbol of personal power or that of an official group or governing body. On its own, an insignia is a sign of a specific or general authority and is ...

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Combretaceae The Combretaceae, often called the white mangrove family, are a family of flowering plants in the order Myrtales. The family includes about 530 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas in ca 10 genera. The family includes the leadwood tree, ''Combre ...

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Combretum ''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 ...

'' '' lanceolatum'' Pohl. * '' Combretum elegans'' Camb. * ''

Combretum leprosum ''Combretum leprosum'', the mofumbo in Portuguese and the asucaró in eastern Bolivian Spanish, is a plant species in the genus ''Combretum ''Combretum'', the bushwillows or combretums, make up the type genus of the family Combretaceae. The ...

'' Mart. * '' Combretum monetaria'' Mart.

Convolvulaceae Convolvulaceae (), commonly called the bindweeds or morning glories, is a family of about 60 genera and more than 1,650 species. These species are primarily herbaceous vines, but also include trees, shrubs and herbs. The tubers of several spec ...

* '' Evolvulus'' '' glomeratus'' Ness * '' Evolvulus pusillus'' Choisy * ''

Ipomoea ''Ipomoea'' () is the largest genus in the plant family Convolvulaceae, with over 600 species. It is a large and diverse group, with common names including morning glory, water convolvulus or water spinach, sweet potato, bindweed, moonflo ...

'' '' acuminata'' Roem. & Schl. * '' Ipomoea aristolochiaefolia'' (H.B.K.) Don. * '' Ipomoea daturaefolia''

Meisn. Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist. Biography Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 ...

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Ipomoea cairica ''Ipomoea cairica'' is a vining, herbaceous, perennial plant with palmate leaves and large, showy white to lavender flowers. A species of morning glory, it has many common names, including mile-a-minute vine, Messina creeper, Cairo morning glo ...

'' (L.) Sweet. * '' Ipomoea cynanchifolia'' (

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Ipomoea quamoclit ''Ipomoea quamoclit'', commonly known as cypress vine, cypress vine morning glory, cardinal creeper, cardinal vine, star glory, star of Bethlehem or hummingbird vine, is a species of vine in the family Convolvulaceae native to tropical regions o ...

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Merremia ''Merremia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as woodroses. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Merremia'': *''Merremia aniseiifolia, ...

'' '' aegyptia'' (L.) Urban * '' Merremia cissoides'' (Lam.) Hallier * '' Merremia macrocalyx'' (Ruiz & Pava) O'Donnel

Cucurbitaceae The Cucurbitaceae, also called cucurbits or the gourd family, are a plant family consisting of about 965 species in around 95 genera, of which the most important to humans are: ''Cucurbita'' – squash, pumpkin, zucchini, some gourds ''Lagena ...

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Cucumis __NOTOC__ ''Cucumis'' is a genus of twining, tendril-bearing plants in the family Cucurbitaceae which includes the cucumber (''Cucumis sativus''), muskmelons (''Cucumis melo'', including cantaloupe and honeydew), the horned melon (''Cucumis m ...

'' '' anguria'' L. * ''

Melothria ''Melothria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae, native to the Americas from the United States to Argentina, and with some introductions in Africa and elsewhere. A number of Old World species formerly in ''Melothria'' wer ...

'' '' fluminensis'' Gardn. * ''

Sicana ''Sicana'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae The Cucurbitaceae, also called cucurbits or the gourd family, are a plant family consisting of about 965 species in around 95 genera, of which the most important to hu ...

'' '' odorifera'' Naud. * '' Trianosperma'' '' tayuya'' Mart.

Dilleniaceae Dilleniaceae is a family of flowering plants with 11 genera and about 430 known species. Such a family has been universally recognized by taxonomists. It is known to gardeners for the genus ''Hibbertia'', which contains many commercially valuabl ...

* '' Davilla'' ''

rugosa The rugosa, also called the tetracorallia or horn coral, are an extinct order of solitary and colonial corals that were abundant in Middle Ordovician to Late Permian seas. Solitary rugosans (e.g., '' Caninia'', '' Lophophyllidium'', '' Neoza ...

'' Poit.

Euphorbiaceae Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of a genus in the family. Most spurges, such as ''Euphorbia paralias'', are herbs, but some, e ...

* '' Croton'' '' antisyphiliticus''

* '' Croton campestris''

A.St.-Hil. Augustin François César Prouvençal de Saint-Hilaire (4 October 17793 September 1853) was French botany, botanist and traveller who was born and died in Orléans, France. A keen observer, he is credited with important discoveries in botany, nota ...

* '' Croton hemiargyrus'' Mull. Arg. * '' Croton lundianus'' (Dried.) M. Arg. * '' Croton sondterianus'' M. Arg. * '' Croton zenhtneri'' Pax. & Hoffm. * ''

Dalechampia ''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 ...

'' '' scandens'' L. * ''

Euphorbia ''Euphorbia'' is a very large and diverse genus of flowering plants, commonly called spurge, in the family Euphorbiaceae. "Euphorbia" is sometimes used in ordinary English to collectively refer to all members of Euphorbiaceae (in deference to t ...

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Jatropha ''Jatropha'' is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words ἰατρός (''iatros''), meaning "physician", and τροφή (''trophe''), meaning "nutrition", hence the common name ...

'' '' osteocarpa'' M. Arg. * '' Jatropha urens'' (L.) M. Arg. * '' Julocroton furcescens'' (Spreng.) Baill. * '' Julocroton humilis'' Diedr. * '' Julocroton lanceolatus'' M. Arg. * '' Julocroton triqueter'' M. Arg. * ''

Manihot ''Manihot'' is a genus in the diverse milkspurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It was described as a genus in 1754.Miller, Philip. 1754. Gardeners Dictionary...Abridged...fourth edition vol. 2 Species of ''Manihot'' are monoecious . . trees, shrubs a ...

'' '' glaziovii'' M. Arg. * '' Manihot stipularis'' M. Arg. * ''

Stillingia ''Stillingia'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described for modern science as a genus in 1767. The genus is native to Latin America, the southern United States, and various islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Toothleaf ...

'' '' argudentata'' Jabl.

Faboideae The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae, or Papilionaceae when this group of plants is treated as a family. This subfamily is wide ...

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Abrus ''Abrus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae and the only genus in the tribe Abreae. It contains 13–18 species, but is best known for a single species: jequirity ('' A. precatorius''). The highly toxic seeds of that ...

'' '' precatorius'' L. * ''

Aeschynomene ''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 ...

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Aeschynomene evenia ''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 ...

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Aeschynomene falcata ''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 ...

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Aeschynomene histrix ''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 ...

'' Poir. * '' Aeschynomene gilbertoi'' Brandão * '' Aeschynomene laca-buendiana'' Brandão * ''

Aeschynomene martii ''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 ...

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Aeschynomene paniculata ''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 ...

'' Vog. * '' Aeschynomene paucifolia'' Vog. * ''

Aeschynomene riedeliana ''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 ...

'' Taub. * '' Aeschynomene selloi'' Vog. * ''

Arachis ''Arachis'' is a genus of about 70 species of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family (Fabaceae), native to South America, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade of the Dalbergieae. At least one ...

'' '' prostata'' Benth. * '' Arachis pusilla'' Benth. * '' Browdichia'' '' virgilioides'' H.B.K. * '' Calopogonium'' '' coeruleum'' Hemsl. * Calopogonium mucunoides Desv. * '' Camptosema'' '' tomentosum'' Benth.'' * '' Centrobium'' '' robustum'' (Vell.) Mart. * ''

Centrosema ''Centrosema'', the butterfly peas, is a genus of (mainly tropical) American vines in the legume family ( Fabaceae). Species include: * '' Centrosema angustifolium'' Benth. * '' Centrosema arenarium'' Benth. * '' Centrosema brasilianum'' (L.) B ...

'' '' angustifolium'' Benth. * '' Centrosema arenarium'' Benth. * '' Centrosema brasilianum'' (L.) Benth. * '' Centrosema dasyanthum'' Benth. * '' Centrosema macranthum'' Hoehne * '' Centrosema plumerii'' (Turp. ex Pres.) Benth. * ''

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. * '' Centrosema sagittatum'' (Willd.) Brad. * '' Centrosema vexillatum'' Benth. * ''

Coursetia ''Coursetia'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. Members of the genus, commonly known as babybonnets, are shrubs and small trees native to the Southwestern United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and ...

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rostrata Rostratus (masculine), rostrata (feminine) or rostratum (neuter) is a Latin adjective meaning "beaked, curved, hooked, with a crooked point, or with a curved front". In marine warfare, the term ''beak'' (''rostrum'') referred to the ram bows on wa ...

'' Benth. * '' Cratylia'' '' floribunda'' Benth. * '' Cratylia mollis'' Mart. * '' Cratylia nuda'' Tul. * '' Crotalaria anagyroides'' H.B.K. * '' Crotalaria incana'' Benth. * ''

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 ...

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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'' ...

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Dalbergia decipularis ''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. T ...

'' Rizz. & Mattos * '' Dalbergia euxylophora'' * '' Desmodium adscendens'' DC. * '' Desmodium discolor'' Vog. * '' Desmodium molle'' DC. * '' Desmodium spirale'' DC. * '' Dioclea grandiflora'' Mart. * '' Eriosema crinitum'' Benth. * '' Eriosema heterophyllum'' Benth. * '' Erythrina mulungu'' Mart. * ''

Erythrina velutina ''Erythrina velutina'' is a species of legume, leguminous tree. It is indigenous to Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, and Hispaniola and has been introduced to much of the Caribbean, Uganda, and Sri Lanka. It also occurs on the Galápag ...

'' Willd. * '' Galactia rhynchosioides'' A.St.-Hil. * ''

Galactia tenuiflora ''Galactia tenuiflora'' is a twining or trailing vine belonging to the family Fabaceae. This pantropical species is found in northern Australia between the Kimberley region and North Queensland. It is found in a variety of habitats but prefers E ...

'' Whrigt et Ann. * '' Geoffraea spinosa'' Jacq. * ''

Indigofera suffruticosa ''Indigofera suffruticosa'', commonly known as Guatemalan indigo, small-leaved indigo (Sierra Leone), West Indian indigo, wild indigo, and anil, is a flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae. ''Anil'' is native to the subtropical and tropical ...

'' Mill. * '' Machaerium angustifolium'' Vog. * '' Machaerium scleroxylum'' Tul. * '' Macriptilium bracteolatus'' (Nees & Mart.) Urb. * '' Macriptilium firmulus'' (Mart.) Urban * '' Macriptilium gracilis'' (Poep. & Benth.) Urban * '' Macriptilium lathyroides'' (L.) Urb. ex Marech * '' Macriptilium panduratus'' (Mart. ex Benth.) Urb. * '' Macriptilium sabaraense'' (Hoehne) V. P. Barbosa * '' Playmiscium'' '' blancheti'' Benth. * '' Playmiscium nitens'' Vog. * ''

Rhynchosia ''Rhynchosia'', also known as snoutbean, is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. There are several different complexes within the genus, including the ''Senna'' complex.Turner,B.L., http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/prc/pdfs/Turner-Lundellia14. ...

'' '' exaltata'' DC. * '' Rhynchosia minima'' DC. * ''

Rhynchosia phaseoloides ''Rhynchosia'', also known as snoutbean, is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. There are several different complexes within the genus, including the ''Senna'' complex.Turner,B.L., http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/prc/pdfs/Turner-Lundellia14. ...

'' DC. * '' Rhynchosia senna'' Gill. * '' Stizolobium'' '' deeringianum'' Bort. * ''

Stylosanthes ''Stylosanthes'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae and contains numerous highly important pasture and forage species. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade of the Dalbergieae. The ...

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capitata Capitata is a suborder of Hydrozoa, a class of marine invertebrates belonging to the phylum Cnidaria. Characteristics Members of this suborder are characterised by the tentacles of the polyps terminating in knobs. In some species these are o ...

'' Vog. * '' Stylosanthes gracilis'' H.B.K. * '' Stylosanthes grandiflora'' Ferr. & Costa * '' Stylosanthes guianensis'' (Aubl.) Sw. * '' Stylosanthes macrocephala'' Ferr. & Costa * '' Stylosanthes pilosa'' Ferr. & Costa * '' Stylosanthes scabra'' Vog. * ''

Teramnus ''Teramnus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the su ...

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volubilis Volubilis (; ar, وليلي, walīlī; ber, ⵡⵍⵉⵍⵉ, wlili) is a partly excavated Berber-Roman city in Morocco situated near the city of Meknes, and may have been the capital of the kingdom of Mauretania, at least from the time of Kin ...

'' Sw. * '' Teramnus uncinatus'' Sw. * '' Zolernia'' '' ilicifolia'' Vog. * ''

Zornia ''Zornia'' is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs from the legume family Fabaceae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Adesmia'' clade of the Dalbergieae. Species ''Zornia'' comprises the following species: * '' Zornia acuta'' S ...

'' '' acauensis'' Brandão & Costa * ''

Zornia brasiliensis ''Zornia'' is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs from the legume family Fabaceae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Adesmia'' clade of the Dalbergieae. Species ''Zornia'' comprises the following species: * '' Zornia acuta ...

'' Vog. * ''

Zornia crinita ''Zornia'' is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs from the legume family Fabaceae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Adesmia'' clade of the Dalbergieae. Species ''Zornia'' comprises the following species: * '' Zornia acuta ...

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Zornia curvata ''Zornia'' is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs from the legume family Fabaceae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Adesmia'' clade of the Dalbergieae. Species ''Zornia'' comprises the following species: * '' Zornia acuta'' S ...

'' Mohl. * '' Zornia flemingioides'' Moric. * ''

Zornia gardneriana ''Zornia'' is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs from the legume family Fabaceae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Adesmia'' clade of the Dalbergieae. Species ''Zornia'' comprises the following species: * ''Zornia acuta'' S. ...

'' Moric. * ''

Zornia gemella ''Zornia'' is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs from the legume family Fabaceae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Adesmia'' clade of the Dalbergieae. Species ''Zornia'' comprises the following species: * '' Zornia acuta'' S ...

'' Mohl. * ''

Zornia latifolia ''Zornia latifolia'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is native to South America. Its distribution may extend into Central and North America.Zornia mitziana'' Costa * ''

Zornia myriadena ''Zornia'' is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs from the legume family Fabaceae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Adesmia'' clade of the Dalbergieae. Species ''Zornia'' comprises the following species: * ''Zornia acuta'' S. ...

'' Benth. * '' Zornia pardiana'' Mohl.

Flacourtiaceae The Flacourtiaceae is a defunct family of flowering plants whose former members have been scattered to various families, mostly to the Achariaceae and Salicaceae. It was so vaguely defined that hardly anything seemed out of place there and it beca ...

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Casearia ''Casearia'' is a plant genus in the family Salicaceae. The genus was included in the Flacourtiaceae under the Cronquist system of angiosperm classification, and earlier in the Samydaceae. Recent research indicates that the latter group might ...

'' '' commersiana'' * '' Casearia guianensis'' Urb. * '' Casearia rufens'' Camb. * ''

Xylosma ''Xylosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. It contains around 100 species of evergreen shrubs and trees commonly known as brushhollies, xylosmas, or, more ambiguously, " logwoods". The generic name is derived from the ...

'' '' salzmanni'' Eich.

Hippocrateaceae Hippocrateaceae Juss. previously consisted of about 150 tropical and subtropical species of shrubs and lianes, and is now included in the family Celastraceae. Formerly it comprised the following genera: * '' Anthodon'' * '' Apodostigma'' * '' Arni ...

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Salacia In ancient Roman mythology, Salacia ( , ) was the female divinity of the sea, worshipped as the goddess of salt water who presided over the depths of the ocean. Neptune was her consort. That Salacia was the consort of Neptune is implied by Va ...

'' '' elliptica'' (Mart.) Peyr.

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Hydrangea ''Hydrangea'', () commonly named the hortensia, is a genus of over 75 species of flowering plants native to Asia and the Americas. By far the greatest species diversity is in eastern Asia, notably China, Korea, and Japan. Most are shrubs tall, ...

'' '' spinosa'' L.

Lamiaceae The Lamiaceae ( ) or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory ...

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Hyptis ''Hyptis'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. These plants, known commonly as bushmints, are widespread in tropical North and South America, as well as parts of West Africa. There are 150 species, which may be annual or perenn ...

'' '' lanceolata'' Poir. * '' Hyptis lantanaefolia'' Poir. * '' Hyptis multiflora'' Pohl. * '' Hyptis pectinata'' Poir. * ''

Hyptis suaveolens ''Mesosphaerum suaveolens'', synonym ''Hyptis suaveolens'', the pignut or chan, is a branching pseudocereal plant native to tropical regions of Mexico, Central, the West Indies, and South America, as well as being naturalized in tropical parts ...

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Ocimum ''Ocimum'' is a genus of aromatic annual and perennial herbs and shrubs in the family Lamiaceae, native to the tropical and warm temperate regions of all 6 inhabited continents, with the greatest number of species in Africa. It is the genus of ...

'' '' fliminensis'' Vell. * '' Ocimum incanescens'' Mart. * '' Peltodon'' '' radicans'' Pohl.

Lauraceae Lauraceae, or the laurels, is a plant family that includes the true laurel and its closest relatives. This family comprises about 2850 known species in about 45 genera worldwide (Christenhusz & Byng 2016 ). They are dicotyledons, and occur ma ...

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Ocotea ''Ocotea'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lauraceae. Many are evergreen trees with lauroid leaves. There are over 520 species currently accepted within the genus, distributed mostly in tropical and subtropical areas of t ...

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Loganiaceae The Loganiaceae are a family of flowering plants classified in order Gentianales. The family includes up to 13 genera, distributed around the world's tropics. There are not any great morphological characteristics to distinguish these taxa from o ...

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Spigelia ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan v ...

'' '' anthelmia'' L.

Loranthaceae Loranthaceae, commonly known as the showy mistletoes, is a family of flowering plants. It consists of about 75 genera and 1,000 species of woody plants, many of them hemiparasites. The three terrestrial species are ''Nuytsia floribunda'' (the W ...

* '' Pithirusa'' sp. * '' Psitacanthus'' '' robustus'' Mart.

Lythraceae Lythraceae is a family of flowering plants, including 32 genera, with about 620 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees. The larger genera include ''Cuphea'' (275 spp.), ''Lagerstroemia'' (56), ''Nesaea'' (50), ''Rotala'' (45), and ''Lythrum'' (35). ...

* '' Ammannia coccinea'' Roth. * ''

Cuphea ''Cuphea'' is a genus containing about 260 species of annual and perennial flowering plants native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas. The species range from low-growing herbaceous plants to semi-woody shrubs up to tall. Com ...

'' '' lutescens'' Hoehne * '' Cuphea speciosa'' Mart. * '' Diplusodon'' rotundifolia DC.

Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. It comprises about 73 genera and 1315 species, all of which are native to the tropics and subtropics. About 80% of the genera and 90% of the species occur in the New World ( ...

* '' Banisteriopsis'' '' oxyclada'' (A. Juss.) Gates * '' Banisteriopsis pubipetala'' (A. Juss.) Gates * '' Banisteriopsis stellaris'' (Gris.) Gates * ''

Byrsonima ''Byrsonima'' is one of about 75 genera in the Malpighiaceae, a family of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. In particular in American English, they are known as locustberries (which also may refer specifically to '' Byrsonima coccolob ...

'' '' crassifolia'' A. Juss. * '' Byrsonima sericea'' A. Juss. * ''

Byrsonima variabilis ''Byrsonima'' is one of about 75 genera in the Malpighiaceae, a family of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. In particular in American English, they are known as locustberries (which also may refer specifically to '' Byrsonima coccolobif ...

'' A. Juss. * ''

Byrsonima verbascifolia ''Byrsonima'' is one of about 75 genera in the Malpighiaceae, a family of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. In particular in American English, they are known as locustberries (which also may refer specifically to '' Byrsonima coccolobif ...

'' A. Juss. * '' Mascagnia'' '' rigida'' Gris. Juss. * ''

Stigmaphyllon ''Stigmaphyllon'' is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Amazonvine is a common name for species in this genus. Distribution ''Stigmaphyllon'' subg. ''Stigmaphyllon'' comprise ...

'' '' urenifolium'' A. Juss.

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 include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar ...

* '' Bourgenhadia'' '' nemoralis'' (A.St.-Hil.) Monteiro * ''Gaya'' '' gracilipes'' K. Schum. * '' Gaya pilosa'' K. Schum.

Melastomataceae Melastomataceae is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics (two-thirds of the genera are from the New World tropics) comprising c. 175 genera and c. 5115 known species. Melastomes are annual or perennial herbs, sh ...

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Miconia ''Miconia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the glory bush family, Melastomataceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas. The species are mostly shrubs and small to medium-sized trees up to 15 m tall. The generic name ...

'' '' chamissonis'' Naud. * '' Mouriria'' '' guianensis'' Aubl. * '' Mouriria pusa'' Gardn. * ''

Tibouchina ''Tibouchina'' "Tibouchina." Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged. Merriam Webster, 1961. is a Neotropical realm, neotropical flowering plant genus in the family Melastomataceae. Species of this genus a ...

'' '' stenoccarpa''

Cogn. Célestin Alfred Cogniaux (7 April 1841 – 15 April 1916) was a Belgian botanist. Amongst other plants, the genus ''Neocogniauxia'' of orchids is named after him. In 1916 his enormous private herbarium was acquired by the National Botanic ...

Meliaceae Meliaceae, the mahogany family, is a flowering plant family of mostly trees and shrubs (and a few herbaceous plants, mangroves) in the order Sapindales. They are characterised by alternate, usually pinnate leaves without stipules, and by syncarp ...

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Cabralea ''Cabralea'' is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. It has one species, ''Cabralea canjerana''. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants. Taxonomy ''Cabralea canjerana'' currently has 3 accepted subspecies: * ''su ...

'' '' cangerana'' (Vell.) Mart. * ''

Cedrela fissilis ''Cedrela fissilis'' is a species of tree in the family Meliaceae. It is native to Central and South America, where it is distributed from Costa Rica to Argentina.Guarea trichilioides'' L. * ''

Trichilia ''Trichilia'' is a flowering plant genus in the family Meliaceae. These plants are particularly diverse in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical South America. Several species are used in folk medicine and shamanism – e.g. '' T. rubescens'' agai ...

'' '' columata'' Guardi

Mimosoideae The Mimosoideae are a traditional subfamily of trees, herbs, lianas, and shrubs in the pea family (Fabaceae) that mostly grow in tropical and subtropical climates. They are typically characterized by having radially symmetric flowers, with petals ...

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Acacia ''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 na ...

'' '' farnesiana'' Willd. * '' Acacia paniculata'' Willd. * ''

Adenanthera ''Adenanthera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains the following species: * ''Adenanthera bicolor'' Merr. (Sri Lanka) * ''Adenanthera intermedia'' Merr. (Philippines) * ''Adenanthera pavonina'' L. - Coralwood (In ...

'' '' pavonina'' L. * ''

Anadenanthera ''Anadenanthera'' is a genus of South American trees in the Legume family, Fabaceae. The genus contains two to four species, including '' A. colubrina'' and '' A. peregrina''. These trees respectively are known to the western world primarily as ...

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contorta ''Pinus contorta'', with the common names lodgepole pine and shore pine, and also known as twisted pine, and contorta pine, is a common tree in western North America. It is common near the ocean shore and in dry montane forests to the subalpine ...

'' (Benth.) Brenan * '' Anadenanthera falcata'' (Benth.) Brenan * '' Anadenanthera macrocarpa'' (Benth.) Brenan * ''

Anadenanthera peregrina ''Anadenanthera peregrina'', also known as yopo, jopo, cohoba, parica or calcium tree, is a perennial tree of the genus ''Anadenanthera'' native to the Caribbean and South America. It grows up to tall, and has a horny bark. Its flowers grow ...

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Calliandra ''Calliandra'' is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It contains about 140 species that are native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. Description T ...

'' '' depauperata'' Benth. * '' Calliandra leptopoda'' Benth. * '' Calliandra macrocalyx'' Harms. * '' Calliandra myriophylla'' Benth. * '' Calliandra peckoltii'' Benth. * '' Calliandra speciosa'' Ducke * '' Calliandra turbinata'' Benth. * '' Calliandra viscidula'' Benth. * ''

Desmanthus ''Desmanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the pea family, Fabaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words δεσμός (''desmos''), meaning "bundle", and ἄνθος (''anthos' ...

'' '' virgatus'' Benth. * ''

Enterolobium ''Enterolobium'' is a genus of 12 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to tropical and warm-temperate regions of the Americas. They are medium-sized to large trees.Germplasm Resources Information Network''Enterolobium''Inter ...

'' '' contortisiliquum'' (Vell.) Morong * ''

Inga ''Inga'' is a genus of small tropical, tough-leaved, nitrogen-fixing treesElkan, Daniel. "Slash-and-burn farming has become a major threat to the world's rainforest" ''The Guardian'' 21 April 2004 and shrubs, subfamily Mimosoideae. ''Inga''s l ...

'' '' bahiensis'' Benth. * ''

Inga edulis ''Inga edulis'', known as ice-cream bean, ice-cream-bean, joaquiniquil, cuaniquil, guama or guaba, is a fruit native to South America. It is in the Mimosoideae, mimosoid tribe of the legume family Fabaceae. It is widely grown, especially by Indi ...

'' Mart. * '' Inga marginata'' Willd. * ''

Mimosa ''Mimosa'' is a genus of about 590 species of herbs and shrubs, in the mimosoid clade of the legume family Fabaceae. The generic name is derived from the Greek word (''mimos''), an "actor" or "mime", and the feminine suffix -''osa'', "resembl ...

'' '' caesalpinaefolia'' Benth. * '' Mimosa hostilis'' Benth. * '' Mimosa malacocentra'' Mart. ex Benth. * '' Mimosa modesta'' Mart. * ''

Mimosa pigra ''Mimosa pigra'', commonly known as the giant sensitive tree (''pigra'' = lazy, slow), is a species of plant of the genus ''Mimosa'', in the family Fabaceae. The genus ''Mimosa'' (Mimosaceae) contains 400–450 species, most of which are native ...

'' L. * '' Mimosa pteridifolia'' Benth. * '' Mimosa sepiaria'' Benth. * '' Mimosa velloziana'' * '' Mimosa quadrivalvis'' L. * '' Mimosa ursina'' Mart. * '' Mimosa verrucosa'' Benth. * '' Pithecellobium avaremoto'' Mart. * '' Pithecellobium diversifolium'' Benth. * '' Pithecellobium dumosum'' Benth. * '' Pithecellobium foliolosum'' Benth. * '' Pithecellobium inopinatum'' (Harms.) Dicke * '' Pithecellobium multiflorum'' Benth. * '' Platymenia'' '' reticulata'' Benth. * ''

Pterogyne ''Pterogyne'' is a monotypic genus in the legume family, Fabaceae. The sole species is ''Pterogyne nitens''. Spanish common names include guiraró, palo coca, or tipa colorado. In Portuguese, it is commonly known as amendoim bravo, cocal or madei ...

'' '' nitens'' Tul. * '' Schrankia'' '' leptocarpha'' DC. * ''

Stryphnodendron ''Stryphnodendron'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the Mimosoideae, mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Species ''Stryphnodendron'' comprises the following species: * ''Stryphnodendron adstringe ...

'' '' coriaceum'' Benth.

Myrsinaceae Myrsinoideae is a subfamily of the family Primulaceae in the order Ericales. It was formerly recognized as the family Myrsinaceae, or the myrsine family, consisting of 35 genera and about 1000 species. It is widespread in temperate to tropical ...

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Rapanea ''Rapanea'' is a genus of plant in family Primulaceae. It has often been placed in synonymy with ''Myrsine'', and many species have been moved to ''Myrsine''. , Plants of the World Online does not accept the genus, regarding it as a synonym of '' ...

'' '' guianensis'' Aubl.

Myrtaceae Myrtaceae, the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All speci ...

* '' Campomanesia'' ''

adamantium Adamantium is a fictional metal alloy appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and in various games in the Elder Scrolls franchise. It is best known as the substance bonded to the character Wolverine's skeleton and claws. In ...

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Eugenia ''Eugenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. It has a worldwide, although highly uneven, distribution in tropical and subtropical regions. The bulk of the approximately 1,100 species occur in the New World tropics, ...

'' '' stictopetapa'' DC. * ''

Psidium ''Psidium'' is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere (Mexico, Central and South America, the West Indies the Galápagos islands). Taxonomy This genus was described first by ...

'' '' araao'' Raddi

Nyctaginaceae Nyctaginaceae, the four o'clock family, is a family of around 33 genera and 290 species of flowering plants, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, with a few representatives in temperate regions. The family has a unique fruit t ...

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Bougainvillea ''Bougainvillea'' ( , ) is a genus of thorny ornamental vines, bushes, and trees belonging to the four o' clock family, Nyctaginaceae. It is native to eastern South America, found from Brazil, west to Peru, and south to southern Argentina. ...

'' '' fasciculata'' Brandão * ''

Bougainvillea glabra ''Bougainvillea glabra'', the lesser bougainvillea or paperflower, is the most common species of bougainvillea used for bonsai. The epithet 'glabra' comes from Latin and means "bald". Description It is an evergreen, climbing shrub with thick ...

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Bougainvillea spectabilis ''Bougainvillea spectabilis'', also known as great bougainvillea, is a species of flowering plant. It is native to Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, and Argentina's Chubut Province. Description ''Bougainvillea spectabilis'' grows as a woody vine or shrub, ...

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Ochnaceae Ochnaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales.Vernon H. Heywood, Richard K. Brummitt, Ole Seberg, and Alastair Culham. ''Flowering Plant Families of the World''. Firefly Books: Ontario, Canada. (2007). . In the APG III syst ...

* '' Ouratea'' '' parviflora'' Baill. * '' Ouratea spectabilis'' (Mart.) Spreng.

Orchidaceae Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...

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Catasetum ''Catasetum'', abbreviated as Ctsm. in horticultural trade, is a genus of showy epiphytic Orchids, family Orchidaceae, subfamily Epidendroideae, tribe Cymbidieae, subtribe Catasetinae, with 166 species, many of which are highly prized in horticu ...

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Habenaria ''Habenaria'', commonly called rein orchids or bog orchids, is a widely distributed genus of orchids in the tribe Orchideae. About 880 species of ''Habenaria'' have been formally described. They are native to every continent except Antarctica, g ...

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Oncidium ''Oncidium'', abbreviated as Onc. in the horticultural trade, is a genus that contains about 330 species of orchids from the subtribe Oncidiinae of the orchid family (Orchidaceae). As presently conceived (May 2014), it is distributed across much ...

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Oxalidaceae The Oxalidaceae, or wood sorrel family, are a small family of five genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs and small trees, with the great majority of the 570 species in the genus ''Oxalis'' (wood sorrels). Members of this family typically have divid ...

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Oxalis ''Oxalis'' ( (American English) or (British English)) is a large genus of flowering plants in the wood-sorrel family Oxalidaceae, comprising over 550 species. The genus occurs throughout most of the world, except for the Polar region, polar are ...

'' '' nigrescens'' A.St.-Hil.

Passifloraceae The Passifloraceae are a family of flowering plants, containing about 750 species classified in around 27 genera. They include trees, shrubs, lianas, and climbing plants, and are mostly found in tropical regions. The family takes its name from t ...

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Passiflora ''Passiflora'', known also as the passion flowers or passion vines, is a genus of about 550 species of flowering plants, the type genus of the family Passifloraceae. They are mostly tendril-bearing vines, with some being shrubs or trees. They ...

'' '' cincinnata'' Masters * '' Passiflora digitata'' L. * ''

Passiflora foetida ''Passiflora foetida'' (common names: stinking passionflower, wild maracuja, bush passion fruit, wild water lemon, stoneflower, love-in-a-mist, or running pop) is a species of passion flower that is native to the southwestern United States (south ...

'' L. * '' Passiflora gardneri'' Masters * '' Passiflora kermesina'' Link & Otto (=''Passiflora raddiana'' DC.) * ''

Passiflora rubra ''Passiflora rubra'', the Dutchman's laudanum, is a species in the family Passifloraceae. It is native throughout the West Indies, and to Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and eastern Brazil. ''Passiflora rubra'' is vegetatively almos ...

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Passiflora serratodigitata ''Passiflora'', known also as the passion flowers or passion vines, is a genus of about 550 species of flowering plants, the type genus of the family (biology), family Passifloraceae. They are mostly tendril, tendril-bearing vines, with some b ...

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Passiflora tenuifila ''Passiflora'', known also as the passion flowers or passion vines, is a genus of about 550 species of flowering plants, the type genus of the family (biology), family Passifloraceae. They are mostly tendril, tendril-bearing vines, with some b ...

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Phytolaccaceae Phytolaccaceae is a family (biology), family of flowering plants. Though almost universally recognized by Taxonomy (biology), taxonomists, its circumscription has varied. It is also known as the Pokeweed family. The APG II system, of 2003 (unch ...

* '' Gallezia'' '' gorazema'' Moq.

Piperaceae The Piperaceae (), also known as the pepper family, are a large family of flowering plants. The group contains roughly 3,600 currently accepted species in 5 genera. The vast majority of species can be found within the two main genera: ''Piper'' ( ...

* '' Piper angustifolium'' Ruiz & Pav. * '' Pothomorphe'' '' peltata'' Miq.

Plumbaginaceae Plumbaginaceae is a family of flowering plants, with a cosmopolitan distribution. The family is sometimes referred to as the leadwort family or the plumbago family. Most species in this family are perennial herbaceous plants, but a few grow as ...

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Plumbago ''Plumbago'' is a genus of 10–20 species of flowering plants in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the world. Common names include plumbago and leadwort (names which are also shared by the genus '' Cerat ...

'' '' scandens'' L.

Poaceae Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...

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Andropogon ''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 spec ...

'' '' bicornis'' L. * '' Andropogon leucostachys'' H.B.K. * ''

Aristida ''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 war ...

'' '' adscensionis'' L. * '' Aristida pallens'' Cav. * ''

Axonopus ''Axonopus'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, known generally as carpet grass. They are native primarily to the tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas with one species in tropical Africa and another on Easter Island. They are ...

'' '' cpmpressus'' Beauv. * ''

Cenchrus ''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 ...

'' '' echinatus'' L. * ''

Dactyloctenium ''Dactyloctenium'' is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family. There are about 13 species in the genus in the world, in which 3 are known to occur in India. A common name for the plants is crowfoot grasses. ;Specie ...

'' '' aegyptium'' (L.) Beauv. * ''

Digitaria ''Digitaria'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, 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. ...

'' '' insularis'' (L.) Benth. * ''

Eleusine ''Eleusine'' is a genus of Asian, African, and South American plants in the grass family,indica'' (L.) Gaetrn. * '' Eragrotis'' ''

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Hyparrhenia ''Hyparrhenia'' is a genus of grasses. Many species are known commonly as thatching grass. They are mostly native to tropical Africa; some can be found in warmer areas in temperate Eurasia, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and pere ...

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Merostachys ''Merostachys'' is a Neotropical genus of bamboo in the grass family. It is found in South America and Central America from Belize to Paraguay. ;Species ;Formerly included see ''Athroostachys Rhipidocladum'' * ''Merostachys capitata - Athroos ...

'' '' riedelliana'' Rop. * ''

Paspalum ''Paspalum'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The group is widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. Commonly known as paspalum, bahiagrasses, crowngrasses or dallis grasses, many of the species are tall pere ...

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Pennisetum ''Pennisetum'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. They are known commonly as fountaingrasses (fountain grasses).setosum'' (Sw.) L. Rich. * '' Rhynchelitrum'' '' repens'' (Willd.) Hubbard. * ''

Sporobolus ''Sporobolus'' is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. The name ''Sporobolus'' means "seed-thrower", and is derived from Ancient Greek word (), meaning "seed", and the root of () "to throw", referring to the dispersion of ...

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Portulacaceae The Portulacaceae are a family of flowering plants, comprising 115 species in a single genus ''Portulaca''. Formerly some 20 genera with about 500 species, were placed there, but it is now restricted to encompass only one genus, the other genera ...

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Portulaca ''Portulaca'' (, is the type genus of the flowering plant family Portulacaceae, with over 100 species, found in the tropics and warm temperate regions. They are known as the purslanes. Common purslane (''Portulaca oleracea'') is widely consume ...

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Portulaca pilosa ''Portulaca pilosa'' is a species of flowering succulent plant in the purslane family, Portulacaceae, that is native to the Americas. Its common names include pink purslane, kiss-me-quick and hairy pigweed. Its range extends from the southern ...

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Talinum ''Talinum'' is a genus of herbaceous succulent plants in the family Talinaceae (formerly in the family Portulacaceae) whose common names include flameflower. Several species bear edible leaves, and ''Talinum fruticosum'' is widely grown in tropi ...

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Talinum triangulare ''Talinum fruticosum'' is a herbaceous perennial plant that is native to Mexico, the Caribbean, West Africa, Central America, and much of South America. Common names include Ceylon spinach, waterleaf, cariru, Gbure, Surinam purslane, Philippine ...

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Polygalaceae The Polygalaceae or the milkwort family are made up of flowering plants in the order Fabales. They have a near-cosmopolitan range, with about 27 genera and ''ca''. 900 known species of herbs, shrubs and trees. Over half of the species are in one ...

* '' Bredemeyera'' '' floribunda'' Willd. * '' Bredemeyera brevifolia'' (Benth.) Brenan * ''

Polygala ''Polygala'' is a large genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygalaceae. They are commonly known as milkworts or snakeroots. The genus is distributed widely throughout much of the worldcuspidata'' DC. * '' Polygala hebeclada'' * '' Polygala longicaulis'' H.B.K * '' Polygala urbanii'' Chod. * '' Secondatia'' '' floribunda'' A. DC.

Polygonaceae The Polygonaceae are a family of flowering plants known informally as the knotweed family or smartweed—buckwheat family in the United States. The name is based on the genus ''Polygonum'', and was first used by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1789 ...

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Polygonum ''Polygonum'' is a genus of about 130 species of flowering plant in the buckwheat and knotweed family Polygonaceae. Common names include knotweed and knotgrass (though the common names may refer more broadly to plants from Polygonaceae). In the ...

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'' L. * '' Polygonum hidropiperoides'' Michx. * '' Polygonum hispidium'' H.B.K. * '' Polygonum spectabilis'' Mart. * '' Tripalis'' '' pachau'' Mart.

Rhamnaceae The Rhamnaceae are a large family of flowering plants, mostly trees, shrubs, and some vines, commonly called the buckthorn family. Rhamnaceae is included in the order Rosales. The family contains about 55 genera and 950 species. The Rhamnaceae h ...

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Celtis ''Celtis'' is a genus of about 60–70 species of deciduous trees, commonly known as hackberries or nettle trees, widespread in warm temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The genus is part of the extended hemp family (Cannabaceae). De ...

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Zizyphus ''Ziziphus'' is a genus of about 40 species of spiny shrubs and small trees in the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae, distributed in the warm-temperate, subtropical and tropical regions of the world. The leaves are alternate, entire, with three promi ...

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Rubiaceae The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules ...

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Genipa ''Genipa'' is a genus of trees in the family Rubiaceae. This genus is native to the American tropical forests. Description Tall trees, without any spines, prickles or thorns; with large opposite leaves of almost leathery texture, smooth or hai ...

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Guettarda ''Guettarda'' is a plant genus in the family Rubiaceae. Most of these plants are known by the common name velvetseed. Estimates of the number of species range from about 50 Anthony J. Huxley, Mark Griffiths, and Margot Levy (editors). 1992. ''The ...

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angelica ''Angelica'' is a genus of about 60 species of tall biennial and perennial herbs in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, reaching as far north as Iceland, Lapland, and Greenland. They grow t ...

'' Mart. * '' Mannetia'' '' ignita'' K. Schum. * '' Mitracarpus'' '' hirtus'' (L.) DC. * '' Palicoures'' '' marcgravii'' A.St.-Hil. * ''

Pectis ''Pectis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1759. The name is derived from the Latin word ''pecten'', meaning "comb." It refers to the marginally-bristled leaves or the pappus form. Th ...

'' '' brevipedunculata'' (Gardn.) Sch. Bip. * '' Randia'' '' armata'' (Sw.) DC. * ''

Tocoyena ''Tocoyena'' is a genus of plant in the family Rubiaceae. Species ''Tocoyena'' contains the following species (incomplete list): * ''Tocoyena atlantica'' R. Borges & Gaem *''Tocoyena brasiliensis'' Mart. *''Tocoyena bullata'' (Vell.) Mart. *' ...

'' ''

formosa Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is an island country located in East Asia. The main island of Taiwan, formerly known in the Western political circles, press and literature as Formosa, makes up 99% of the land area of the territorie ...

'' Schum.

Rutaceae The Rutaceae is a family, commonly known as the rueRUTACEAE
in BoDD – Botanical Derm ...

* '' Galipa'' '' jasminifolia''

Sapindaceae The Sapindaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales known as the soapberry family. It contains 138 genera and 1858 accepted species. Examples include horse chestnut, maples, ackee and lychee. The Sapindaceae occur in tempera ...

* ''

Cardiospermum ''Cardiospermum'' is a genus of approximately 14 species in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, which are native to the American, Indian, and African tropics. The genus name is derived from the Greek words καρδία, meaning "heart," and σπ� ...

'' '' grandiflorum'' Sw. * ''

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 ...

'' * '' Paulinia'' '' elegans'' Camb. * ''

Sapindus ''Sapindus'' is a genus of about five to twelve species of shrubs and small trees in the lychee family, Sapindaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the world. The genus includes both deciduous and evergreen species. Members of ...

'' ''

saponaria ''Saponaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to Asia and Europe, and are commonly known as soapworts. They are herbaceous perennials and annuals, some with woody bases. The flowers are abundant, five-petalled ...

'' L. * '' Serjanea'' '' lethalis'' A.St.-Hil. * '' Serjanea mansiana'' Mart. * '' Serjanea paucidentata'' Radlk * '' Urvillea'' '' ulmacea'' H.B.K.

Sapotaceae 240px, '' Madhuca longifolia'' var. ''latifolia'' in Narsapur, Medak district, India The Sapotaceae are a family (biology), family of flowering plants belonging to the order (biology), order Ericales. The family includes about 800 species of ev ...

* '' Bumelia'' '' startorum'' Mart.

Scrophulariaceae The Scrophulariaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the figwort family. The plants are annual and perennial herbs, as well as shrubs. Flowers have bilateral (zygomorphic) or rarely radial (actinomorphic) symmetry. The Scr ...

* ''

Scoparia dulcis ''Scoparia dulcis'' is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family. Common names include licorice weed, goatweed, scoparia-weed and sweet-broom in English, ''tapeiçava'', ''tapixaba'', and ''vassourinha'' in Portuguese, ''escobillo'' ...

'' L.

Selaginellaceae ''Selaginella'' is the sole genus of vascular plants in the family Selaginellaceae, the spikemosses or lesser clubmosses. This family is distinguished from Lycopodiaceae The Lycopodiaceae (class Lycopodiopsida, order Lycopodiales) are an o ...

* ''

Selaginella ''Selaginella'' is the sole genus of vascular plants in the family Selaginellaceae, the spikemosses or lesser clubmosses. This family is distinguished from Lycopodiaceae (the clubmosses) by having scale-leaves bearing a ligule and by having ...

'' ''

convoluta Convolutidae is a family of acoels. It contains more than a third of all known acoel species.Turbellaria ...

'' (Walk.& Arnoff) Spreng.

Simarubaceae The Simaroubaceae are a small, mostly tropical, family in the order Sapindales. In recent decades, it has been subject to much taxonomic debate, with several small families being split off. A molecular phylogeny of the family was published in 200 ...

* '' Simaruba'' '' versicolor'' A.St.-Hil.

Solanaceae The Solanaceae , or nightshades, are a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds, and orn ...

* ''

Acnistus ''Iochroma'' is a genus of about 34 species of shrubs and small trees belonging to the nightshade family Solanaceae. Species are native from Mexico to south Brazil. They are found in the forests of Mexico and South America. Their hummingbird-po ...

'' '' arborescens'' * ''

Datura ''Datura'' is a genus of nine species of highly poisonous, vespertine-flowering plants belonging to the nightshade family Solanaceae. They are commonly known as thornapples or jimsonweeds, but are also known as devil's trumpets (not to be conf ...

'' '' fastuosa'' L. * ''

Solanum ''Solanum'' is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants, which include three food crops of high economic importance: the potato, the tomato and the eggplant (aubergine, brinjal). It is the largest genus in the nightshade family Solanaceae ...

'' '' erianthum'' Don. * '' Solanum horridum'' Don. * ''

Solanum paniculatum ''Solanum paniculatum'', commonly known as jurubeba, is a nightshade common in almost all of Brazil. It is used as a medicinal plant and has a bitter taste. An infusion of its stem and its root in sugar cane alcohol (cachaça) is popularly use ...

'' L.

Sterculiaceae Sterculiaceae was a family of flowering plant based on the genus ''Sterculia''. Genera formerly included in Sterculiaceae are now placed in the family Malvaceae, in the subfamilies: Byttnerioideae, Dombeyoideae, Helicteroideae and Sterculioideae. A ...

* '' Guazuma'' '' ulmifolia'' Lam. * ''

Melochia ''Melochia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It comprises 54 species from the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, ranging from India eastwards through Malesia and the Pacific Islands to the Americas an ...

'' '' hermanoides'' A.St.-Hil. * '' Melochia villosa'' (Mill.) Farwc. * ''

Sterculia ''Sterculia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae: subfamily Sterculioideae (previously placed in the now obsolete Sterculiaceae). Members of the genus are colloquially known as tropical chestnuts. ''Sterculia'' ma ...

'' '' striata'' A.St.-Hil. et Naud. * '' Waltheria'' ''Waltheria bracteosa, bracteosa'' A.St.-Hil. et Naud.

Styracaceae

* ''Styrax'' ''Styrax parvifolium, parvifolium'' Pohl.

Tiliaceae

* ''Apeiba'' ''Apeiba tibourbou, tibourbou'' Aubl. * ''Luehea'' ''Luehea candicans, candicans''

* ''Luehea divaricata''

Turneraceae

* ''Piriqueta'' ''Piriqueta aurea, aurea'' (Camb.) Urban * ''Pirequeta duarteana'' (Camb.) Juss. * ''Turnera'' ''Turnera melochioides, melochioides'' Camb. * ''Turnera ulmifolia'' L.

Urticaceae

* ''Fleurya'' ''Fleurya aestuans, aestuans'' Gaudich. * ''Urera'' ''Urera baccifera, baccifera'' Gaudich.

Verbenaceae

* ''Aegiphylla'' ''Aegiphylla sellowiana, sellowiana'' Cham. * ''Lantana'' ''Lantana camara, camara'' L. * ''Lantana lilaciana'' Desf. * ''Lantana microphylla'' L.

Violaceae

* ''Anchietea'' ''Anchietea saluataris, saluataris'' A.St.-Hil.

Vitaceae

* ''Cissus'' ''Cissus erosa, erosa'' L. C. Rich. * ''Cissus scabra'' * ''Cissus sicyoides'' L. * ''Cissus warmingii''

Vochysiaceae

* ''Callistene'' ''Callistene major, major'' Mart. * ''Qualea'' ''Qualea parviflora, parviflora'' Mart. * ''Vochysia'' ''Vochysia tucanorum, tucanorum'' Mart.

References

* ANDRADE-LIMA, D. (1981). ''O domínio da caatinga.'' (''The caatinga dominium.''
Revista Brasileira de Botânica
4:149-163. * BRANDÃO, M.; GAVILANES, M. L. (1994). ''Composição florística das áreas recobertas pela Caatinga na área mineira da SUDENE.'
Informe Agropecuário
17 (181):20-33. * Gamarra-Rojas, Cíntia. (2005) ''Checklist das Plantas do Nordeste'' (Checklist of Plants of Northeast Brazil)

*{{in lang, pt GIULIETTI, M. A. ''et alli''. (2003) ''Diagnóstico da vegetação nativa do bioma Caatinga.'
Ministério do Meio Ambiente
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Hydrophyllaceae

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Polygonaceae The Polygonaceae are a family of flowering plants known informally as the knotweed family or smartweed—buckwheat family in the United States. The name is based on the genus ''Polygonum'', and was first used by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1789 ...

Rhamnaceae The Rhamnaceae are a large family of flowering plants, mostly trees, shrubs, and some vines, commonly called the buckthorn family. Rhamnaceae is included in the order Rosales. The family contains about 55 genera and 950 species. The Rhamnaceae h ...

Rubiaceae The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules ...

Rutaceae The Rutaceae is a family, commonly known as the rueRUTACEAEin BoDD – Botanical Derm ...

Sapindaceae The Sapindaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales known as the soapberry family. It contains 138 genera and 1858 accepted species. Examples include horse chestnut, maples, ackee and lychee. The Sapindaceae occur in tempera ...

Sapotaceae 240px, '' Madhuca longifolia'' var. ''latifolia'' in Narsapur, Medak district, India The Sapotaceae are a family (biology), family of flowering plants belonging to the order (biology), order Ericales. The family includes about 800 species of ev ...

Scrophulariaceae The Scrophulariaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the figwort family. The plants are annual and perennial herbs, as well as shrubs. Flowers have bilateral (zygomorphic) or rarely radial (actinomorphic) symmetry. The Scr ...

Selaginellaceae ''Selaginella'' is the sole genus of vascular plants in the family Selaginellaceae, the spikemosses or lesser clubmosses. This family is distinguished from Lycopodiaceae The Lycopodiaceae (class Lycopodiopsida, order Lycopodiales) are an o ...

Simarubaceae The Simaroubaceae are a small, mostly tropical, family in the order Sapindales. In recent decades, it has been subject to much taxonomic debate, with several small families being split off. A molecular phylogeny of the family was published in 200 ...

Solanaceae The Solanaceae , or nightshades, are a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds, and orn ...

Sterculiaceae Sterculiaceae was a family of flowering plant based on the genus ''Sterculia''. Genera formerly included in Sterculiaceae are now placed in the family Malvaceae, in the subfamilies: Byttnerioideae, Dombeyoideae, Helicteroideae and Sterculioideae. A ...

Styracaceae

Tiliaceae

Turneraceae

Urticaceae

Verbenaceae

Violaceae

Vitaceae

Vochysiaceae

See also

References

Cucurbitaceae The Cucurbitaceae, also called cucurbits or the gourd family, are a plant family consisting of about 965 species in around 95 genera, of which the most important to humans are: ''Cucurbita'' – squash, pumpkin, zucchini, some gourds ''Lagena ...

Rutaceae The Rutaceae is a family, commonly known as the rueRUTACEAE
in BoDD – Botanical Derm ...