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Abelia ''Abelia'' is a previously recognized genus that contained about 30 species and hybrids, placed in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae. Molecular phylogenetic studies showed that the genus was not monophyletic, and in 2013, Maarten Christen ...
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white forsythia ''Abeliophyllum'', the miseonnamu, Korean abeliophyllum, white forsythia, or Korean abelialeaf, is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae. It consists of one species, ''Abeliophyllum distichum'' , Endemism, endemic to ...
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Abelmoschus ''Abelmoschus'' is a genus of about fifteen species of flowering plants in the mallow family (Malvaceae), native to tropical Africa, Asia and northern Australia. It was formerly included within ''Hibiscus'', but is now classified as a distinct ...
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okra Okra or Okro (, ), ''Abelmoschus esculentus'', known in many English-speaking countries as ladies' fingers or ochro, is a flowering plant in the mallow family. It has edible green seed pods. The geographical origin of okra is disputed, with su ...
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Abies Firs (''Abies'') are a genus of 48–56 species of evergreen coniferous trees in the family Pinaceae. They are found on mountains throughout much of North and Central America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa. The genus is most closely related to ...
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fir Firs (''Abies'') are a genus of 48–56 species of evergreen coniferous trees in the family (biology), family Pinaceae. They are found on mountains throughout much of North America, North and Central America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa. The ...
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Abroma ''Abroma'' is a genus in the family Malvaceae, with one or two species from Asia and Australia. ''Ambroma'' is an orthographic variant. Taxonomy The genus was described by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in 1776 with a single species ''Abroma fastu ...
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Abronia ''Abronia'' may refer to: * Abronia (gens), a Roman family of the Augustan age * ''Abronia'' (lizard), a genus of animals commonly known as arboreal alligator lizards * ''Abronia'' (plant), a genus of plants commonly known as sand-verbenas {{disam ...
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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 ...
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Abutilon ''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropicsAcacia ''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 ...
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Acaena ''Acaena'' is a genus of about 60 species of mainly evergreen, creeping herbaceous perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Rosaceae, native mainly to the Southern Hemisphere, notably New Zealand, Australia and South America, but with a few ...
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Acalypha ''Acalypha'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is the sole genus of the subtribe Acalyphinae. It is one of the largest euphorb genera, with approximately 450 to 462 species. The genus name ''Acalypha'' is from th ...
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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 ...
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Acantholimon ''Acantholimon'' (prickly thrift) is a genus of small flowering plants within the plumbago or leadwort family, Plumbaginaceae. They are distributed from southeastern Europe to central Asia and also in South America, but also cultivated elsewhere ...
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Acanthopale ''Acanthopale'' is a plant genus in the Acanthaceae plant family. The genus name is based on the classic Greek words for thorn ''ákantha'' and stake ''palum''. Some species in the genus are cultivated as ornamental plant Ornamental plants o ...
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Achariaceae Achariaceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of 32-33 genera with about 155 species of tropical herbs, shrubs, and trees. The APG IV system has greatly expanded the scope of the family by including many genera previously classified in F ...
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Achillea ''Achillea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, known colloquially as yarrows. The plants typically have frilly leaves. The common name "yarrow" usually refers to '' A. millefolium''. The genus was named after the Gre ...
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yarrow ''Achillea millefolium'', commonly known as yarrow () or common yarrow, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Other common names include old man's pepper, devil's nettle, sanguinary, milfoil, soldier's woundwort, and thousand seal. The ...
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Achimenes ''Achimenes'' is a genus of about 25 species of tropical and subtropical rhizomatous perennial herbs in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. They have a multitude of common names such as magic flowers, widow's tears, Cupid's bower, or hot wat ...
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Acinos ''Acinos'' is a genus of ten species of annual and short-lived evergreen perennial woody plants native to southern Europe and western Asia. Its name comes from the Greek word ', the name of a small aromatic plant. They are small, tufted, bushy ...
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Aciphylla ''Aciphylla'' is a genus of about 40 species of plants in the family Apiaceae, endemic to New Zealand and Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of ...
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Acmena ''Acmena'' was formerly the name of a genus of shrubs and trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. The genus was first formally described in 1828 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in his ''Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis''. The spec ...
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Acoelorrhaphe ''Acoelorrhaphe'' is a genus of palms with single species ''Acoelorrhaphe wrightii'', known as the Paurotis palm, Everglades palm or Madeira palm in EnglishWorld Checklist of Palms''Acoelorrhaphe''Germplasm Resources Information Network''Acoelor ...
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Acokanthera ''Acokanthera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It comprises 5 species and is generally restricted to Africa, although '' Acokanthera schimperi'' also occurs in Yemen. Its sap contains the deadly cardiotoxic glycoside '' ...
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Aconitum ''Aconitum'' (), also known as aconite, monkshood, wolf's-bane, leopard's bane, mousebane, women's bane, devil's helmet, queen of poisons, or blue rocket, is a genus of over 250 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae. ...
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aconite Aconite may refer to: *'' Aconitum'', a plant genus containing the monkshoods *Aconitine Aconitine is an alkaloid toxin produced by various plant species belonging to the genus ''Aconitum'' (family Ranunculaceae), known also commonly by the na ...
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monkshood ''Aconitum'' (), also known as aconite, monkshood, wolf's-bane, leopard's bane, mousebane, women's bane, devil's helmet, queen of poisons, or blue rocket, is a genus of over 250 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae. ...
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Acorus ''Acorus'' is a genus of monocot flowering plants. This genus was once placed within the family Araceae (aroids), but more recent classifications place it in its own family Acoraceae and order Acorales, of which it is the sole genus of the oldes ...
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Acradenia ''Acradenia'' is a genus of two species of tree or shrub in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to Australia. These plants have leaves that are trifoliate, arranged in opposite pairs and flowers that have five sepals, five petals and usually ten ...
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Acrocomia ''Acrocomia'' is a genus of Arecaceae, palms which is native to the Neotropics, ranging from Mexico in the north, through Central America and the Caribbean, and through South America south to Argentina. Description ''Acrocomia'' is a genus of Sp ...
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baneberry ''Actaea'', commonly called baneberry, bugbane and cohosh, is a genus of flowering plants of the family Ranunculaceae, native to subtropical, temperate and subarctic regions of Europe, Asia and North America. Taxonomy The genus was redefine ...
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Actinidia ''Actinidia'' is a genus of woody and, with a few exceptions, dioecious plants native to temperate eastern Asia, occurring throughout most of China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan, and extending north to southern areas of Russian Far East and south i ...
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kiwifruit Kiwifruit (often shortened to kiwi in North American, British and continental European English) or Chinese gooseberry is the edible berry of several species of woody vine A vine (Latin ''vīnea'' "grapevine", "vineyard", from ''vīnum'' ...
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Ada Ada may refer to: Places Africa * Ada Foah, a town in Ghana * Ada (Ghana parliament constituency) * Ada, Osun, a town in Nigeria Asia * Ada, Urmia, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Ada, Karaman, a village in Karaman Province, Tur ...
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Adansonia ''Adansonia'' is a genus made up of eight species of medium-to-large deciduous trees known as baobabs ( or ). They are placed in the Malvaceae family, subfamily Bombacoideae. They are native to Madagascar, mainland Africa, and Australia.Tropic ...
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Adenanthos ''Adenanthos'' is a genus of Australian native shrubs in the flowering plant family Proteaceae. Variable in habit and leaf shape, it is the only genus in the family where solitary flowers are the norm. It was discovered in 1791, and formally publ ...
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Adenia ''Adenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It is distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics.
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Adenium ''Adenium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1819. It is native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Cultivation and uses ''Adenium obesum'' is grown as a houseplant in temperate and tropica ...
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Adenophora ''Adenophora'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, the bellflowers. Plants of this genus are known commonly as ladybells.Perry, LPerennial Plant Feature: Ladybells.Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermo ...
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Adenostoma ''Adenostoma'' is a genus of shrubs in the Rose family (Rosaceae) containing only two species, chamise (''Adenostoma fasciculatum'') and redshanks (''Adenostoma sparsifolium''). Both are native to the Californias. Description Characteristic ...
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Adiantum ''Adiantum'' (), the maidenhair fern, is a genus of about 250 species of ferns in the subfamily Vittarioideae of the family Pteridaceae, though some researchers place it in its own family, Adiantaceae. The genus name comes from Greek, meaning "un ...
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maidenhair fern ''Adiantum'' (), the maidenhair fern, is a genus of about 250 species of ferns in the subfamily Vittarioideae of the family Pteridaceae, though some researchers place it in its own family, Adiantaceae. The genus name comes from Greek, meaning "un ...
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Adlumia ''Adlumia'' is a genus of two species in the family Papaveraceae. The genus name derives from John Adlum (1759–1836), a surveyor, associate judge, plantsman and agriculturist who ran an 80 ha (200 acre) experimental farm in Georgetown, Washingt ...
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Adonis In Greek mythology, Adonis, ; derived from the Canaanite word ''ʼadōn'', meaning "lord". R. S. P. Beekes, ''Etymological Dictionary of Greek'', Brill, 2009, p. 23. was the mortal lover of the goddess Aphrodite. One day, Adonis was gored by ...
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Adromischus ''Adromischus'' is a genus of flowering plants. They are easily propagated leaf succulents from the family Crassulaceae, which are endemic to southern Africa. The name comes from the ancient Greek ''adros'' (=thick) and ''mischos'' (=stem). Sp ...
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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 ...
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Aeonium ''Aeonium'', the tree houseleeks, is a genus of about 35 species of succulent, subtropics, subtropical plants of the family (biology), family Crassulaceae. Many species are popular in horticulture. The genus name comes from the ancient Greek α ...
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Aerangis ''Aerangis'', abbreviated as Aergs in horticultural trade, is a genus of the Orchid family (Orchidaceae). The name of this genus has been derived from the Greek words 'aer' (air) and 'angos' (urn), referring to the form of the lip. It is the type ...
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orchid 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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Aerides ''Aerides'', known commonly as cat's-tail orchids and fox brush orchids, is a genus belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae, subfamily Epidendroideae, tribe Vandeae, subtribe Aeridinae). It is a group of tropical epiphyte orchids that grow ...
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Aeschynanthus ''Aeschynanthus'' is a genus of about 150 species of evergreen subtropical and tropical plants in the family Gesneriaceae. They are usually trailing epiphytes with brightly colored flowers that are pollinated by sunbirds. The genus name comes fro ...
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Aesculus The genus ''Aesculus'' ( or ), with species called buckeye and horse chestnut, comprises 13–19 species of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae. They are trees and shrubs native plant, native to the temperateness, temperate Northern H ...
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Afgekia ''Afgekia'' is a small genus of large perennial climbing shrubs native to Thailand in Asia, belonging to the family Fabaceae. They are reminiscent of the related genus of ''Wisteria''. Species As listed by Plants of the World Online; * ''Afgekia ...
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Agapanthus ''Agapanthus'' is a genus of plants, the only one in the subfamily Agapanthoideae of the family Amaryllidaceae. The family is in the monocot order Asparagales. The name is derived from Greek: ἀγάπη (''agapē'' – "love"), ἄνθος (' ...
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Agapetes ''Agapetes'' (Gk. ἀγαπητός (agapetos) = 'beloved') is a semi-climbing shrub genus native to the Himalayas, grown as an ornamental for its attractive pendulous bunches of red tubular flowers blooming over a long period. It is mostly grow ...
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Agastache ''Agastache'' () is a genus of aromatic flowering herbaceous perennial plants in the family Lamiaceae. It contains 22 species, mainly native to North America, one species native to eastern Asia. The common names of the species are a variety of f ...
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Agathis ''Agathis'', commonly known as kauri or dammara, is a genus of 22 species of evergreen tree. The genus is part of the ancient conifer family Araucariaceae, a group once widespread during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, but now largely re ...
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Agathosma ''Agathosma'' is a genus of about 140 species of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae, native to the southern part of Africa. Common names include Buchu, Boegoe, Bucco, Bookoo and Diosma. '' Buchu'' formally denotes two herbal species, prized ...
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Agave ''Agave'' (; ; ) is a genus of monocots native to the hot and arid regions of the Americas and the Caribbean, although some ''Agave'' species are also native to tropical areas of North America, such as Mexico. The genus is primarily known for ...
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Ageratum ''Ageratum'' () (whiteweed in the USA) is a genus of 40 to 60 tropical and warm temperate flowering annuals and perennials from the family Asteraceae, tribe Eupatorieae. Most species are native to Central America and Mexico but four are native ...
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Aglaia ''Aglaia'' is a genus of 117 species of woody dioecious trees belonging to the Mahogany family (Meliaceae). These trees occur in the subtropical and tropical forests of Southeast Asia, Northern Australia and the Pacific. Some species are impo ...
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Aglaomorpha ''Aglaomorpha'' is the generic name of two groups of organisms. It can refer to: * ''Aglaomorpha'' (moth), a genus of moths in the family Erebidae * ''Aglaomorpha'' (plant), a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae {{Genus disambiguation ...
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Aglaonema ''Aglaonema'' is a genus of flowering plants in the arum family, Araceae. They are native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and New Guinea.
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Agonis ''Agonis'' is a genus in the plant family Myrtaceae. All are endemic (ecology), endemic to Western Australia, growing near the coast in the Southwest Australia, south west. Description Only one, ''Agonis flexuosa'', grows to tree size; the o ...
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Agrimonia ''Agrimonia'' (from the Greek ), commonly known as agrimony, is a genus of 12–15 species of perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the family Rosaceae, native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with one species also in Afr ...
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Agrostemma ''Agrostemma'' is a genus of annual plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, containing the species known as corncockles. Its best-known member is ''A. githago'', the common corncockle, which is a native of Europe. The species is a weed of cereals ...
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Agrostis ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species * '' Agrostis aequivalvi'' ...
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Aichryson ''Aichryson'' is a genus of about 15 species of succulent, subtropical plants, mostly native to the Canary Islands, with a few in the Azores, Madeira and Morocco. The species of ''Aichryson'' are not frost-resistant. They are related to ''Semper ...
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Ailanthus ''Ailanthus'' (; derived from ''ailanto,'' an Ambonese word probably meaning "tree of the gods" or "tree of heaven") is a genus of trees belonging to the family Simaroubaceae, in the order Sapindales (formerly Rutales or Geraniales). The genus ...
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tree of heaven ''Ailanthus altissima'' , commonly known as tree of heaven, ailanthus, varnish tree, or in Chinese as ''chouchun'' (), is a deciduous tree in the family Simaroubaceae. It is native to northeast and central China, and Taiwan. Unlike other membe ...
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Aiphanes ''Aiphanes'' is a genus of spiny palms which is native to tropical regions of South and Central America and the Caribbean.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families There are about 26 species in the genus (see below), ranging in size fr ...
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Aira ''Aira'' is a genus of Old World plants in the grass family, native to western and southern Europe, central and southwest Asia, plus Africa. The common name, shared with the similar related genera '' Deschampsia'' and ''Koeleria'', is hair-g ...
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Ajania ''Ajania'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, described as a genus in 1955. The genus is native to temperate Asia, primarily Russia and China. It is named after the Russian port city Ayan in the Khabarovsk Krai region of the ...
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Ajuga ''Ajuga'' , also known as bugleweed,Bailey, L.H.; Bailey, E.Z.; the staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. ''Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada''. Macmillan, New York. ground pine, c ...
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Akebia ''Akebia'' is a genus of five species of flowering plant, within the family Lardizabalaceae. The scientific name, ''akebia'', is a Latinization of the Japanese language, Japanese name for species Akebia quinata: . Species There are five species: ...
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Alangium ''Alangium'' is a small genus of flowering plants. The genus is included either in a broad view of the dogwood family Cornaceae, or as the sole member of its own family Alangiaceae.Qiu-Yun (Jenny) Xiang, David T. Thomas, and Qiao Ping Xiang. ...
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Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
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Albizia ''Albizia'' is a genus of more than 160 species of mostly fast-growing subtropical and tropical trees and shrubs in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae. The genus is pantropical, occurring in Asia, Africa, Madagascar, America and A ...
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Albuca ''Albuca'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. The genus is distributed mainly in southern and eastern Africa, with some species occurring in northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Plants of the g ...
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Alcea ''Alcea'' is a genus of over 80 species of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae, commonly known as the hollyhocks. They are native to Asia and Europe. The single species of hollyhock from the Americas, the streambank wild hollyhock, ...
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hollyhock ''Alcea'' is a genus of over 80 species of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae, commonly known as the hollyhocks. They are native to Asia and Europe. The single species of hollyhock from the Americas, the streambank wild hollyhock, ...
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Alchemilla ''Alchemilla'' is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Rosaceae, with the common name lady's mantle applied generically as well as specifically to ''Alchemilla mollis'' when referred to as a garden plant. The plant used as a herb ...
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Aldrovanda ''Aldrovanda'' is a genus of carnivorous plants encompassing one extant species (''Aldrovanda vesiculosa'', the waterwheel plant) and numerous extinct taxa. The genus is named in honor of the Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi, the founder of ...
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Aleurites ''Aleurites'' is a small genus of arborescent flowering plants in the Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1776. It is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and Queensland. It is also reportedly naturalized o ...
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water plantain ''Alisma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Alismataceae, members of which are commonly known as water-plantains. The genus consists of aquatic plants with leaves either floating or submerged, found in a variety of still water habit ...
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Alkanna ''Alkanna'' is a genus of herbaceous plants including about 60 species of the family Boraginaceae. Selected species * '' A. amana'' Rech.f. * '' A. angustifolia'' Sümbül * '' A. areolata'' Boiss. * '' A. attilae'' P.H.D ...
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Allagoptera ''Allagoptera'' is a monoecious genus of flowering plant in the palm family found in South America consisting of 5 accepted species. Compared to other genera within the Cocoseae ''Allagoptera'' is described as particularly specialized.Uhl, Natal ...
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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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Allium ''Allium'' is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants that includes hundreds of species, including the cultivated onion, garlic, scallion, shallot, leek, and chives. The generic name ''Allium'' is the Latin word for garlic,Gledhill, Davi ...
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onion An onion (''Allium cepa'' L., from Latin ''cepa'' meaning "onion"), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus ''Allium''. The shallot is a botanical variety of the onion ...
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Allocasuarina ''Allocasuarina'' is a genus of trees in the flowering plant family Casuarinaceae. They are endemic to Australia, occurring primarily in the south. Like the closely related genus ''Casuarina'', they are commonly called sheoaks or she-oaks. Wi ...
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Allosyncarpia ''Allosyncarpia ternata'', commonly known as ''an-binik'', is a species of rainforest trees constituting part of the botanical family Myrtaceae and included in the eucalypts group. The only species in its genus, it was described in 1981 by Stan ...
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Alloxylon ''Alloxylon'' is a genus of four species in the family Proteaceae of mainly small to medium-sized trees. They are native to the eastern coast of Australia, with one species, '' A. brachycarpum'' found in New Guinea and the Aru Islands. The genus ...
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Alluaudia ''Alluaudia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Didiereaceae. There are six species, all endemic to Madagascar. Most occur in the southwestern subarid forest-thicket vegetation of the island. Species of ''Alluaudia'' are dioecious, ...
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Alnus Alders are trees comprising the genus ''Alnus'' in the birch family Betulaceae. The genus comprises about 35 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, a few reaching a large size, distributed throughout the north temperate zone with a few spec ...
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alder Alders are trees comprising the genus ''Alnus'' in the birch family Betulaceae. The genus comprises about 35 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, a few reaching a large size, distributed throughout the north temperate zone with a few sp ...
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Alocasia ''Alocasia'' is a genus of rhizomatous or tuberous, broad-leaved, perennial, flowering plants from the family Araceae. There are about 90 accepted species native to tropical and subtropical Asia and eastern Australia. Around the world, many growe ...
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Aloe ''Aloe'' (; also written ''Aloë'') is a genus containing over 650 species of flowering succulent plants.WFO (2022): Aloe L. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-4000001341. Accessed on: 06 Nov 2022 The most wid ...
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Alopecurus ''Alopecurus'', or foxtail grass, is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family. It is common across temperate and subtropical parts of Eurasia, northern Africa, and the Americas, as well as naturalized in Australia and on vari ...
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Alphitonia ''Alphitonia'' is a genus of arborescent flowering plants comprising about 20 species, constituting part of the buckthorn family ( Rhamnaceae). They occur in tropical regions of Southeast Asia, Oceania and Polynesia. These are large trees or shru ...
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Alpinia ''Alpinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is named for Prospero Alpini, a 17th-century Italian botanist who specialized in exotic plants. Species are native to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, whe ...
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Alsobia ''Alsobia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Mexico, Guatemala, and Costa Rica. It contains four species. The species in the genus are succulent and stoloniferous herbs. They were previously included in the ge ...
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Alstonia ''Alstonia'' is a widespread genus of evergreen trees and shrubs, of the family Apocynaceae. It was named by Robert Brown in 1811, after Charles Alston (1685–1760), professor of botany at Edinburgh from 1716 to 1760. The type species ''Alsto ...
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Alstroemeria ''Alstroemeria'' (), commonly called the Peruvian lily or lily of the Incas, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Alstroemeriaceae. They are all native to South America, although some have become naturalized in the United States, Mexi ...
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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 ...
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Alyogyne ''Alyogyne'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae which are endemic to Australia. Its species were formerly in the genus ''Hibiscus'' but were split off starting in 1863 with ''H. hakaeifolius''. In 1915 Lewton transferred '' ...
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Alyssum ''Alyssum'' is a genus of over a hundred species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to Europe, Asia, and northern Africa, with the highest species diversity in the Mediterranean region. The genus comprises annual plant, annu ...
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Alyxia ''Alyxia'' is an Australasian genus of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It contains at present 106 species, but ''Alyxia stellata'' and '' A. tisserantii'' are very variable, might be cryptic species complexes, and are need of ...
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Amaranthus ''Amaranthus'' is a cosmopolitan genus of annual or short-lived perennial plants collectively known as amaranths. Some amaranth species are cultivated as leaf vegetables, pseudocereals, and ornamental plants. Catkin-like cymes of densely pac ...
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Amaryllis ''Amaryllis'' () is the only genus in the subtribe Amaryllidinae (tribe Amaryllideae). It is a small genus of flowering bulbs, with two species. The better known of the two, ''Amaryllis belladonna'', is a native of the Western Cape region of S ...
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Amelanchier ''Amelanchier'' ( ), also known as shadbush, shadwood or shadblow, serviceberry or sarvisberry (or just sarvis), juneberry, saskatoon, sugarplum, wild-plum or chuckley pear,A Digital Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador Vascular Plants/ref> is a g ...
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Amherstia ''Amherstia nobilis'' ( my, သော်ကကြီး ; the Pride of Burma, in the family Fabaceae) is a tropical tree with large, showy flowers. It is the only member of the genus ''Amherstia''. It is widely cultivated for ornamental plant, o ...
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Amicia ''Amicia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Adesmia'' clade. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is named in honor of the Italian astronomer, mathemat ...
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Ammobium ''Ammobium'' is genus of perennial Asteraceae species described as a genus in 1824 by Robert Brown, with the type species being '' Ammobium alatum''. ''Ammobium'' is native to eastern Australia. ;Species *'' Ammobium alatum'' R.Br. - New Sou ...
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Amorpha ''Amorpha'' is a genus of plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. All the species are native to North America, from southern Canada, most of the United States (US), and northern Mexico. They are commonly known as false indigo. The name ''Amorpha'' ...
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Amorphophallus ''Amorphophallus'' (from Ancient Greek , "without form, misshapen" + ''phallos'', "penis", referring to the shape of the prominent spadix) is a large genus of some 200 tropical and subtropical tuberous herbaceous plants from the ''Arum'' family ...
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Ampelopsis ''Ampelopsis'', commonly known as peppervine or porcelainberry, is a genus of climbing shrubs, in the grape family Vitaceae. The name is derived from the grc, ἅμπελος (''ampelos''), which means "vine". The genus was named in 1803. It is ...
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Amsonia ''Amsonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1788. It is native primarily to North America with one species in East Asia and another in the eastern Mediterranean. It was named in h ...
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Anacampseros ''Anacampseros'' L. is a genus comprising about a hundred species of small perennial succulent plants native to Southern Africa, Ethiopia and Latin America. The botanical name ''Anacampseros'' is an ancient one for herbs supposed to restore los ...
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Anacardium ''Anacardium'', the cashews, are a genus of flowering plants in the family Anacardiaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas. The best known species is ''Anacardium occidentale,'' which is commercially cultivated for its cashew nuts and c ...
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Anacyclus ''Anacyclus'' is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae described by Linnaeus in 1753. Annuals or herbaceous perennials, they are cultivated for their fern-like leaves on creeping, radiating stems and daisy-like flowers. They are frost-hardy ...
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Anagallis ''Anagallis'' is a genus of about 20–25 species of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae, commonly called pimpernel. The scarlet pimpernel referred to in literature is part of this genus. The botanical name is from the Greek ( 'again') ...
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Ananas ''Ananas'' is a plant genus in the family Bromeliaceae. It is native to South America. The genus contains ''Ananas comosus'', the pineapple. Species The genus ''Ananas'' includes only two species: Gallery File:Pineapple.plantation.jpg, Pinea ...
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Anaphalis ''Anaphalis'' is a genus of herbaceous and woody flowering plants within the family Asteraceae, whose members are commonly known by the name pearl or pearly everlasting. There are around 110 species with the vast majority being native to central ...
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Anchusa The genus ''Anchusa'' belongs to the borage family (Boraginaceae). It includes about 35 species found growing in Europe, North Africa, South Africa and Western Asia. They are introduced in the United States. They consist of annual plants, bie ...
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Andira ''Andira'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is distributed in the tropical Americas, except for ''A. inermis'', which also occurs in Africa. It was formerly assigned to the tribe Dalbergieae, but recent molecul ...
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Androlepis ''Androlepis'' is a genus of epiphytes in the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae, native to Central America and southern Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the south ...
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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 ...
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Androsace ''Androsace'', commonly known as rock jasmine, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae, second only to ''Primula'' in the number of species. It is predominantly Arctic–alpine, with many species in the Himalayas (where the genu ...
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Anemone ''Anemone'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. Plants of the genus are commonly called windflowers. They are native to the temperate and subtropical regions of all continents except Australia, New Zealand an ...
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Anethum ''Anethum'' is a flowering plant genus in the family Apiaceae, native to the Middle East and the Sahara in northern Africa. Taxonomy The genus name comes from the Latin form of Greek words ''anison'', ''anīson'', ''anīthon'' and ''anīt ...
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dill Dill (''Anethum graveolens'') is an annual herb in the celery family Apiaceae. It is the only species in the genus ''Anethum''. Dill is grown widely in Eurasia, where its leaves and seeds are used as a herb or spice for flavouring food. Growth ...
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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 ...
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Angiopteris ''Angiopteris'' is a genus of huge evergreen ferns from the family Marattiaceae, found throughout the paleotropics from Madagascar to the South Pacific islands. Species of smaller stature with elongate synangia and creeping rhizomes are sometime ...
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Angophora ''Angophora'' is a genus of nine species of trees and shrubs in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Endemic to eastern Australia, they differ from other eucalypts in having juvenile and adult leaves arranged in opposite pairs, sepals reduced to projec ...
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Angraecum The genus ''Angraecum'', abbreviated as Angcm in horticultural trade, common name comet orchid, contains about 220 species. Etymology Despite the genus's distribution being largely confined to Africa and its offshore islands, the genus name is a ...
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orchid 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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Anguloa ''Anguloa'', commonly known as tulip orchids, is a small orchid genus closely related to ''Lycaste''. Its abbreviation in horticulture is Ang. This genus was described by José Antonio Pavón and Hipólito Ruiz López in 1798. They named it in ho ...
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Anigozanthos ''Anigozanthos'' is a genus of Southwest Australian plants of the bloodwort family Haemodoraceae. The 11 species and their subspecies are commonly known as kangaroo paw or catspaw, depending on their size, and the shape and color of their flo ...
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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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Anoda ''Anoda'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Malvaceae, mallow family. There are 23 or 24 species of these herbs, most native to Mexico and South America. They are generally erect plants with a variety of leaf shapes, and many bear colorful f ...
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Freesia ''Freesia'' is a genus of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1866 by Christian Friedrich Ecklon (1886) and named after the German botanist and medical practitioner, Friedrich Freese (1795 ...
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Anopterus ''Anopterus'' is a genus of two species of shrubs or small trees. Species * ''Anopterus glandulosus'' (Tasmanian laurel) - western Tasmania * ''Anopterus macleayanus'' (Mountain laurel) - eastern Australia References

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Anredera ''Anredera'' is a genus of plants native to Latin America, the West Indies, Texas, and Florida. Some are naturalized in other regions (notably Mediterranean region and on various oceanic islands). Most of them evergreen vines of dry scrubland an ...
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Antennaria ''Antennaria'' is a genus of dioecious perennial herbs in the family Asteraceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with a few species (''A. chilensis'', ''A. linearifolia'', ''A. sleumeri'') in temperate southern South A ...
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Anthemis ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family (biology), family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''An ...
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Anthericum ''Anthericum'' is a genus of about 65 species, rhizomatous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. It was formerly placed in its own family, Anthericeae. The species have rhizomatous or tuberous roots, long narrow leave ...
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Anthocleista ''Anthocleista'' is a genus of tree- and shrub-like tropical plants in the gentian family, tribe Potalieae, subtribe Potaliinae. There are about 50 species in the genus, native mainly to tropical Africa, including Madagascar and the Mascarene ...
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Anthotroche ''Anthotroche'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Solanaceae. The genus is endemic to Western Australia. Species include: *''Anthotroche myoporoides'' - Myoporum-like anthotroche C.A.Gardner *''Anthotroche pannosa'' - Endl. Felted anthotroch ...
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Anthriscus ''Anthriscus'' (chervils) is a common plant genus of the family Apiaceae, growing in Europe and temperate parts of Asia. It comprises 15 species. The genus grows in meadows and verges on slightly wet porous soils. One species, '' Anthriscus cere ...
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Anthurium ''Anthurium'' (; Schott, 1829) is a genus of about 1,000Mantovani, A. and T. E. Pereira. (2005)''Anthurium'' (section ''Urospadix''; subsection ''Flavescentiviridia'').''Rodriguesia'' 56(88), 145–60. species of flowering plants, the largest g ...
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Anthyllis ''Anthyllis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. This genus contains both herbaceous and shrubby species and is distributed in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The most widespread and familiar species is '' A. vulnera ...
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Antidesma ''Antidesma'' is a genus of tropical plant in the family Phyllanthaceae formally described by Linnaeus in 1753. It is native to tropical Africa, S + E + SE Asia, Australia, and various oceanic islands. The greatest diversity occurs in Southe ...
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Antirrhinum ''Antirrhinum'' is a genus of plants commonly known as dragon flowers, snapdragons and dog flower because of the flowers' fancied resemblance to the face of a dragon that opens and closes its mouth when laterally squeezed. They are native to r ...
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Apera ''Apera'' is a small genus of annual grasses, known commonly as silkybent grass or windgrass. They are native to Europe, North Africa and parts of Asia but have been introduced and naturalized in much of North and South America. ; Species * '' ...
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Apium ''Apium'' (including celery and the marshworts) is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, with a subcosmopolitan distribution in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and Australia. They are medium to tall biennial ...
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Apocynum ''Apocynum'', commonly known as dogbane or Indian hemp, is a small genus of the flowering plant family Apocynaceae. Its name comes from Ancient Greek , from "away" and "dog", referring to dogbane ('' Cionura erecta''), which was used to pois ...
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Aponogeton The Aponogetonaceae (the Cape-pondweed family or aponogeton family) are a family of flowering plants in the order Alismatales. In recent decades the family has had universal recognition by taxonomists. The APG system (1998) and APG II system (20 ...
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Apophyllum ''Apophyllum'' is a genus of plant native to Australia. It contains only one species, which by definition makes the genus a monotypic genus. This single species is called ''Apophyllum anomalum'', commonly called warrior bush or broom bush. Desc ...
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Apodytes ''Apodytes'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Metteniusaceae. It was formerly either unplaced as to family or placed in the family Icacinaceae. It consists of about 8 species of evergreen trees, from tropical northeastern Australia, N ...
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Aponogeton The Aponogetonaceae (the Cape-pondweed family or aponogeton family) are a family of flowering plants in the order Alismatales. In recent decades the family has had universal recognition by taxonomists. The APG system (1998) and APG II system (20 ...
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Aporocactus ''Aporocactus'' is a genus of cacti in the tribe Hylocereeae native to Mexico. It used to be classified as a subgenus in ''Disocactus'', but according to molecular evidence, it should be excluded from ''Disocactus'' and treated as a separate ge ...
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Aptenia ''Aptenia'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae. They are native to southern Africa.Aquilegia ''Aquilegia'' (common names: granny's bonnet, columbine) is a genus of about 60–70 species of perennial plants that are found in meadows, woodlands, and at higher altitudes throughout the Northern Hemisphere, known for the spurred petals Pu ...
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Arabis ''Arabis'' ,''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607 or rockcress, is a genus of flowering plants, within the family Brassicaceae. Description The species are herbaceous, annual or perennial plants, growing to 10–80 cm tall, usu ...
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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 ...
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Arachniodes ''Arachniodes'' is a fern genus in the family Dryopteridaceae (wood ferns), subfamily Dryopteridoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). A number of species in this genus are known as "holly ferns". The genus ' ...
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Aralia ''Aralia'' , or spikenard, is a genus of the family Araliaceae, consisting of 68 accepted species of deciduous or evergreen trees, shrubs, and rhizomatous herbaceous perennials. The genus is native to Asia and the Americas, with most species occu ...
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Araucaria ''Araucaria'' (; original pronunciation: .ɾawˈka. ɾja is a genus of evergreen Conifer, coniferous trees in the family Araucariaceae. There are 20 extant taxon, extant species in New Caledonia (where 14 species are endemism, ende ...
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Araujia ''Araujia'' is a small genus of perennial vines in the dogbane family first described as a genus in 1817. The group is native to South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern ...
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Arbutus ''Arbutus'' is a genus of 12 accepted speciesAct. Bot. Mex no.99 Pátzcuaro abr. 2012.''Arbutus bicolor''/ref> of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, native to warm temperate regions of the Mediterranean, western Europe, the Canary Islan ...
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Archidendron ''Archidendron'' is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. Image:Archidendron lucyii foliage.jpg, ''Archidendron lucyii'' leaves Image:Pithecellobium jiringa.JPG, ''Archidendron pauciflorum'' fruits Image:Archidendron lucyii f ...
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Archontophoenix ''Archontophoenix'' is a plant genus comprising six palm species that are native to New South Wales and Queensland in eastern Australia. They are tall, slender and unbranched. Relationships between ''Archontophoenix'' and the other genera of subt ...
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Arctium ''Arctium'' is a genus of biennial plants commonly known as burdock, family Asteraceae. Native to Europe and Asia, several species have been widely introduced worldwide. Burdock's clinging properties, in addition to providing an excellent mech ...
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Arctostaphylos ''Arctostaphylos'' (; from "bear" and "bunch of grapes") is a genus of plants comprising the manzanitas () and bearberries. They are shrubs or small trees. There are about 60 species, of ''Arctostaphylos'', ranging from ground-hugging arc ...
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bearberry Bearberries (indigenous kinnickinnick) are three species of dwarf shrubs in the genus ''Arctostaphylos''. Unlike the other species of ''Arctostaphylos'' (see manzanita), they are adapted to Arctic and Subarctic climates, and have a circumpolar d ...
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manzanita Manzanita is a common name for many species of the genus ''Arctostaphylos''. They are evergreen shrubs or small trees present in the chaparral biome of western North America, where they occur from Southern British Columbia and Washington to Or ...
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Arctotis ''Arctotis'' is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the family Asteraceae. ''Arctotis'' is native to dry stony slopes in southern Africa. Some of the plants are alternatively placed in the genus ''Venidium''. The common name is "African ...
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African daisy African daisy is a common name for several plants and may refer to: *These genera in the family Asteraceae ** ''Arctotis'' ** ''Dimorphotheca'' ** ''Gazania'' ** ''Gerbera'' ** ''Lonas'' ** ''Osteospermum ''Osteospermum'' , is a genus of flowerin ...
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Ardisia ''Ardisia'' (coralberry or marlberry) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. It was in the former Myrsinaceae family now recognised as the myrsine sub-family Myrsinoideae. They are distributed in the Americas, Asia, Australia, ...
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Areca ''Areca'' is a genus of 51 species of palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests from the islands of the Philippines, Malaysia and India, across Southeast Asia to Melanesia. The generic name ''Areca'' is derived from a name u ...
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Arenga ''Arenga'' is a genus of palms, native to Southeast Asia, southern China, New Guinea, and northern Australia. They are small to medium-sized palms, growing to 2–20 m tall, with pinnate leaves 2–12 m long. Arenga palms can grow in areas with ...
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Argemone ''Argemone'' is a genus (biology), genus of flowering plants in the family (biology), family Papaveraceae commonly known as prickly poppies. There are about 32 species native to the Americas and Hawaii.prickly poppy) * ''
Argyranthemum ''Argyranthemum'' (marguerite, marguerite daisy, dill daisy) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. Members of this genus are sometimes also placed in the genus '' Chrysanthemum''. The genus is endemic to Macaronesia ...
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Argyreia ''Argyreia'' is a genus of plants in the family Convolvulaceae. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Argyreia'': * '' Argyreia adpressa'' (Choisy) Boerl. * '' Argyreia akoensis '' S.Z.Yang, P.H.Chen & Staples * '' Argyr ...
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Ariocarpus ''Ariocarpus'' is a small genus of succulent, subtropical plants of the family Cactaceae. The name comes from the ancient Greek "aria" (an oak type) and "carpos" (=fruit) because of the resemblance of the fruit of the two genus in acorn form. A ...
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Arisaema ''Arisaema'' is a large and diverse genus of the flowering plant family Araceae. The largest concentration of species is in China and Japan, with other species native to other parts of southern Asia as well as eastern and central Africa, Mexico ...
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Arisarum ''Arisarum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native to the Mediterranean region, east to the Caucasus and west to Macaronesia. Species Accepted species: Natural Hybrids # '' Arisarum × aspergillum'' Dunal - Spain ...
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Aristea ''Aristea'' is a genus of evergreen, perennial and rhizomatous species of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described in 1789. The genus is distributed in tropical and southern Africa, as well as Madagascar. The genus name is deriv ...
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Aristolochia ''Aristolochia'' () is a large plant genus with over 500 species that is the type genus of the family Aristolochiaceae. Its members are commonly known as birthwort, pipevine or Dutchman's pipe and are widespread and occur in the most diverse clima ...
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Armeria ''Armeria'' is a genus of flowering plants. These plants are sometimes known as "lady's cushion", "thrift", or "sea pink" (the latter because as they are often found on coastlines). The genus counts over a hundred species, mostly native to the ...
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Arnebia ''Arnebia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. There are about 38 species, most are located in the Mediterranean region and eastwards to the Himalayas and one species extending down to tropical Africa. The generic name " ...
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Arnica ''Arnica'' is a genus of perennial plant, perennial, herbaceous plants in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). The genus name ''Arnica'' may be derived from the Greek language, Greek ''wikt:arni, arni'', "lamb", in reference to the plants' soft, h ...
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Aronia ''Aronia'' is a genus of deciduous shrubs, the chokeberries, in the family Rosaceae native to eastern North America and most commonly found in wet woods and swamps. The genus Aronia is considered to have 3 species. The most common and wide ...
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chokeberry ''Aronia'' is a genus of deciduous shrubs, the chokeberries, in the family Rosaceae native to eastern North America and most commonly found in wet woods and swamps. The genus Aronia is considered to have 3 species. The most common and wide ...
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Bignonia magnifica ''Bignonia magnifica'', known as glowvine, is a species in the trumpet-vine family, Bignoniaceae. Originally described in the genus ''Bignonia'' in 1879, it was later transferred to the Monotypic taxon, monotypic genus ''Saritaea'' as the sole sp ...
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Artanema The genus ''Artanema'' is a small group of flowering plant species in the Linderniaceae. It was formerly included in the Plantaginaceae Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a large, diverse family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales ...
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Artemisia Artemisia may refer to: People * Artemisia I of Caria (fl. 480 BC), queen of Halicarnassus under the First Persian Empire, naval commander during the second Persian invasion of Greece * Artemisia II of Caria (died 350 BC), queen of Caria under th ...
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mugwort Mugwort is a common name for several species of aromatic flowering plants in the genus ''Artemisia.'' In Europe, mugwort most often refers to the species '' Artemisia vulgaris'', or common mugwort. In East Asia the species '' Artemisia argyi'' i ...
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sagebrush Sagebrush is the common name of several woody and herbaceous species of plants in the genus ''Artemisia''. The best known sagebrush is the shrub ''Artemisia tridentata''. Sagebrushes are native to the North American west. Following is an alph ...
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Arthropodium ''Arthropodium'' is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the subfamily Lomandroideae of the family Asparagaceae. It is native to Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia and Madagascar. The rhizomes of some species can be eaten as root veg ...
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Artocarpus ''Artocarpus'' is a genus of approximately 60 trees and shrubs of Southeast Asian and Pacific origin, belonging to the mulberry family, Moraceae. Most species of ''Artocarpus'' are restricted to Southeast Asia; a few cultivated species are more w ...
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Arum ''Arum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to Europe, northern Africa, and western and central Asia, with the highest species diversity in the Mediterranean region. Frequently called arum lilies, they are not closely ...
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Aruncus ''Aruncus'' is a genus of clump-forming herbaceous perennial plants in the family Rosaceae. Botanical opinion of the number of species differs, with from one to four species accepted. They are closely related to the genera ''Filipendula'' and '' ...
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Arundina ''Arundina graminifolia'' is a species of orchid and the sole accepted species of the genus ''Arundina''. This tropical Asiatic genus extends from Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, the Ryukyu Islands, Malaysia, Singapore, Chi ...
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Arundinaria ''Arundinaria'' is a genus of bamboo in the grass family the members of which are referred to generally as cane. ''Arundinaria'' is the only bamboo native to south and southeastern North America, with a native range from Maryland south to Florid ...
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Arundo ''Arundo'' is a genus of stout, perennial plants in the grass family. Description ''Arundo'' is native to southern Europe, North Africa, and much of temperate Asia as far east as Japan. They grow to 3–6 m tall, occasionally to 10 m, ...
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Asarum ''Asarum'' is a genus of plants in the birthwort family Aristolochiaceae, commonly known as wild ginger. ''Asarum'' is the genitive plural of the Latin ''āsa'' (an alternate form of ''āra'') meaning altar or sanctuary. Description ''Asarum' ...
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Asclepias ''Asclepias'' is a genus of herbaceous, perennial, flowering plants known as milkweeds, named for their latex, a milky substance containing cardiac glycosides termed cardenolides, exuded where cells are damaged. Most species are toxic to humans ...
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milkweed ''Asclepias'' is a genus of herbaceous, perennial, flowering plants known as milkweeds, named for their latex, a milky substance containing cardiac glycosides termed cardenolides, exuded where cells are damaged. Most species are toxic to humans ...
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Ascocentrum ''Vanda'', abbreviated in the horticultural trade as ''V.,'' is a genus in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. There are about 87 species, and the genus is commonly cultivated for the marketplace. This genus and its allies are considered to be among ...
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Asimina ''Asimina'' is a genus of small trees or shrubs described as a genus in 1763. ''Asimina'' is the only temperate genus in the tropical and subtropical flowering plant family, Annonaceae. ''Asimina'' has large simple leaves and large fruit. It is ...
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Asparagus Asparagus, or garden asparagus, folk name sparrow grass, scientific name ''Asparagus officinalis'', is a perennial flowering plant species in the genus ''Asparagus''. Its young shoots are used as a spring vegetable. It was once classified in ...
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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 * ' ...
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Asphodelus ''Asphodelus'' is a genus of mainly perennial flowering plants in the asphodel family Asphodelaceae that was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. The genus was formerly included in the lily family (Liliaceae). The genus is native to tempera ...
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Aspidistra ''Aspidistra'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae, native to eastern and southeastern Asia, particularly China and Vietnam. They grow in shade under trees and shrubs. Their leaves arise more or les ...
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Asplenium ''Asplenium'' is a genus of about 700 species of ferns, often treated as the only genus in the family Aspleniaceae, though other authors consider ''Hymenasplenium'' separate, based on molecular phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences, a different ...
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Astelia ''Astelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the recently named family Asteliaceae. They are rhizomatous tufted perennials native to various islands in the Pacific, Indian, and South Atlantic Oceans, as well as to Australia and to the southern ...
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Aster Aster or ASTER may refer to: Biology * ''Aster'' (genus), a genus of flowering plants ** List of ''Aster'' synonyms, other genera formerly included in ''Aster'' and still called asters in English * Aster (cell biology), a cellular structure shap ...
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Astilbe ''Astilbe'' is a genus of 18 species of rhizome, rhizomatous flowering plants within the family (biology), family Saxifragaceae, native plant, native to mountain ravines and woodlands in Asia and North America. Some species are known by the comm ...
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Astilboides ''Astilboides'', a genus of the saxifrage family containing only one species, ''Astilboides tabularis'', a herbaceous perennial once included in the genus ''Rodgersia''. It comes from China and differs from its former relatives mainly in its lea ...
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Astragalus ''Astragalus'' is a large genus of over 3,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae and the subfamily Faboideae. It is the largest genus of plants in terms of described species. The genus is native to tempe ...
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milk vetch ''Astragalus'' is a large genus of over 3,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae and the subfamily Faboideae. It is the largest genus of plants in terms of described species. The genus is native to ...
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Astrantia ''Astrantia'' is a genus of herbaceous plants in the family (biology), family Apiaceae, native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southern Europe and the Caucasus. There are several species, which have aromatic roots, leaf s ...
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Astrophytum ''Astrophytum'' is a genus of six species of cacti, native to North America. These species are sometimes referred to as living rocks, though the term is also used for other genera, particularly ''Lithops'' (Aizoaceae). The generic name is der ...
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Asystasia The genus ''Asystasia'' belongs to the family Acanthaceae and comprises approximately 70 species found in the tropics, including the weedy species ''Asystasia gangetica''. Selected species * '' Asystasia africana'' (S. Moore) C.B. Clarke * '' A ...
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Atalaya Atalaya (Spanish for watchtower) may refer to: Places Spain * Atalaya, Badajoz, a municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura * Atalaya (Madrid), a ward in Madrid * Atalaya del Cañavate, a municipality in the province of Cuenca, Castile- ...
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Atherosperma ''Atherosperma moschatum'', the southern sassafras or blackheart sassafras, is an evergreen tree native to the cool temperate rainforests of Tasmania, Victoria, and New South Wales in Australia. It is common in the rainforests of Tasmania and Vic ...
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Athrotaxis ''Athrotaxis'' is a genus of two to three species (depending on taxonomic opinion) of conifers in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. The genus is endemic to western Tasmania, where they grow in high altitude temperate rainforests.Farjon, A. (200 ...
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Athyrium ''Athyrium'' (lady-fern) is a genus of about 180 species of terrestrial ferns, with a cosmopolitan distribution. It is placed in the family Athyriaceae, in the order Polypodiales. Its genus name is from Greek '' a-'' ('without') and Latinized G ...
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Atriplex ''Atriplex'' () is a plant genus of about 250 species, known by the common names of saltbush and orache (; also spelled orach). It belongs to the subfamily Chenopodioideae of the family Amaranthaceae ''s.l.''. The genus is quite variable and w ...
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Aucuba ''Aucuba'' is a genus of three to ten species of flowering plants, now placed in the family Garryaceae, although formerly classified in the Aucubaceae or Cornaceae. ''Aucuba'' species are native to eastern Asia, from the eastern Himalayas east ...
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Auranticarpa ''Auranticarpa'' is a genus of trees in the family Pittosporaceae. All six species occur in monsoonal forest and rainforest margins in Northern Australia. The species, all formerly included in the genus ''Pittosporum'', are as follows: *''Aura ...
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Aurinia :''The gastropod genus ''Aurinia'' is nowadays usually considered a junior synonym of '' Scaphella''. ''Aurinia'' is a genus of flowering plants of the family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), native to mountainous areas of Central and Southern Europe, ...
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Austrocedrus ''Austrocedrus'' is a genus of conifer belonging to the cypress family ( Cupressaceae). It has only one species, ''Austrocedrus chilensis'', native to the Valdivian temperate rain forests and the adjacent drier steppe-forests of central-southern ...
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Austrostipa ''Austrostipa'' is a primarily Australian genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called speargrass. The genus includes species formerly included in the genus ''Stipa.'' All known species are native to Australia, most of them found nowher ...
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Averrhoa ''Averrhoa'' is a genus of trees in the family Oxalidaceae, of the order Oxalidales, named after Averroes, a 12th-century astronomer and philosopher from Al-Andalus. Selected species The genus comprises about a dozen species, of which two, the ...
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Avicennia ''Avicennia'' is a genus of flowering plants currently placed in the bear's breeches family, Acanthaceae. It contains mangrove trees, which occur in the intertidal zones of estuarine areas and are characterized by its "pencil roots", which are a ...
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Azadirachta ''Azadirachta'' is a genus of two species of trees in the family Meliaceae. Numerous species have been proposed for the genus but only two are currently recognized, ''Azadirachta excelsa'' and the economically important tree ''Azadirachta indica' ...
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Azalea Azaleas are flowering shrubs in the genus ''Rhododendron'', particularly the former sections ''Tsutsusi'' (evergreen) and '' Pentanthera'' (deciduous). Azaleas bloom in the spring (April and May in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, and Octob ...
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Azolla ''Azolla'' (mosquito fern, duckweed fern, fairy moss, water fern) is a genus of seven species of aquatic ferns in the family Salviniaceae. They are extremely reduced in form and specialized, looking nothing like other typical ferns but more rese ...
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Azorella ''Azorella'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to South America, New Zealand, southeastern Australia, and the islands of the Southern Ocean. They are low-growing dwarf mat-forming plants growing in high exposure on mo ...
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Azorina ''Azorina'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants within the family Campanulaceae, whose sole species, ''Azorina vidalii'', the Azores Bellflower, is endemic to the Azores. Its fragmented population is made up of fewer than 1000 mature plants ...
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Aztekium The genus ''Aztekium'' contains three species of small globular cactus. Discovered in 1929 by F. Ritter, in Rayones, Nuevo León, Mexico, this genus was thought to be monotypic (with ''Aztekium ritteri'') until a second species ('' Aztekium hint ...
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Babiana ''Babiana'' ()''Sunset Western Garden Book'', 1995:606–607 is a genus of geophytes in the family Iridaceae with 93 recognized species . The leaves consist of a stalk and a blade that are at an angle to each other. The leaf blades are entire, la ...
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Baccharis ''Baccharis'' is a genus of perennials and shrubs in the aster family (Asteraceae). They are commonly known as baccharises but sometimes referred to as "brooms", because many members have small thin leaves resembling the true brooms. They are n ...
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Backhousia ''Backhousia'' is a genus of thirteen currently known species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. All the currently known species are endemic to Australia in the rainforests and seasonally dry forests of Queensland, New South Wales and ...
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Bacopa ''Bacopa'' is a genus of 70–100 aquatic plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. It is commonly known as waterhyssop (or water hyssop, though this is more misleading as ''Bacopa'' is not very closely related to hyssop but simply has a s ...
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water hyssop ''Bacopa'' is a genus of 70–100 aquatic plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. It is commonly known as waterhyssop (or water hyssop, though this is more misleading as ''Bacopa'' is not very closely related to hyssop but simply has a s ...
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Bactris ''Bactris'' is a genus of spiny palms which are native to Mexico, South and Central America and the Caribbean. Most species are small trees about tall, but some are large trees while others are shrubs with subterranean stems. They have simple o ...
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Baeckea ''Baeckea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, all but one endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Baeckea'' are shrubs or small trees with leaves arranged in opposite pairs, white to deep pink flowers with five s ...
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Baikiaea ''Baikiaea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Species include: *'' Baikiaea fragrantissima'' *'' Baikiaea ghesquiereana'' *'' Baikiaea insignis'' *''Baikiaea plurijuga'' – Rhodesian-teak *'' Baikiaea robynsii' ...
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Ballota ''Ballota'' (horehound) is a genus of flowering evergreen perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. native to temperate regions. The Mediterranean region has the highest diversity in the genus, with more isolated locations in Sou ...
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Balsamorhiza ''Balsamorhiza'' is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae known commonly as balsamroots. These are perennials with fleshy taproots and caudices bearing erect stems and large, basal leaves. Atop the tall stems are showy yellow sunflower-like ...
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Bambusa ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). The ...
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bamboo Bamboos are a diverse group of evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. The origin of the word "bamboo" is uncertain, bu ...
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Banksia ''Banksia'' is a genus of around 170 species in the plant family Proteaceae. These Australian wildflowers and popular garden plants are easily recognised by their characteristic flower spikes, and fruiting "cones" and heads. ''Banksias'' range i ...
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Baptisia ''Baptisia'' (wild indigo, false indigo) is a genus in the legume family, Fabaceae. They are flowering herbaceous perennial plants with pea-like flowers, followed by pods, which are sometimes inflated. They are native to woodland and grassland in ...
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Barbarea ''Barbarea'' (winter cress or yellow rocket) is a genus of about 22 species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with the highest species diversity in southern Europe and southwes ...
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Barkeria ''Barkeria'', abbreviated Bark in horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids. It consists of about 17 currently recognized (May 2014) species native to Mexico and Central America. This genus was once considered part of ''Epidendrum''. Type specie ...
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Barleria ''Barleria'' is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae. Some species include: * '' Barleria acanthoides'' Vahl * '' Barleria aculeata'' Balf.f. * '' Barleria albostellata'' C.B.Clarke, the grey barleria * '' Barleria compacta'' Malombe & I. ...
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Barklya ''Barklya'' is a genus of Australian trees in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae. The sole species is ''Barklya syringifolia'', commonly known as golden crown or golden glory. It grows in rainforest to 20 me ...
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Barnadesia ''Barnadesia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. It is native to South America, where it is distributed from Colombia to northern Argentina, with most species occurring in the Andes.Barringtonia ''Barringtonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae first described as a genus with this name in 1775. It is native to Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The genus name ...
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Bartlettina ''Bartlettina'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to tropical regions of Mesoamerica and South America.Basselinia ''Basselinia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. The entire genus is endemic to the Island of New Caledonia in the Pacific. In some (but not all) molecular phylogenetic analyses, ''Hedyscepe'' from Lord Howe Island is nested ...
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Bassia ''Bassia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae. They are distributed in the western Mediterranean to eastern Asia. Some occur outside their native ranges as introduced species.Bauera ''Bauera'' is a genus of four species of flowering plants in the family Cunoniaceae, all endemic to eastern Australia. Plants in the genus ''Bauera'' are shrubs with trifoliate leaves arranged in opposite pairs and have flowers with four to ten ...
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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 ...
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Baumea ''Baumea'' is a genus of the sedge family, which includes around 30 species native to Madagascar and the Pacific Islands, with 15 species in Australia. All are perennial rhizomatous herbs, with leaves and stems very similar in appearance. The in ...
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Beaucarnea ''Beaucarnea'' is a genus of flowering plants native to Mexico and Central America. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae). ''Beaucarnea'' is sometime ...
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Beaumontia ''Beaumontia'' is a small genus of evergreen woody vines in the milkweed family. It is native to China, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia. Description ''Beaumontia'' plants are often rampant climbers and vines. They are mostly evergr ...
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Begonia ''Begonia'' is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Begoniaceae. The genus contains more than 2,000 different plant species. The Begonias are native to moist subtropical and tropical climates. Some species are commonly grown ind ...
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Bellevalia ''Bellevalia'' is a genus of plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. It was first described as a genus in 1808. The approximately 65 species are found from the Mediterranean: Turkey (about 12 species) and Israel (12 species), ...
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Bellis ''Bellis'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The group is native to Europe, the Mediterranean and northern Africa. One species has been introduced into North America and others into other parts of the world. The genus ...
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Berberis ''Berberis'' (), commonly known as barberry, is a large genus of deciduous and evergreen shrubs from tall, found throughout Temperateness, temperate and subtropical regions of the world (apart from Australia). Species diversity is greatest in S ...
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barberry ''Berberis'' (), commonly known as barberry, is a large genus of deciduous and evergreen shrubs from tall, found throughout temperate and subtropical regions of the world (apart from Australia). Species diversity is greatest in South America a ...
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Berchemia ''Berchemia'' is a genus of plants in the family Rhamnaceae, named after Dutch botanist Berthout van Berchem. They are climbing plants or small to medium-sized trees that occur in Africa, Asia and the Americas The Americas, which are s ...
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Bergenia ''Bergenia'' (elephant-eared saxifrage, elephant's ears) is a genus of ten species of flowering plants in the family Saxifragaceae, native to central Asia, from Afghanistan to China and the Himalayan region. Description They are clump-forming, ...
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Bergerocactus ''Bergerocactus emoryi'' is a species of cactus, known commonly as the golden-spined cereus, golden snake cactus, velvet cactus or golden club cactus. It is a relatively small cactus, but it can form dense thickets or colonies, with the dense ye ...
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Berkheya ''Berkheya'' is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, and the subfamily Carduoideae, the thistles. It is distributed in tropical Africa, especially in southern regions.Hind, N. (2006)568. ''Berkheya purpurea''. ''Curtis's B ...
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Berlandiera ''Berlandiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The name honours explorer Jean-Louis Berlandier (1803–1851).
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Berrya ''Berrya'' is a genus of evergreen trees with fibrous bark from Southeast Asia and the Pacific Region. The plants are valuable for their timber. The flowers are showy, with large tight clusters of green flowers. Cultivation Trees from ''Berrya' ...
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Bertolonia ''Bertolonia'' is a genus consisting of 14 species of pretty, dwarf, creeping, tender perennials, native to tropical South America. These herbaceous plants are grown for their colorful, velvety, ornamental foliages, vary from shimmery white with ...
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Berzelia ''Berzelia'' is a genus consisting of 12 species of upright, wiry-stemmed, evergreen shrubs with a dense covering of small, fine, needle-like leaves. The flowers which appear in spring and summer, are minute but are packed in spherical clusters ...
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Beschorneria Beschorneria is a genus of succulent plants belonging to the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae, native to semi-arid areas of Mexico and Central America. They are generally large evergreen perennials forming clumps of grey-green leaves, w ...
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Bessera ''Bessera'' is a genus of Mexican plants in the cluster lily subfamily within the asparagus family.Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. Continental Publishing, Deurne. It is a small genus of 3 known species of mo ...
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Beta Beta (, ; uppercase , lowercase , or cursive ; grc, βῆτα, bē̂ta or ell, βήτα, víta) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 2. In Modern Greek, it represents the voiced labiod ...
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Betula A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus ''Betula'' (), in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams. It is closely related to the beech-oak family Fagaceae. The genus ''Betula'' contains 3 ...
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birch A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus ''Betula'' (), in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams. It is closely related to the beech-oak family Fagaceae. The genus ''Betula'' contains 30 ...
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Biarum ''Biarum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is composed of plants that are native to the Middle East, southern Europe (Spain, Portugal, Italy, Balkans), and North Africa. ''Biarum'' are often found growing in rock crevice ...
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Bidens ''Bidens'' is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae.''Bidens''.
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Bignonia ''Bignonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae. Its genus and family were named after Jean-Paul Bignon by his protégé Joseph Pitton de Tournefort in 1694, and the genus was established as part of modern botanical nomenc ...
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Billardiera ''Billardiera'' is a genus of small vines and shrubs in the family, ''Pittosporaceae'', which is endemic to Australia. The genus was first formally described in 1793 by botanist James Edward Smith who named it in honour of Jacques Labillardière ...
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Billbergia ''Billbergia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family (biology), family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. Description The ''Billbergia'' species are rosette-forming, evergreen perennial plants, perennials, usually epiphyte, epiphytic, ...
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Bixa ''Bixa'' is a genus of plants in the family Bixaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, and South America, and naturalized in other places.Molina Rosito, A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118. ...
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Blandfordia ''Blandfordia'', commonly known as Christmas bells, is a genus of four species of flowering plants native to eastern Australia. Christmas bells are tufted, perennial herbs with narrow, linear leaves and up to twenty large, drooping, cylindric ...
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Blechnum ''Blechnum'', known as hard fern, is a genus of ferns in the family Blechnaceae, subfamily Blechnoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Two very different circumscriptions of the genus are used by d ...
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hard fern ''Blechnum'', known as hard fern, is a genus of ferns in the family Blechnaceae, subfamily Blechnoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Two very different circumscriptions of the genus are used by d ...
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Bletilla ''Bletilla'', common name urn orchid, is a temperate, terrestrial plant, terrestrial genus of orchids containing five currently recognized species distributed through China, Japan, Taiwan, south to Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar. The name is actu ...
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Bloomeria ''Bloomeria'', a geophyte in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Brodiaeoideae, was named for Hiram Green Bloomer (1819–1874) an early San Francisco botanist. Species It consists of three species native to California and Baja California Ba ...
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Blossfeldia ''Blossfeldia'' is a genus of cactus (family Cactaceae) containing only one species, ''Blossfeldia liliputiana'', native to South America in northwestern Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán, Catamarca and Mendoza Provinces) and southern Bolivia ...
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Bolbitis ''Bolbitis'' is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Elaphoglossoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Two particular members of the genus are often grown as immersed water plants in aqu ...
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Boltonia ''Boltonia'' is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae native primarily to North America with one species in eastern Asia. ; Species * '' Boltonia apalachicolensis'' - Apalachicola doll's daisy - Florida Panhandle * '' Boltonia asteroides' ...
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Bolusanthus ''Bolusanthus speciosus'' (tree wisteria) is a species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is the only member of the genus ''Bolusanthus'' . Description It is a small deciduous tree, which can gr ...
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Bomarea ''Bomarea'' is one of the two major genus, genera in the plant family Alstroemeriaceae. Most occur in the Andes,Guarin, F. A. (2005)Three new species of ''Bomarea'' (Alstroemeriaceae) from the Andean region of Colombia.''Novon'' 15(2) 253-58. but ...
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Bombax ''Bombax'' is a genus of mainly tropical trees in the mallow family. They are native to western Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and the subtropical regions of East Asia and northern Australia. It is distinguished from the genu ...
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Bongardia ''Bongardia'' is a very small genus of plants belonging to the family Berberidaceae, and first described in 1831. There are only two known species, ''Bongardia chrysogonum C.A.Mey.'', native to North Africa, Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ...
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Boophone ''Boophone'' is a small genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae.) It consists of two confirmed species distributed across South Africa to Kenya and Uganda. It is close ...
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Borago ''Borago'', or borage, is a genus of five species of herbs native to the Mediterranean, with one species, ''Borago officinalis'', cultivated and naturalized throughout the world. Uses ''Borago officinalis'' is used medicinally, in companion pl ...
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Borassus ''Borassus'' (palmyra palm) is a genus of five species of fan palms, native to tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Papua New Guinea. Description These massive palms can grow up to high and have robust trunks with distinct leaf scars; in so ...
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Boronia ''Boronia'' is a genus of about 160 species of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae. Most are endemic to Australia with a few species in New Caledonia, which were previously placed in the genus ''Boronella''. They occur in all Austra ...
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Bossiaea ''Bossiaea'' is a genus of about 78 species of flowering plants in the pea family Fabaceae and is endemic to Australia. Plants in this genus often have stems and branches modified as cladodes, simple, often much reduced leaves, flowers with the ...
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Bothriochloa ''Bothriochloa'' is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family native to many countries on all inhabited continents and many islands. They are often called beardgrass, bluegrass or bluestem. The etymology of the genus name ''Bo ...
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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. ...
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Bouteloua ''Bouteloua'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. Members of the genus are commonly known as grama grass. Taxonomy and systematics The genus was named for Claudio and Esteban Boutelou, 19th-century Spanish botanists. David Griffiths ...
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Bouvardia ''Bouvardia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains about 50 species of evergreen herbs and shrubs native to Mexico and Central America, with one species extending into the southwestern United States ('' B. ternifol ...
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Bowenia The genus ''Bowenia'' includes two living and two fossil species of cycads in the family Stangeriaceae, sometimes placed in their own family Boweniaceae. They are entirely restricted to Australia. The two living species occur in Queensland. '' ...
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Bowiea ''Bowiea'' is a genus of bulbous, perennial, succulent plants which thrive in dry and desert regions of eastern and southern Africa. It is native to a region stretching from Kenya to Cape Province. The genus contains a single species, ''Bowiea v ...
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Bowkeria ''Bowkeria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Stilbaceae described as a genus in 1859. The entire genus is endemic to South Africa. ;Species # '' Bowkeria citrina'' Thode - # '' Bowkeria cymosa'' MacOwan # ''Bowkeria verticilla ...
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Boykinia ''Boykinia'' is a small genus of plants related to the saxifrages. It contains at least nine species, known as brookfoams. Brookfoams are glandular rhizomatous creeping perennials with highly lobed or toothed leaves and inflorescence An inf ...
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Brabejum ''Brabejum'' is a genus of a single species of large evergreen tree, ''Brabejum stellatifolium'' in the family Proteaceae, commonly called wild almond, bitter almond or ghoeboontjie. It is restricted in the wild to South Africa's Western Cape pro ...
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Brachylaena ''Brachylaena'' is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. Several are endemic to Madagascar, and the others are distributed in mainland Africa, especially the southern regions.Beentje, H. J. (2000)The genus ''Brachylaena'' ( ...
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Brachypodium ''Brachypodium'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Africa, Eurasia, and Latin America. The genus is classified in its own tribe Brachypodieae. Flimsy upright stems form tussocks. Flowers appear in compact spi ...
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Brachyscome ''Brachyscome'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Most are endemic to Australia, and a few occur in New Zealand and New Guinea.Brachysema'' * ''
Brachystelma The genus ''Brachystelma'' is represented by over a hundred species in the world, chiefly distributed in South Africa, South-East Asia and Australasia. In India, 17 species are known to occur, of which nine are endemic. Species The genus contain ...
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Brahea ''Brahea'' is a genus of palms in the family Arecaceae. They are commonly referred to as hesper palms and are endemic to Mexico and Central America.Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of t ...
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Brassavola ''Brassavola'' is a genus of 21 orchids (family Orchidaceae). They were named in 1813 by the Scottish botanist Robert Brown. The name comes from the Italian nobleman and physician Antonio Musa Brassavola. This genus is abbreviated B. in trade jo ...
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Brassia ''Brassia'' is a genus of orchids classified in the subtribe Oncidiinae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and northern South America, with one species (''B. caudata'') extending into Florida. The genus was named afte ...
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Brassica ''Brassica'' () is a genus of plants in the cabbage and mustard family (Brassicaceae). The members of the genus are informally known as cruciferous vegetables, cabbages, or mustard plants. Crops from this genus are sometimes called ''cole cr ...
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cabbage Cabbage, comprising several cultivars of ''Brassica oleracea'', is a leafy green, red (purple), or white (pale green) biennial plant grown as an annual vegetable crop for its dense-leaved heads. It is descended from the wild cabbage ( ''B.&nb ...
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Breynia ''Breynia'' is a plant genus in the family Phyllanthaceae, first described in 1776. It is native to Southeast Asia, China, the Indian Subcontinent, Papuasia, Australia, and the island of Réunion. The name ''Breynia'' is a conserved name, it ...
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Brillantaisia ''Brillantaisia'' is a genus of plants in the family 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 ...
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Briza ''Briza'' is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the grass family, native to northern temperate regions of Eurasia, North Africa, and certain islands in the Atlantic. The group is generally referred to as the quaking grasses because the ...
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Brodiaea ''Brodiaea'' , also known by the common name cluster-lilies, is a monocot genus of flowering plants. One school of thought places the genus in the family , while another school of thought places it in the subfamily Brodiaeoideae of the family ...
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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 ...
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Broussonetia ''Broussonetia'' is a genus of four species (including one hybrid species) of trees in the family Moraceae, native to eastern Asia. These four species have high-quality fiber which consist of more than 90% of cellulose. They are traditionally ap ...
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Browallia ''Browallia'' is a small genus of seven species of flowering plants (mostly annuals though occasionally shrubs or ephemerophytes) belonging to the nightshade family Solanaceae. Armando T. Hunziker: The Genera of Solanaceae. A.R.G. Gantner Verla ...
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Browningia ''Browningia'' is a genus of cacti, comprising 11 accepted and 3 unresolved species. It is named for Webster E Browning (1869-1942), director of the Instituto Inglés, Santiago, Chile. Synonymy Synonyms of this genus are: *''Azureocereus'' Ak ...
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Brugmansia ''Brugmansia'' is a genus of seven species of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae. They are woody trees or shrubs, with pendulous flowers, and have no spines on their fruit. Their large, fragrant flowers give them their common n ...
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Brunsvigia ''Brunsvigia'' is a genus of African flowering plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. It contains about 20 species native to southeastern and southern Africa from Tanzania to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. Descripti ...
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Brya ''Brya'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyly, monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade of the Dalbergieae. Species include ''Brya eben ...
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Buchloe Buchloe (; Swabian: ''Buechla'') is a community raised to town status in 1954, lying in Ostallgäu district in Bavaria. Together with the neighbouring communities of Jengen, Lamerdingen and Waal, Buchloe belongs to the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft' ...
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Buckinghamia ''Buckinghamia'' is a genus of only two known species of trees, belonging to the plant family Proteaceae. They are endemic to the rainforests of the wet tropics region of north eastern Queensland, Australia. The ivory curl flower, ''B. celsissi ...
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Buddleja ''Buddleja'' (; ''Buddleia''; also historically given as ''Buddlea'') is a genus comprising over 140 species of flowering plants endemic to Asia, Africa, and the Americas. The generic name bestowed by Linnaeus posthumously honoured the Revere ...
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Bulbine ''Bulbine'' is a genus of plants in the family Asphodelaceae and subfamily Asphodeloideae, named for the bulb-shaped tuber of many species. It was formerly placed in the Liliaceae. It is found chiefly in Southern Africa, with a few species extend ...
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Bulbinella ''Bulbinella'' is a genus of plants in the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae,Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards)"Asphodeloideae" ''Angiosperm Phylogeny Website''. Retrieved 2016-06-10. first described as a genus in 1843. Many species are en ...
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Bulbocodium ''Colchicum'' ( or ) is a genus of perennial plant, perennial flowering plants containing around 160 species which grow from bulb-like corms. It is a member of the botanical family (biology), family Colchicaceae, and is native plant, native to W ...
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Bulbophyllum ''Bulbophyllum'' is a genus of mostly epiphytic and lithophytic orchids in the family Orchidaceae. It is the largest genus in the orchid family and one of the largest genera of flowering plants with more than 2,000 species, exceeded in number onl ...
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Bulnesia ''Bulnesia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. The wood of some – particularly '' B. arborea'' and '' B. sarmientoi'' – is traded as verawood (colloquially "vera") or ''"lignum vitae"''. They are cl ...
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Bunchosia ''Bunchosia'' is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. It contains roughly 75 species of trees and shrubs, which are native to dry woodlands, savannas, and wet forests. Their ran ...
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Buphthalmum ''Buphthalmum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. There are 2 or 3 species. They are native to Europe, and ''B. salicifolium'' is in cultivation and has been introduced elsewhere.Bupleurum ''Bupleurum'' is a large genus of annual or perennial herbs or woody shrubs, with about 190 species, belonging to the family Apiaceae. The full size of its species may vary between a few cm to up to 3 m high. Their compound umbels of sm ...
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Burchardia ''Burchardia'' is a genus of herbs that are endemic to Australia. The genus is named for Johann Heinrich Burkhardt, a German botanist. ; Species * '' Burchardia bairdiae'' Keighery * '' Burchardia congesta'' Lindl. * '' Burchardia monant ...
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Burretiokentia ''Burretiokentia'' is a genus of palms (Arecaceae) endemic to New Caledonia containing five species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A sp ...
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Bursaria ''Bursaria'' is a genus of eight species of flowering plants in the family Pittosporaceae and is endemic to Australia. They are shrubs or slender trees, often with spiny branches and have simple leaves, relatively small flowers with five sepals ...
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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 ...
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Butea ''Butea'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the pea family, Fabaceae. It is sometimes considered to have only two species, '' B. monosperma'' and '' B. superba'',Gwilym Lewis, Brian Schrire, Barbara MacKinder, and Mike Lock. 2005. '' ...
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Butia ''Butia'' is a genus of palms in the family Arecaceae, native to the South American countries of Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. Many species produce edible fruits, which are sometimes used to make alcoholic beverages and other foods. ...
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Butomus ''Butomus'' is the only known genus in the plant family Butomaceae, native to Europe and Asia. It is considered invasive in some parts of the United States. Taxonomy The Butomaceae family has been recognized by most taxonomists as a plan ...
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Buxus ''Buxus'' is a genus of about seventy species in the family Buxaceae. Common names include box or boxwood. The boxes are native to western and southern Europe, southwest, southern and eastern Asia, Africa, Madagascar, northernmost South ...
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boxwood ''Buxus'' is a genus of about seventy species in the family Buxaceae. Common names include box or boxwood. The boxes are native to western and southern Europe, southwest, southern and eastern Asia, Africa, Madagascar, northernmost South ...
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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 ...
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Bystropogon ''Bystropogon'' is a genus of evergreen shrubs in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to the Canary Islands and Madeira in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Allied to the ''Origanum'' and ''Thymus'', the genus is characterized by tiny flowers in muc ...
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Cabomba ''Cabomba'' is an aquatic plant genus, one of two belonging to the family Cabombaceae. It has divided submerged leaves in the shape of a fan (hence the vernacular name fanwort) and is much favoured by aquarists as an ornamental and oxygenating pl ...
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Caesalpinia ''Caesalpinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. Historically, membership within the genus has been highly variable, with different publications including anywhere from 70 to 165 species, depending largely on the inclusion o ...
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Pride of Barbados ''Caesalpinia pulcherrima'' is a species of flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae, native to the tropics and subtropics of the Americas. It could be native to the West Indies, but its exact origin is unknown due to widespread cultivation. Co ...
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Caladium ''Caladium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. They are often known by the common name elephant ear (which they share with the closely related genera ''Alocasia'', ''Colocasia'', and ''Xanthosoma''), heart of Jesus, and angel ...
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Calamagrostis ''Calamagrostis'' (reed grass or smallweed) is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae, with about 260 species that occur mainly in temperate regions of the globe. Towards equatorial latitudes, species of ''Calamagrostis'' general ...
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Calamintha ''Calamintha'' is a genus of plants that belongs to the family Lamiaceae. Commonly called the calamints, there are about eight species in the genus (around 30 before revisions in taxonomy) which is native to the northern temperate regions of Eu ...
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Calamus Calamus may refer to: Botany and zoology * ''Calamus'' (fish), a genus of fish in the family Sparidae * ''Calamus'' (palm), a genus of rattan palms * Calamus, the hollow shaft of a feather, also known as the quill * '' Acorus calamus'', the swe ...
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Calandrinia ''Calandrinia'' is a large genus of flowering plants known as purslanes and redmaids. It includes over 100 species of annual and perennial herbs which bear colorful flowers in shades of red to purple and white. Plants of this genus are native to ...
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Calanthe ''Calanthe'', commonly known as Christmas orchids, is a genus of about 220 species of orchids in the family Orchidaceae. They are evergreen or deciduous terrestrial plants with thick roots, small oval pseudobulbs, large corrugated leaves and upr ...
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Calathea ''Calathea'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Marantaceae. They are commonly called calatheas or (like their relatives) prayer plants. About 200 species formerly assigned to ''Calathea'' are now in the genus ''Goeppertia''. C ...
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Calceolaria ''Calceolaria'' (), also called lady's purse, slipper flower and pocketbook flower,"Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them", pp. 166-167 Könemann, 2004. or slipperwort, is a genus of plants in the ...
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Calendula ''Calendula'' () is a genus of about 15–20 species''Calendula''.
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pot marigold ''Calendula officinalis'', the pot marigold, common marigold, ruddles, Mary's gold or Scotch marigold, is a flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. It is probably native to southern Europe, though its long history of cultivation makes its ...
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Calibanus ''Calibanus'' is a genus of two species of flowering plants, both evergreen succulents from dry areas of northeastern Mexico. The APG III classification system places it in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ru ...
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Calla ''Calla'' (bog arum, marsh calla, wild calla, squaw claw, and water-arumDickinson, T.; Metsger, D.; Bull, J.; & Dickinson, R. (2004) ROM Field Guide to Wildflowers of Ontario. Toronto:Royal Ontario Museum, p. 62.) is a genus of flowering plant i ...
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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 ...
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Callianthemum ''Callianthemum'' is a genus that consists of 24 species of little rhizomatous In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (; , ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creep ...
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Callicarpa ''Callicarpa'' (beautyberry) is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Lamiaceae.Heywood, V.H., Brummitt, R.K., Culham, A. & Seberg, O. 2007: Flowering Plant Families of the World. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. They are native to east and ...
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beauty berry ''Callicarpa'' (beautyberry) is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Lamiaceae.Heywood, V.H., Brummitt, R.K., Culham, A. & Seberg, O. 2007: Flowering Plant Families of the World. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. They are native to east and ...
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Callicoma ''Callicoma'' is a plant genus that contains just one species, ''Callicoma serratifolia'', a tall shrub or small tree which is native to Australia. ''Callicoma serratifolia'' is commonly known as black wattle. One explanation for the name is the ...
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Callirhoe Callirrhoe (, grc, Καλλιρρόη; also Callirhoe) may refer to: * Callirhoe (mythology), several figures in Greek mythology, including: ** Callirrhoe (Oceanid), daughter of Oceanus and Tethys ** Callirrhoe (daughter of Achelous) * Callirrhoe ...
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poppy mallow ''Callirhoe'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Malva, mallow family, Malvaceae. Its nine species are commonly known as poppy mallows and all are native to the prairies and grasslands of North America. Of the nine species, some are Annual pla ...
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Callisia ''Callisia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the spiderwort family, Commelinaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as roselings. It is native to the Western Hemisphere from the southern United States to Argentina. The generic name is ...
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Callistemon ''Callistemon'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1814. The entire genus is endemic to Australia but widely cultivated in many other regions and naturalised in scattered locations. Their status as a se ...
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Callistephus ''Callistephus'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, containing the single species ''Callistephus chinensis''. Its common names include China aster and annual aster.Gilman, E. F. and T. Howe''Callistephus ch ...
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Chinese aster ''Callistephus'' is a monotypic taxon, monotypic genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, containing the single species ''Callistephus chinensis''. Its common names include China aster and annual aster.Gilman, E. F. and T. Howe ...
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Callitriche ''Callitriche'' is a genus of largely aquatic plants known as water-starwort. Previously, it was the only genus in the family Callitrichaceae. However, according to the APG II system this family is now included in the Plantaginaceae (plantain fam ...
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water starwort ''Callitriche'' is a genus of largely aquatic plants known as water-starwort. Previously, it was the only genus in the family Callitrichaceae. However, according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, APG II system this family is now included in the ...
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Callitris ''Callitris'' is a genus of coniferous trees in the Cupressaceae (cypress family). There are 16 recognized species in the genus, of which 13 are native to Australia and the other three (''C. neocaledonica, C. sulcata'' and ''C. p ...
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cypress pine Cypress-pine is the common name used for three closely related genera of conifers in the cypress family Cupressaceae: *'' Callitris'' (Australia) *'' Actinostrobus'' (Australia) *''Widdringtonia ''Widdringtonia'' is a genus of coniferous tree ...
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Calluna ''Calluna vulgaris'', common heather, ling, or simply heather, is the sole species in the genus ''Calluna'' in the flowering plant family Ericaceae. It is a low-growing evergreen shrub growing to tall, or rarely to and taller, and is found wide ...
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Calocedrus ''Calocedrus'', the incense cedar (alternatively spelled incense-cedar), is a genus of coniferous trees in the cypress family Cupressaceae first described as a genus in 1873. It is native to East Asia, eastern Asia and western North America. Th ...
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incense cedar ''Calocedrus'', the incense cedar (alternatively spelled incense-cedar), is a genus of coniferous trees in the cypress family Cupressaceae first described as a genus in 1873. It is native to eastern Asia and western North America. The generi ...
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Calochortus ''Calochortus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the lily family. The group includes herbaceous, perennial and bulbous species, all native to North America (primarily the Western United States). The genus ''Calochortus'' includes mariposas ( ...
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Calodendrum ''Calodendrum'' is a genus of medium-sized evergreen trees comprising two species from Africa. ''Calodendrum capense'', the Cape chestnut, is a well known tree that is widely cultivated, while ''Calodendrum eickii'' is a rare forest tree from Tan ...
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cape chestnut ''Calodendrum capense'', the Cape chestnut, is an African tree which was first studied at The Cape in South Africa and cultivated widely for its prolific flower display. The tree obtained the common name of "Cape chestnut" because explorer Willi ...
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Calophaca ''Calophaca'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and is closely related to the genus ''Caragana ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the fa ...
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Calophyllum ''Calophyllum'' is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the family Calophyllaceae. They are mainly distributed in Asia, with some species in Africa, the Americas, Australasia, and the Pacific Islands. History Members of the genus ''Calophyllu ...
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Calothamnus ''Calothamnus'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. The common names one-sided bottlebrush or claw flower are given to some species due to their having the flowers clustered on ...
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Calotropis ''Calotropis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. It is native to southern Asia and North Africa. They are commonly known as milkweeds because of the latex they produce. ''Calotropis'' ...
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Caltha ''Caltha'' is a genus of rhizomatous perennial flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae ("buttercup family"), to which ten species have been assigned. They occur in moist environments in temperate and cold regions of both the Northern and S ...
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kingcup ''Caltha palustris'', known as marsh-marigold and kingcup, is a small to medium size perennial herbaceous flowering plant, plant of the buttercup family, native plant, native to marshes, fens, ditches and wet woodland in temperate regions of the ...
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marsh marigold ''Caltha palustris'', known as marsh-marigold and kingcup, is a small to medium size perennial herbaceous plant of the buttercup family, native to marshes, fens, ditches and wet woodland in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It flower ...
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Calycanthus ''Calycanthus'', called sweetshrub, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Calycanthaceae. The genus includes two to four species depending on taxonomic interpretation; three are accepted by most 21st century sources. Description ''Calyca ...
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Calytrix ''Calytrix'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1806. They are commonly known as starflowers. ''Calytrix'' are endemic to Australia, occurring in the (Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, and We ...
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Camassia ''Camassia'' is a genus of plants in the asparagus family native to North America. Common names include camas, quamash, Indian hyacinth, camash, and wild hyacinth. It grows in the wild in great numbers in moist meadows. They are perennial p ...
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quamash ''Camassia quamash'', commonly known as camas, small camas, common camas, common camash or quamash, is a perennial herb. It is native to western North America in large areas of southern Canada and the northwestern United States. Description It ...
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Camellia ''Camellia'' (pronounced or ) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. They are found in eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalayas east to Japan and Indonesia. There are more than 220 described species, with some controversy ...
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Campanula ''Campanula'' () is one of several genera of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae commonly known as bellflowers. They take both their common and scientific names from the bell-shaped flowers — ''campanula'' is Latin for "little bell" ...
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Campsis ''Campsis,'' commonly known as trumpet creeper or trumpet vine, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to woodlands in China and North America. It consists of two species, both of which are vigorous deciduous perennial ...
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trumpet vine ''Campsis,'' commonly known as trumpet creeper or trumpet vine, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to woodlands in China and North America. It consists of two species, both of which are vigorous deciduous perennial ...
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Lespedeza ''Lespedeza'' is a genus of some 40 species (including nothospecies) of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae), commonly known as bush clovers or (particularly East Asian species) Japanese clovers (''hagi''). The genus is native to warm te ...
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Cananga ''Cananga'' (ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *''kanaŋa'') is a small genus of trees in the family Annonaceae, native to Indo-China and Malesia, but introduced elsewhere. One of its species, ''Cananga odorata'', is important as the source ...
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ylang ylang ''Cananga odorata'', known as ylang-ylang ( ) or cananga tree, is a tropical tree that is native to the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Queensland, Australia. It is also native to parts of Thailand and Viet ...
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Canarina ''Canarina'' is a genus of flowering plants within the family Campanulaceae. They are herbaceous perennial vines with bell-shaped flowers. The best known species is '' Canarina canariensis'' from the laurel forests of the Canary Islands which ...
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Canistrum ''Canistrum'' is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. The genus names are from the Greek “kanistron” (a kind of basket carried on the head). This bromeliad genus is endemic to the Atlantic Forest biome ...
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Cantua ''Cantua'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polemoniaceae which is in the order Ericales. They are restricted to central South America where many species are endemics in the countries of occurrence. There are currently about 12 rec ...
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Capparis ''Capparis'' is a flowering plant genus, comprising around 250 species in the family Capparaceae which is included in the Brassicaceae in the unrevised APG II system. These plants are shrubs or lianas and are collectively known as caper shrubs o ...
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Capsicum ''Capsicum'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the Solanum, nightshade family Solanaceae, native to Americas, the Americas, cultivated worldwide for their chili pepper or bell pepper fruit. Etymology and names The generic name may come f ...
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Caragana ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or ...
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Caralluma ''Caralluma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, consisting of about 120 species. In 1795 William Roxburgh published the name '' Stapelia adscendens'' for a plant found in India. He commented that the name for the plant ...
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Cardamine ''Cardamine'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mustard family, Brassicaceae, known as bittercresses and toothworts. It contains more than 200 species of annuals and perennials. Species in this genus can be found worldwide, except the ...
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Cardiocrinum ''Cardiocrinum'' is a genus of bulbous plants of the lily family first described in 1846. They are native to the Himalaya, China, the Russian Far East, and Japan. The bulbs are usually formed at the soil surface. The preferred habitat is woodlan ...
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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 ...
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Cardwellia ''Cardwellia'' is a genus of a sole described species of large trees in the plant family Proteaceae. The species ''Cardwellia sublimis'' (northern silky oak) is endemic to the rainforests of the wet tropics region of northeastern Queensland, A ...
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Carex ''Carex'' is a vast genus of more than 2,000 species of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the family Cyperaceae are also called sedges, however those of genus ''Carex'' ...
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sedge The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' wit ...
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Carissa ''Carissa'' is a genus of shrubs or small trees native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Australia and Asia. Until recently about 100 species were listed, but most of them have been relegated to the status of synonyms or assigned ...
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Carlina ''Carlina'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is distributed from Madeira and the Canary Islands across Europe and northern Africa to Siberia and northwestern China.Kovanda, M. (2002)Observations on ''Carlina bieberstein ...
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Carludovica ''Carludovica'' is a genus in the family Cyclanthaceae. It is native to tropical America, from southern Mexico and Guatemala to Ecuador and Bolivia. ''Carludovica'' is named in honor of Charles IV of Spain and his wife Maria Luisa of Parma.Genau ...
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Carmichaelia ''Carmichaelia'' (New Zealand brooms) is a genus of 24 plant species belonging to Fabaceae, the legume family. All but one species are native to New Zealand; the exception, ''Carmichaelia exsul'', is native to Lord Howe Island and presumably disp ...
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Carnegiea The saguaro (, ) (''Carnegiea gigantea'') is a tree-like cactus species in the monotypic genus ''Carnegiea'' that can grow to be over tall. It is native to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, the Mexican state of Sonora, and the Whipple Mountains ...
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saguaro The saguaro (, ) (''Carnegiea gigantea'') is a tree-like cactus species in the monotypic genus ''Carnegiea'' that can grow to be over tall. It is native to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, the Mexican state of Sonora, and the Whipple Mountains a ...
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Carpentaria ''Carpentaria acuminata'' (carpentaria palm), the sole species in the genus ''Carpentaria'', is a Arecaceae, palm native to tropical coastal regions in the north of Northern Territory, Australia. It is a slender palm, growing to tall in the g ...
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Carphalea ''Carphalea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It is Endemism, endemic to Madagascar. The species ''C. kirondron'' has been called "flaming beauty".https://florafaunaweb.nparks.gov.sg/special-pages/plant ...
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Carpinus Hornbeams are hardwood trees in the flowering plant genus ''Carpinus'' in the birch family Betulaceae. The 30–40 species occur across much of the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Origin of names The common English name ''hornbeam' ...
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hornbeam Hornbeams are hardwood trees in the flowering plant genus ''Carpinus'' in the birch family Betulaceae. The 30–40 species occur across much of the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Origin of names The common English name ''hornbeam' ...
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Carthamus The genus ''Carthamus'', the distaff thistles, includes plants in the family Asteraceae. The group is native to Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia. The flower has been used since ancient times in the Philippines, which it has been called '' ...
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safflower Safflower (''Carthamus tinctorius'') is a highly branched, herbaceous, thistle-like annual plant in the family Asteraceae. It is commercially cultivated for vegetable oil extracted from the seeds and was used by the early Spanish colonies along ...
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Carum ''Carum'' is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate regions of the Old World. Two of the best recognized species are caraway (''C. carvi''), the seeds of which are widely used as a spice, and a ...
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caraway Caraway, also known as meridian fennel and Persian cumin (''Carum carvi''), is a biennial plant in the family Apiaceae, native to western Asia, Europe, and North Africa. Etymology The etymology of "caraway" is unclear. Caraway has been ...
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Carya Hickory is a common name for trees composing the genus ''Carya'', which includes around 18 species. Five or six species are native to China, Indochina, and India (Assam), as many as twelve are native to the United States, four are found in Mexi ...
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hickory Hickory is a common name for trees composing the genus ''Carya'', which includes around 18 species. Five or six species are native to China, Indochina, and India (Assam), as many as twelve are native to the United States, four are found in Mexi ...
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Caryopteris ''Caryopteris'' (bluebeard; ) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae (formerly often placed in the family Verbenaceae). They are native to east Asia ( China, Korea, Japan, Mongolia).Germplasm Resources Information Network''Cary ...
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Caryota ''Caryota'' is a genus of palm trees. They are often known as fishtail palms because of the shape of their leaves. There are about 13 species native to Asia (China, India, Indonesia, etc.), northern Australia, and the South Pacific. One of the ...
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fishtail palm ''Caryota'' is a genus of palm trees. They are often known as fishtail palms because of the shape of their leaves. There are about 13 species native to Asia ( China, India, Indonesia, etc.), northern Australia, and the South Pacific. One of t ...
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shower tree ''Cassia fistula'', commonly known as golden shower, purging cassia, Indian laburnum, or pudding-pipe tree,U. S. Department of Agriculture, William Saunders; Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture; ...
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Cassinia ''Cassinia'' is a genus of about fifty-two species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae that are native to Australia and New Zealand. Plants in the genus ''Cassinia'' are shrubs, sometimes small trees with leaves arranged alternately, a ...
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Cassiope Cascade, Smallsat and Ionospheric Polar Explorer (CASSIOPE), is a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) multi-mission satellite operated by the University of Calgary. The mission development and operations from launch to February 2018 was funded through CS ...
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Castanea The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Castanea'', in the beech family Fagaceae. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The name also refers to the edible nut (fruit), nuts they produce. Th ...
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chestnut The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Castanea'', in the beech family Fagaceae. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce. The unrelat ...
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Castanopsis ''Castanopsis'', commonly called chinquapin or chinkapin, is a genus of evergreen trees belonging to the beech family, Fagaceae. The genus contains about 140 species, which are today restricted to tropical and subtropical eastern Asia. A total o ...
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Castanospermum ''Castanospermum australe'' (Moreton Bay chestnut or blackbean), the only species in the genus ''Castanospermum'', is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the east coast of Australia in Queensland and New South Wales, and to the ...
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Casuarina ''Casuarina'' is a genus of 17 tree species in the family Casuarinaceae, native to Australia, the Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia, islands of the western Pacific Ocean, and eastern Africa. It was once treated as the sole genus in the fami ...
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sheoak The Casuarinaceae are a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants placed in the order Fagales, consisting of four genera and 91 species of trees and shrubs native to eastern Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, and the Pacific ...
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Catalpa ''Catalpa'', commonly called catalpa or catawba, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to warm temperate and subtropical regions of North America, the Caribbean, and East Asia. Description Most ''Catalpa'' are decidu ...
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Indian bean ''Lablab purpureus'' is a species of bean in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Africa and it is cultivated throughout the tropics for food.Catananche ''Catananche'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to dry meadows in the Mediterranean region. They are cultivated for their cornflower-like blooms appearing in summer, in shades of blue, yellow and white. They ...
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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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Catharanthus ''Catharanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. Like the genus ''Vinca'', they are known commonly as periwinkles. There are eight known species. Seven are endemic to Madagascar,Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
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Catopsis ''Catopsis'' is a genus in the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Tillandsioideae. The genus name is from the Greek “kata” (hanging down) and “opsis” (appearance). ''Catopsis'' is a genus of plants widespread across much of Latin A ...
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Cattleya ''Cattleya'' () is a genus of orchids from Costa Rica south to Argentina. The genus is abbreviated C in trade journals. Description Epiphytic or terrestrial orchids with cylindrical rhizome from which the fleshy noodle-like roots grow. Pseu ...
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Caulophyllum ''Caulophyllum'' is a small genus of perennial herbs belonging to the family Berberidaceae and closely related to the Eurasian genera Leontice and Gymnospermium. It is native to eastern Asia and eastern North America. These plants are distinctive ...
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Cavendishia ''Cavendishia'' is a genus of about 100 species of woody perennial plants, many of which are epiphytic. The genus is native to tropical South America and Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the ...
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Ceanothus ''Ceanothus'' is a genus of about 50–60 species of Actinorhizal plant, nitrogen-fixing shrubs and small trees in the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae). Common names for members of this genus are buckbrush, California lilac, soap bush, or just ceano ...
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Cedrela ''Cedrela'' is a genus of several species in the mahogany family, Meliaceae. They are evergreen or dry-season deciduous trees with pinnate leaves, native to the tropical and subtropical New World, from southern Mexico south to northern Argentina ...
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Cedrus ''Cedrus'', common English name cedar, is a genus of coniferous trees in the plant family Pinaceae (subfamily Abietoideae). They are native plant, native to the mountains of the western Himalayas and the Mediterranean region, occurring at altit ...
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cedar Cedar may refer to: Trees and plants *''Cedrus'', common English name cedar, an Old-World genus of coniferous trees in the plant family Pinaceae *Cedar (plant), a list of trees and plants known as cedar Places United States * Cedar, Arizona * ...
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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 ...
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Celastrus ''Celastrus'', commonly known as staff vine, staff tree or bittersweet, is a genus in the family Celastraceae which comprises about 30-40 species of shrubs and vines. They have a wide distribution in East Asia, Australasia, Africa, and the Amer ...
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Celmisia ''Celmisia'' (New Zealand aster or New Zealand daisy) is a genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs, in the family Asteraceae. Most of the species are endemic to New Zealand; several others are endemic to Australia. ; Species and nothospecies #RED ...
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Celosia ''Celosia'' ( ) is a small genus of edible and ornamental plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek word (), meaning "burning", and refers to the flame-like flower heads. Species are commonl ...
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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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Centaurea ''Centaurea'' () is a genus of over 700 species of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Members of the genus are found only north of the equator, mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere; the Middle East and surrounding reg ...
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Centaurium ''Centaurium'' (centaury) is a genus of 20 species in the gentian family (Gentianaceae), tribe Chironieae, subtribe Chironiinae. The genus was named after the centaur Chiron, famed in Greek mythology for his skill in medicinal herbs. It is dist ...
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Centradenia ''Centradenia'' is a genus of 4-5 species of tropical evergreen perennials or subshrubs, native to Central America and Mexico. Description ''Centradenia'' spp. branches are angled or winged and the stems are often colored. The leaves are lanceola ...
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Centranthus ''Centranthus'' is a flowering plant genus comprising herbs and subshrubs native to Southern Europe. It is in the family Caprifoliaceae. There are about twelve species in the genus. Some ''Centranthus'' are known as introduced species in other p ...
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Cephalaria ''Cephalaria'' is a genus of about 65 species of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, native to southern Europe, western and central Asia, and northern and southern Africa. They are annual or perennial herbaceous plants growing to 0.8 ...
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Cephalocereus ''Cephalocereus'' is a genus of slow-growing, columnar-shaped, blue-green cactus, cacti. The genus is native to Mexico. Description These cacti show a columnar and upright growth habit, and may be branched or unbranched reaching heights of 10 t ...
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Cephalophyllum ''Cephalophyllum'' is a genus of plants in the family Aizoaceae. Species * '' Cephalophyllum alstonii'' Marloth ex L.Bolus * '' Cephalophyllum brevifolium'' L. Bolus * '' Cephalophyllum caespitosum'' H.Hartmann * '' Cephalophyllum compressum ...
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Cephalotaxus ''Cephalotaxus'', commonly called plum yew or cowtail pine, is a genus of conifers comprising 11 species, treated in either the Cephalotaxaceae, or in the Taxaceae when that family is considered in a broad sense. The genus is endemic to eastern A ...
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Ceraria ''Portulacaria'' is a genus of succulent plant, classified in its own subfamily Portulacarioideae in the family Didiereaceae. It is indigenous to southern Africa. Taxonomy The genus was previously placed in the family Portulacaceae, but accordin ...
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Cerastium ''Cerastium'' is a genus of annual, winter annual, or perennial plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. They are commonly called mouse-ear chickweed. Species are found nearly worldwide but the greatest concentration is in the northern tem ...
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Ceratonia ''Ceratonia'' is small genus of flowering plant, flowering trees in the pea family, Fabaceae, Endemism, endemic to the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. Its best known member, the Ceratonia siliqua, carob tree, is cultivated for its pod ...
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Ceratopetalum ''Ceratopetalum'' is a genus of nine species of shrub and tree in the family Cunoniaceae. They are found along the eastern coast of Australia and extend north to New Guinea. Two Australian species are among the best known, one being '' C. apet ...
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coachwood ''Ceratopetalum apetalum'', the coachwood, scented satinwood or tarwood, is a medium-sized hardwood tree, straight-growing with smooth, fragrant, greyish bark. It is native to eastern Australia in the central and northern coastal rainforests of ...
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Ceratophyllum ''Ceratophyllum'' is a cosmopolitan genus of flowering plants including four accepted living species in 2016, commonly found in ponds, marshes, and quiet streams in tropical and in temperate regions. It is the only extant genus in the family Cer ...
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Ceratopteris ''Ceratopteris'' is the only genus among homosporous ferns that is exclusively aquatic. It is pan-tropical and classified in the Parkerioideae subfamily of the family Pteridaceae. Description Erect aquatic or subaquatic ferns of moderate size. ...
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Ceratozamia ''Ceratozamia'' is a genus of New World cycads in the family Zamiaceae. The genus contains 27 known currently living species and one or two fossil species. Most species are endemic to mountainous areas of Mexico, while few species extend into the ...
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Cerbera ''Cerbera'' is a genus of evergreen small trees or shrubs, native to tropical Asia, Australia, Madagascar, and various islands in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Three trees of this genus are mangroves, '' Cerbera floribunda'', ...
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sea mango ''Cerbera manghas'', the sea mango, is a small evergreen coastal tree growing up to tall. It is native to coastal areas in Africa, Asia, Australasia, and the Pacific islands. It is classified as one of the three species in the genus Cerbera that ...
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Cercidiphyllum ''Cercidiphyllum'' is a genus containing two species of plants, both commonly called katsura. They are the sole members of the monotypic family Cercidiphyllaceae. The genus is native to Japan and China and unrelated to ''Cercis'' (redbuds). Desc ...
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Cercis ''Cercis'' is a genus of about 10 species in the subfamily Cercidoideae of the pea family Fabaceae, native to warm temperate regions. It contains small deciduous trees or large shrubs commonly known as redbuds. They are characterised by simpl ...
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redbud ''Cercis'' is a genus of about 10 species in the subfamily Cercidoideae of the pea family Fabaceae, native to warm temperate regions. It contains small deciduous trees or large shrubs commonly known as redbuds. They are characterised by simpl ...
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Cercocarpus ''Cercocarpus'', commonly known as mountain mahogany, is a small genus of at least nine species of nitrogen-fixing flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae. They are native to the western United States and northern Mexico, where they grow i ...
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Ceropegia ''Ceropegia'' is a genus of plants within the family Apocynaceae, native to Africa, southern Asia, and Australia. It was named by Carl Linnaeus, who first described this genus in his ''Genera plantarum'', which appeared in 1737. Linnaeus referre ...
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Cestrum ''Cestrum'' is a genus of — depending on authority — 150-250 species of flowering plants in the family Solanaceae. They are native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas, from the southernmost United States (Florida, Texas: day ...
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Chaenomeles ''Chaenomeles'' is a genus of four species https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331479-2 of deciduous spiny shrubs, usually 1–3 m tall, in the family Rosaceae. They are native to Southeast Asia. These plants are rela ...
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Chaenorhinum ''Chaenorhinum'' is a genus consisting of four species of annual and perennial herbs native to Turkey and the Mediterranean, where they thrive in dry stony areas and scree. They are closely related to snapdragons. The leaves are linear to oblong ...
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Chaerophyllum ''Chaerophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, with 35 species native to Europe, Asia, North America, and northern Africa. It includes the cultivated root vegetable '' Chaerophyllum bulbosum'' (turnip rooted chervil). ...
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Chamaecyparis ''Chamaecyparis'', common names cypress or false cypress (to distinguish it from related cypresses), is a genus of conifers in the cypress family Cupressaceae, native to eastern Asia (Japan and Taiwan) and to the western and eastern margins of th ...
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false cypress ''Chamaecyparis'', common names cypress or false cypress (to distinguish it from related cypresses), is a genus of conifers in the cypress family Cupressaceae, native to eastern Asia (Japan and Taiwan) and to the western and eastern margins of th ...
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Chamaecytisus ''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym (taxonomy), synonym of ''Cytisus''. ''Chamaecytisus palmensis, C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Is ...
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Chamaedaphne ''Chamaedaphne calyculata'', known commonly as leatherleaf or cassandra, is a perennial dwarf shrub in the plant family Ericaceae and the only species in the genus ''Chamaedaphne''. It is commonly seen in cold, acidic bogs and forms large, spread ...
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Chamaedorea ''Chamaedorea'' is a genus of 107 species of palms, native to subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas.Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, palms checklist''Chamaedorea''/ref>Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan ...
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Chamaelirium ''Chamaelirium'' is a genus of flowering plants containing the single species ''Chamaelirium luteum'', commonly known as blazing-star, devil's bit, false unicorn, fairy wand, and helonias. It is a perennial herb native to the eastern United State ...
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Chamaemelum ''Chamaemelum'' is a small genus of plants in the daisy family commonly known as chamomiles or dogfennels. Perhaps the best-known species is Roman chamomile, ''Chamaemelum nobile''. These are annual or perennial herbs, rarely exceeding half a me ...
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chamomile Chamomile (American English) or camomile (British English; see spelling differences) ( or ) is the common name for several plants of the family Asteraceae. Two of the species, ''Matricaria recutita'' and ''Anthemis nobilis'', are commonly us ...
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Chamaerops ''Chamaerops'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Arecaceae. The only currently fully accepted species is ''Chamaerops humilis'', variously called European fan palm or the Mediterranean dwarf palm. It is one of the most cold-hardy p ...
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Chamelaucium ''Chamelaucium'', also known as waxflower, is a genus of shrubs endemic to south western Western Australia. They belong to the myrtle family Myrtaceae and have flowers similar to those of the tea-trees (''Leptospermum''). The most well-known spe ...
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Chasmanthe ''Chasmanthe'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described in 1932. It is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa. It is widely grown as an ornamental and naturalized in various locations. In their native habitat the ...
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Cheiridopsis ''Cheiridopsis'' is a genus that consists of 100 species of flowering succulent perennial plants, native to semi-arid regions in the far west of Namibia and South Africa. Description Most species are clump-forming, a few are shrubby. The lea ...
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Chelidonium ''Chelidonium'', commonly known as celandines, is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family The Poppy Family was a Canadian psychedelic pop group based in Vancouver. They had a number of international hit records in the late 1960 ...
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turtlehead ''Chelone'' is a genus of four species of perennial herbaceous plants native to eastern North America. They all have similarly shaped flowers (which led to the name turtlehead due to their resemblance to the head of a turtle), which vary in c ...
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Chiastophyllum ''Umbilicus oppositifolius'', common names lamb's-tail and gold drop, is a succulent, perennial flowering plant, a species in the genus '' Umbilicus'' of the family Crassulaceae. It is endemic to shady mountain areas in the Caucasus. It is wide ...
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Chilopsis ''Chilopsis'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants containing the single species ''Chilopsis linearis''. It is known commonly as desert willow
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Chimonanthus ''Chimonanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Calycanthaceae, native to China, but is also cultivated elsewhere in Asia, including Iran. The genus includes three to six species depending on taxonomic interpretation; six are accepte ...
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Chimonobambusa ''Chimonobambusa'' is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the grass family. They are native to China, Japan, Vietnam, Myanmar, and the Himalayas. ;Species ;formerly included see ''Ampelocalamus Bambusa Chimonocalamus Drepanostachyum Himalayaca ...
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Chionanthus ''Chionanthus'' , common name: fringetrees, is a genus of about 150 species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae. The genus has a wide distribution primarily in the tropics and subtropics, but with three species extending north into te ...
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fringe tree ''Chionanthus'' , common name: fringetrees, is a genus of about 150 species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae. The genus has a wide distribution primarily in the tropics and subtropics, but with three species extending north into te ...
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Chionochloa ''Chionochloa'' is a genus of tussock grass in the family Poaceae, found primarily in New Zealand with one known species in New Guinea and another on Lord Howe Island (part of Australia). Some of the species are referred to as snowgrass. Most of ...
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Choisya ''Choisya'' is a small genus of aromatic evergreen shrubs in the rue family, Rutaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as Mexican orange due to the similarity of their flowers with those of the closely related orange, both in shape and ...
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Choricarpia ''Backhousia'' is a genus of thirteen currently known species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. All the currently known species are endemic to Australia in the rainforests and seasonally dry forests of Queensland, New South Wales a ...
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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, ...
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floss silk tree ''Ceiba speciosa'', the floss silk tree (formerly ''Chorisia speciosa''), is a species of deciduous tree that is native to the tropical and subtropical forests of South America. It has several local common names, such as ''palo borracho'' (in S ...
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Chrysanthemoides ''Chrysanthemoides'' is one of eight genera of the Calenduleae, with a centre of diversity in South Africa. The genus contains only two species, but is known for the invasive "Bitou Bush" '' Chrysanthemoides monilifera''. Studies of this genus h ...
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Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemums (), sometimes called mums or chrysanths, are flowering plants of the genus ''Chrysanthemum'' in the family Asteraceae. They are native to East Asia and northeastern Europe. Most species originate from East Asia and the center ...
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Chrysolepis ''Chrysolepis'' is a small genus of plants in the family Fagaceae, endemic to the western United States. Its two species have the common name chinquapin. The genus occurs from western Washington south to the Transverse Ranges in Southern Califor ...
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Chrysophyllum ''Chrysophyllum'' is a group of trees in the Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. The genus is native to tropical regions throughout the world, with the greatest number of species in northern South America. One species, '' C. oli ...
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star apple ''Chrysophyllum cainito'' is a tropical tree of the family Sapotaceae. It is native to the Isthmus of Panama, where it was domesticated. It has spread to the Greater Antilles and the West Indies and is now grown throughout the tropics, including ...
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Chrysothemis In Greek mythology, Chrysothemis or Khrysothemis (; grc, Χρυσόθεμις, "golden law") is a name ascribed to several characters. ''Female:'' * Chrysothemis, may refer to known as the attributes of the golden harvest as an agricultural demi ...
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Chusquea ''Chusquea'' is a genus of evergreen bamboos in the grass family. Most of them are native to mountain habitats in Latin America, from Mexico to southern Chile and Argentina. They are sometimes referred to as South American mountain bamboos. Unl ...
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Cibotium ''Cibotium'' (from Greek , ''kibṓtion'', "little chest" or "box"), also known as manfern, is a genus of 11 species of tropical tree ferns. It is the only genus in family Cibotiaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PP ...
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Cicerbita ''Cicerbita'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Asia and Europe. They are known commonly as blue sow thistles.
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Cichorium ''Cichorium'' is a genus of plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. The genus includes two cultivated species commonly known as chicory or endive, plus several wild species. Common chicory (''Cichorium intybus'') is a bush ...
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chicory Common chicory ('' Cichorium intybus'') is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant of the family Asteraceae, usually with bright blue flowers, rarely white or pink. Native to the Old World, it has been introduced to North America and Austra ...
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endive Endive () is a leaf vegetable belonging to the genus ''Cichorium'', which includes several similar bitter-leafed vegetables. Species include '' Cichorium endivia'' (also called endive), ''Cichorium pumilum'' (also called wild endive), and ''Cich ...
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Cimicifuga ''Cimicifuga'' (bugbane or cohosh) was a genus of between 12 and 18 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The genus is now generally included in '' Actaea''. T ...
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Cinnamomum ''Cinnamomum'' is a genus of evergreen aromatic trees and shrubs belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae. The species of ''Cinnamomum'' have aromatic oils in their leaves and bark. The genus contains approximately 250 species, distributed in t ...
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camphor laurel ''Camphora officinarum'' is a species of evergreen tree that is commonly known under the names camphor tree, camphorwood or camphor laurel. Description ''Camphora officinarum'' is native to China south of the Yangtze River, Taiwan, southern ...
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Cirsium ''Cirsium'' is a genus of perennial and biennial flowering plants in the Asteraceae, one of several genera known commonly as thistles. They are more precisely known as plume thistles. These differ from other thistle genera ('' Carduus'', ''Silyb ...
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Cissus ''Cissus'' is a genus of approximately 350 species of lianas (Woody plant, woody vines) in the grape family (Vitaceae). They have a cosmopolitan distribution, though the majority are to be found in the tropics. Uses Medicinal ''Cissus quadrang ...
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Cistus ''Cistus'' (from the Greek ''kistos'') is a genus of flowering plants in the rockrose family Cistaceae, containing about 20 species (Ellul ''et al.'' 2002). They are perennial shrubs found on dry or rocky soils throughout the Mediterranean region ...
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Citharexylum ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...
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Citrofortunella Citrofortunella are a large group of commercial hybrids that cross the kumquat with other citrus. In the system of citrus taxonomy established by Swingle, kumquats were placed in a different genus, '' Fortunella'', from ''Citrus'', which included ...
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Citrus ''Citrus'' is a genus of flowering plant, flowering trees and shrubs in the rue family, Rutaceae. Plants in the genus produce citrus fruits, including important crops such as Orange (fruit), oranges, Lemon, lemons, grapefruits, pomelos, and lim ...
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lime Lime commonly refers to: * Lime (fruit), a green citrus fruit * Lime (material), inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide * Lime (color), a color between yellow and green Lime may also refer to: Botany ...
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lemon The lemon (''Citrus limon'') is a species of small evergreen trees in the flowering plant family Rutaceae, native to Asia, primarily Northeast India (Assam), Northern Myanmar or China. The tree's ellipsoidal yellow fruit is used for culin ...
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Cladrastis ''Cladrastis'' (yellowwood) is a genus of nine species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, eight native to eastern Asia, and one to southeastern North America. Species of ''Cladrastis'' are small to medium-sized deciduous trees typically ...
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Clarkia ''Clarkia'' is a genus within the flowering plant family Onagraceae. Over 40 species are currently classified in ''Clarkia''; almost all are native to western North America, though one species (''Clarkia tenella'') is native to South America. ...
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Claytonia ''Claytonia'' (spring beauty) is a genus of flowering plants native to Asia, North America, and Central America. The vitamin-rich leaves can be eaten raw or cooked, and the tubers can be prepared like potatoes. Description The plants are somew ...
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Cleistocactus ''Cleistocactus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to mountainous areas - to - of South America (Peru, Uruguay, Bolivia and Argentina). The name comes from the Greek ''kleistos'' meaning closed because the f ...
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Clematis ''Clematis'' is a genus of about 300 species within the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. Their garden hybrids have been popular among gardeners, beginning with ''Clematis'' × ''jackmanii'', a garden standby since 1862; more hybrid cultivars ...
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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 ...
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Clerodendrum ''Clerodendrum'' is a genus of flowering plants formerly placed in the family Verbenaceae, but now considered to belong to the Lamiaceae (mint) family. Its common names include glorybower, bagflower and bleeding-heart. It is currently classified ...
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Cleyera ''Cleyera'' is a plant genus consisting of 21 speciesThe Plant List (2013). ''Cleyera''. Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ Accessed 24 August 2020/ref> of tender, evergreen shrubs to small trees, mostly native t ...
'' * ''Clianthus'' * ''Clintonia'' * ''Clitoria'' * ''Clivia'' * ''Clusia'' * ''Clytostoma'' * ''Cobaea'' * ''Coccoloba'' (sea grape) * ''Coccothrinax'' (thatch palm) * ''Cocculus'' * ''Cochlioda'' an orchid genus * ''Cochlospermum'' (buttercup tree, Maximiliana) * ''Cocos (plant), Cocos'' (coconut) * ''Codiaeum'' (croton) * ''Codonanthe'' * ''Codonopsis'' * ''Coelia'' * ''Coelogyne'' (an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Coffea'' (coffee tree) * ''Coix'' * ''Colchicum'' (Colchicum, autumn crocus, meadow saffron) * ''Coleonema'' * ''Colletia'' * ''Collinsia'' * ''Collomia'' * ''Colocasia'' (taro) * ''Colquhounia'' * ''Columnea'' * ''Colutea'' (bladder senna) * ''Coluteocarpus'' * ''Colvillea'' * ''Combretum'' * ''Comesperma'' * ''Commelina'' (day flower, spiderwort, widow's tears) * ''Commersonia'' * ''Commidendrum'' * ''Commiphora'' * ''Comptonella'' * ''Comptonia (plant), Comptonia'' (Sweetfern) * ''Conandron'' * ''Congea'' * ''Conicosia'' * ''Coniogramme'' * ''Conoclinium'' (Conoclinium, mistflower) * ''Conophytum'' * ''Conospermum'' * ''Conostylis'' * ''Conradina'' * ''Consolida'' (larkspur) * ''Convallaria'' (lily-of-the-valley) * ''Convolvulus'' (bindweed, morning glory) * ''Copernicia'' (caranda palm, Copernicia prunifera, wax palm) * ''Copiapoa'' syn. ''Pilocopiapoa'' * ''Coprosma'' * ''Coptis'' (Coptis, goldthread) * ''Cordia'' (bird lime tree) * ''Cordyline'' * ''Coreopsis'' (Coreopsis, tickseed) * ''Coriandrum'' (coriander cilantro) * ''Coriaria'' * ''Dogwood, Cornus'' (dogwood, cornel) * ''Corokia'' * ''Coronilla'' * ''Correa (plant), Correa'' * ''Corryocactus'' * ''Cortaderia'' (Cortaderia, pampas grass, tussock grass) * ''Cortusa'' * ''Corybas (plant), Corybas'' (Corybas (plant), helmet orchid) * ''Corydalis'' * ''Corylopsis'' (Corylopsis, winter-hazel) * ''Corylus'' (hazel, Corylus maxima, filbert) * ''Corymbia'' * ''Corynocarpus'' * ''Corypha'' * ''Coryphantha'' * ''Cosmos (plant), Cosmos'' * ''Costus'' * ''Cotinus'' (smoke bush) * ''Cotoneaster'' * ''Cotula'' (Cotula coronopifolia, brass buttons) * ''Cotyledon'' * ''Couroupita'' (cannonball tree) * ''Crambe'' * ''Craspedia (plant), Craspedia'' * ''Crassula'' * ''+ Crataegomespilus'' (graft chimera) * ''Crataegus'' (hawthorn) * × Crataemespilus, × ''Crataemespilus'' (hybrid) * ''Crepis'' * ''Crescentia'' (calabash) * ''Crinodendron'' * ''Crinum'' * ''Crocosmia'' (Crocosmia, falling stars, montbretia) * ''Crocus'' * ''Crossandra'' (firecracker flower) * ''Crotalaria'' (rattlepod) * ''Croton (plant), Croton'' * ''Crowea'' * ''Cryptanthus'' (earth stars) * ''Cryptbergia'' (hybrid) * ''Cryptocarya'' * ''Cryptocoryne'' (water trumpet) * ''Cryptomeria'' (sugi, Japanese cedar) * ''Cryptostegia'' (Indian rubber vine) * ''Cryptotaenia'' * ''Ctenanthe'' * ''Cucumis'' * ''Cucurbita'' * ''Cuminum'' * ''Cunila'' * ''Cunninghamia'' (China-fir) * ''Cunonia'' * ''Cupaniopsis'' (tuckeroo) * ''Cuphea'' * ''Cupressus'' (cypress) * ''Cuprocyparis'' (hybrid) * ''Curcuma'' * ''Cussonia'' * ''Cyananthus'' (trailing bellflower) * ''Cyanotis'' * ''Cyathea'' (tree fern) * ''Cyathodes'' * ''Cybistax'' * ''Cycas'' (cycad, Cycas revoluta, sago palm) * ''Cyclamen'' * ''Cycnoches'' an orchid genus * ''Cydista'', synonym of ''
Bignonia ''Bignonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae. Its genus and family were named after Jean-Paul Bignon by his protégé Joseph Pitton de Tournefort in 1694, and the genus was established as part of modern botanical nomenc ...
'' * ''quince, Cydonia'' (quince) * ''Cylindropuntia'' * ''Cymbalaria'' (ivy-leaved toadflax) * ''Cymbidium'' (an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Cymbopogon'' * ''Cynara'' * ''Cynodon'' * ''Cynoglossum'' (hound's tongue) * ''Cypella'' * ''Cyperus'' * ''Cyphomandra'' (tree tomato) * ''Cyphostemma'' * ''Cypripedium'' (lady's slipper; an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Cyrilla'' * ''Cyrtanthus'' (fire lily) * ''Cyrtomium'' * ''Cyrtostachys'' * ''Cystopteris'' (bladder fern) * ''Cytisus'' (broom (shrub), broom)


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* ''Daboecia'' * ''Dacrydium'' * ''Dactylis'' * ''Dactylorhiza'' (marsh orchid) * ''Dahlia'' * ''Dalea'' (indigo bush) * ''Dalechampia'' * ''Damasonium'' * ''Dampiera'' * ''Danae (plant), Danae'' * ''Daphne (plant), Daphne'' * ''Daphniphyllum'' * ''Darlingia'' * ''Darmera'' syn. ''Peltiphyllum'' * ''Darwinia (plant), Darwinia'' (Darwinia citriodora, lemon scented myrtle) * ''Dasylirion'' * ''Datura'' * ''Davallia'' (Davallia canariensis, hare's foot fern) * ''Davidia (plant), Davidia'' * ''Daviesia'' * ''Decaisnea'' * × Degarmoara, × ''Degarmoara'' (a hybrid
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Decarya'' * ''Decumaria'' * ''Deinanthe'' * ''Delairea'' * ''Delonix'' * ''Delosperma'' * ''Delphinium'' * ''Dendranthema'' * ''Dendrobium'' (an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Dendrocalamus'' * ''Dendrochilum'' (an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Dendromecon'' (tree poppy) * ''Denmoza'' * ''Dennstaedtia'' (Dennstaedtia, Hayscented fern or Cup fern) * ''Deppea'' * ''Derris'' * ''Derwentia (plant), Derwentia'' * ''Deschampsia'' (hair grass) * ''Desfontainia'' * ''Desmodium'' * ''Deuterocohnia'' syn. '' Abromeitiella'' * ''Deutzia'' * ''Dianella (plant), Dianella'' (flax lily) * ''Dianthus'' (carnation, pink (flower), pink) * ''Diascia (plant), Diascia'' (Diascia (plant), twinspur) * ''Dicentra'' (Dicentra, bleeding heart) * ''Dichelostemma'' * ''Dichondra'' * ''Dichorisandra'' * ''Dichroa'' * ''Dicksonia'' * ''Dicliptera'' * ''Dictamnus'' (burning bush, dittany) * ''Dictyosperma'' (princess palm) * ''Didymochlaena'' * ''Dieffenbachia'' (dumb cane, mother-in-law's tongue, Dieffenbachia, tuftroot) * ''Dierama'' (Dierama, African harebell, Dierama pendulum, angel's fishing rod, Dierama, wand flower) * ''Diervilla'' (Diervilla, bush honeysuckle) * ''Dietes'' * ''Digitalis'' (foxglove) * ''Dillenia'' * ''Dillwynia'' * ''Dimorphotheca'' (Dimorphotheca, African daisy) * ''Venus flytrap, Dionaea'' (Venus flytrap) * ''Dionysia (plant), Dionysia'' * ''Dioon'' * ''Dioscorea'' syns. ''Rajania'', ''Tamus'', ''Testudinaria''(yam (vegetable), yam) * ''Diospyros'' (ebony, persimmon) * ''Dipcadi'' * ''Dipelta'' * ''Diphylleia'' * ''Diplarrhena'' (Diplarrena moraea, butterfly flag) * ''Diplazium'' * ''Diplocyclos'' * ''Diploglottis'' * ''Diplolaena'' * ''Dipsacus'' (teasel) * ''Dipteris'' * ''Dipteronia'' * ''Dipteryx'' * ''Dirca'' (leatherwood) * ''Disa (plant), Disa'' (an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Disanthus'' * ''Discaria'' * ''Dischidia'' * ''Discocactus'' * ''Disocactus'' * ''Disporopsis'' * ''Disporum'' (Disporum, fairy-bells) * ''Dissotis'' * ''Distictis'' * ''Distylium'' * ''Dizygotheca'' * ''Docynia'' * ''Dodecatheon'' (shooting stars, American cowslip), now Primula sect. Dodecatheon, ''Primula'' sect. ''Dodecatheon'' * ''Dodonaea'' (hop bush) * ''Dolichandrone'' * ''Dombeya'' * ''Doodia'' (hacksaw fern, Doodia media, rasp fern) * ''Doronicum'' (leopard's bane) * ''Dorotheanthus'' (ice plant, Livingstone daisy) * ''Dorstenia'' * ''Doryanthes'' (spear lily) * ''Doryopteris'' * ''Dovyalis'' * ''Draba'' (whitlow grass) * ''Dracaena (plant), Dracaena'' * ''Dracocephalum'' * ''Dracophyllum'' * ''Dracula (plant), Dracula'' (an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Dracunculus (plant), Dracunculus'' * ''Dregea'' * ''Drimys'' * ''Drosanthemum'' * ''Drosera'' (sundew) * ''Dryandra'' * ''Dryas (plant), Dryas'' (Dryas (plant), mountain avens) * ''Drynaria'' * ''Dryopteris'' (buckler fern, shield fern, wood fern) * ''Duboisia'' * ''Duchesnea'' (Indian strawberry, mock strawberry) * ''Dudleya'' * ''Duranta'' * ''Duvalia'' * ''Dyckia'' * ''Dymondia'' * ''Dypsis'' syn. '' Chrysalidocarpus'', ''Neodypsis''


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* ''Ebracteola'' * ''Ecballium'' * ''Eccremocarpus'' * ''Echeveria'' * ''Echidnopsis'' * ''Echinacea'' (coneflower) * ''Echinocactus'' * ''Echinocereus'' * ''Echinops'' (globe thistle) * ''Echinopsis'' * ''Echium'' * ''Edgeworthia'' * ''Edithcolea'' * ''Edraianthus'' * ''Egeria (plant), Egeria'' * ''Ehretia'' * ''Eichhornia'' (water hyacinth) * ''Elaeagnus'' * ''Elaeis'' (Elaeis guineensis, oil palm) * ''Elaeocarpus'' * ''Elatostema'' * ''Eleocharis'' (spike rush) * ''Elettaria'' * ''Eleutherococcus'' * ''Elodea'' (pondweed) * ''Elsholtzia'' * ''Elymus (plant), Elymus'' (wild rye) * ''Embothrium'' * ''Emilia (plant), Emilia'' (tasselflower) * ''Emmenopterys'' * ''Encelia'' * ''Encephalartos'' (Kaffir bread) * ''Encyclia'' (an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Enkianthus'' * ''Ensete'' * ''Eomecon'' (snow poppy) * ''Epacris'' * ''Ephedra (genus), Ephedra'' (Ephedra (genus), ephedra) * ''Epidendrum'' (an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Epigaea'' * ''Epilobium'' * ''Epimedium'' (barrenwort) * ''Epipactis'' (helleborine, an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Epiphyllum'' (orchid cactus) * ''Episcia'' (flame violet) * ''Epithelantha'' * ''Equisetum'' (horsetail) * ''Eragrostis'' (love grass) * ''Eranthemum'' * ''Eranthis'' (winter aconite) * ''Ercilla (plant), Ercilla'' * ''Eremophila (plant), Eremophila'' (emu bush) * ''Eremurus'' * ''Erica (plant), Erica'' (Ericaceae, heath/heather) * ''Erigeron'' (fleabane) * ''Erinacea'' * ''Erinus'' * ''Eriobotrya'' * ''Eriogonum'' * ''Eriophorum'' (cotton grass) * ''Eriophyllum'' * ''Eriostemon'' (waxflower) * ''Eritrichium'' * ''Erodium'' * ''Eryngium'' (eryngo, Eryngium maritimum, sea holly) * ''Erysimum'' (wallflower) * ''Erythrina'' (coral tree) * ''Erythronium'' * ''Escallonia'' * ''Eschscholzia'' (California poppy) * ''Escobaria'' * ''Espostoa'' * ''Etlingera'' * ''Eucalyptus'' (gum tree, ironbark) * ''Eucharis (plant), Eucharis'' * ''Eucomis'' * ''Eucommia'' * ''Eucryphia'' * ''Eulophia'' (an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Euonymus'' * ''Eupatorium'' * ''Euphorbia'' (spurge) * ''Euptelea'' * ''Eurya'' * ''Euryale ferox'' * ''Euryops'' * ''Eustoma'' * ''Evolvulus'' * ''Exacum'' * ''Exochorda''


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* ''Fabiana (plant), Fabiana'' * ''beech, Fagus'' (beech) * ''Fallopia'' * ''Farfugium'' * ''Fargesia'' * ''Fascicularia'' * × Fatshedera, × ''Fatshedera'' (hybrid genus) * ''Fatsia'' * ''Faucaria'' * ''Felicia (plant), Felicia'' (Felicia (plant), blue daisy) * ''Fendlera'' * ''Fenestraria'' * ''Ferocactus'' * ''Ferraria'' * ''Ferula'' (giant fennel) * ''Festuca'' (fescue) * ''Fibigia'' * ''Ficus'' (fig) * ''Ficus pumila'' * ''Filipendula'' * ''Firmiana'' * ''Fittonia'' * ''Fitzroya'' * ''Fockea'' * ''Foeniculum'' (fennel) * ''Fontanesia'' * ''Forsythia'' * ''Kumquat, Fortunella'' (kumquat) * ''Fothergilla'' * ''Fouquieria'' * ''Fragaria'' (strawberry) * ''Frailea'' * ''Francoa'' * ''Frangipani'' * ''Franklinia'' * ''Fraxinus'' (ash tree, ash) * ''
Freesia ''Freesia'' is a genus of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1866 by Christian Friedrich Ecklon (1886) and named after the German botanist and medical practitioner, Friedrich Freese (1795 ...
'' * ''Fremontodendron'' * ''Fritillaria'' (fritillary) * ''Fuchsia'' * ''Furcraea''


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* ''Gagea'' * ''Gaillardia'' * ''Galanthus'' (snowdrop) * ''Galax urceolata, Galax'' * ''Galega'' * ''Galium'' (bedstraw) * ''Galtonia'' * ''Gardenia'' * ''Garrya'' * ''Gasteria'' * ''Gaultheria'' * ''Gaura'' * ''Gaylussacia'' (huckleberry) * ''Gazania'' * ''Geissorhiza'' * ''Gelsemium'' * ''Genista'' * ''Gentiana'' (gentian) * ''Gentianopsis'' * ''Geranium'' (cranesbill, not same as ''Pelargonium'') * ''Gerbera'' * ''Gesneria'' * ''Geum (plant), Geum'' (Geum, avens) * ''Gevuina'' * ''Gibbaeum'' * ''Gilia'' * ''Gillenia'' * ''Ginkgo biloba, Ginkgo'' * ''Gladiolus'' * ''Glaucidium (plant), Glaucidium'' * ''Glaucium'' * ''Gleditsia'' (honey locust) * ''Globba'' * ''Globularia'' (globe daisy) * ''Gloriosa (plant), Gloriosa'' * ''Glottiphyllum'' * ''Gloxinia (genus), Gloxinia'' * ''Glyceria'' * ''Glycyrrhiza'' * ''Gomphocarpus'' * ''Gomphrena'' * ''Goniolimon'' * ''Goodyera'' (jewel orchid) * ''Gordonia (plant), Gordonia'' * ''Graptopetalum'' * ''Graptophyllum'' * ''Graptoveria'' (hybrid genus) * ''Grevillea'' * ''Grewia'' * ''Greyia'' * ''Grindelia'' * ''Griselinia'' * ''Gunnera'' (Gunnera manicata, dinosaur food) * ''Guzmania'' * ''Gymnocalycium'' * ''Gymnocarpium'' * ''Gymnocladus'' * ''Gynandriris'' * ''Gynura'' * ''Gypsophila''


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* ''Haageocereus'' * ''Haastia'' * ''Habenaria'' (an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Haberlea'' * ''Habranthus'' * ''Haemanthus'' (blood lily) * ''Hakea'' * ''Hakonechloa'' * ''Halesia'' (silverbell) * ''Halimiocistus'' (hybrid genus) * ''Halimium'' * ''Halimodendron'' * ''Hamamelis'' (witch-hazel) * ''Haplopappus'' * ''Hardenbergia'' (coral pea) * ''Harrisia (plant), Harrisia'' * ''Hatiora'' * ''Haworthia'' * ''Hebe (plant), Hebe'' * ''Hechtia'' * ''Hedera'' (ivy) * ''Hedychium'' * ''Hedyotis'' (bluets) * ''Hedysarum'' * ''Hedyscepe'' (umbrella palm) * ''Helenium'' (sneezeweed) * ''Helianthemum'' (
rock rose Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...
) * ''Helianthus'' (sunflower) * ''Helichrysum'' * ''Heliconia'' * ''Helictotrichon'' * ''Heliocereus'' * ''Heliophila'' * ''Heliopsis'' (ox eye) * ''Heliotropium'' (heliotrope) * ''Helleborus'' (hellebore) * ''Heloniopsis'' * ''Hemerocallis'' (daylily) * ''Hemigraphis'' * ''Hepatica'' * ''Heptacodium'' * ''Heracleum (plant), Heracleum'' * ''Herbertia (plant), Herbertia'' * ''Hereroa'' * ''Hermannia'' * ''Hermodactylus'' * ''Hesperaloe'' * ''Hesperantha'' * ''Hesperis'' * ''Hesperocallis'' * ''Heterocentron'' * ''Heterotheca'' * ''Heuchera'' (Heuchera, coral flower) * × Heucherella, × ''Heucherella'' (hybrid genus) * ''Hibbertia'' * ''Hibiscus'' (Hibiscus syriacus, rose of Sharon) * ''Hieracium'' (hawkweed) * ''Himalayacalamus'' * ''Hippeastrum'' (amaryllis) * ''Hippocrepis'' * ''Hippophae'' * ''Hohenbergia'' * ''Hohenbergiopsis'' * ''Hoheria'' * ''Holboellia'' * ''Holcus'' * ''Holmskioldia'' * ''Holodiscus'' * ''Homalocladium'' (ribbon bush) * ''Homeria'' * ''Hoodia'' * ''Hordeum'' (barley) * ''Horminum'' * ''Hosta'' (plantain lily) * ''Hottonia'' * ''Houttuynia'' * ''Hovea'' * ''Hovenia'' * ''Howea'' (Howea belmoreana, sentry palm) * ''Hoya (plant), Hoya'' (wax flower) * ''Huernia'' * ''Humulus'' (hops) * ''Hunnemannia'' * ''Huntleya'' an orchid genus * ''Hyacinthella'' * ''Hyacinthoides'' * ''hyacinth (plant), Hyacinthus'' (hyacinth (plant), hyacinth) * ''Hydrangea'' * ''Hydrastis'' (goldenseal) * ''Hydrocharis'' (frogbit) * ''Hydrocleys'' * ''Hydrocotyle'' (Hydrocotyle umbellata, pennywort) * ''Hygrophila (plant), Hygrophila'' * ''Hylocereus'' * ''Hylomecon'' * ''Hymenocallis'' * ''Hymenosporum'' * ''Hyophorbe'' (bottle palm) * ''Hyoscyamus'' (henbane) * ''Hypericum'' (St. John's wort, Hypericum calycinum, rose of Sharon) * ''Hyphaene'' (doum palm) * ''Hypocalymma'' * ''Hypoestes'' * ''Hypoxis'' (starflower) * ''Hypsela (plant), Hypsela'' * ''Hyssopus (plant), Hyssopus'' (hyssop)


I

* ''Iberis'' (candytuft) * ''Ibervillea'' * ''Idesia polycarpa, Idesia'' * ''Ilex'' (holly) * ''Illicium'' * ''Impatiens'' (Impatiens, balsam) * ''Imperata'' * ''Incarvillea'' * ''Indigofera'' * ''Inula'' * ''Iochroma'' * ''Ipheion'' * ''Ipomoea'' (morning glory) * ''Ipomopsis'' * ''Iresine'' * ''Iris (plant), Iris'' * ''Isatis'' * ''Isoplexis'' * ''Isopyrum'' * ''Itea (plant), Itea'' * ''Ixia'' (corn lily) * ''Ixiolirion'' * ''Ixora''


J

* ''Jaborosa'' * ''Jacaranda'' * ''Jacquemontia'' * ''Jamesia'' * ''Jasione'' * ''Jasminum'' (jasmine, jessamine) * ''Jatropha'' * ''Jeffersonia'' * ''Jovellana'' * ''Jovibarba'' * ''Juanulloa'' * ''Jubaea'' (Chilean wine palm) * ''walnut, Juglans'' (walnut) * ''Juncus'' (Juncaceae, rush) * ''Juniperus'' (juniper) * ''Justicia (plant), Justicia''


K

* ''Kadsura'' * ''Kaempferia'' * ''Kalanchoe'' * ''Kalimeris'' * ''Kalmia'' (mountain laurel) * ''Kalmiopsis'' * ''Kalopanax'' * ''Kelseya'' * ''Kerria (plant), Kerria'' * ''Kigelia'' (Kigelia, sausage tree) * ''Kirengeshoma'' * ''Kitaibela'' * ''Kleinia'' * ''Knautia'' * ''Knightia (plant), Knightia'' * ''Kniphofia'' * ''Koeleria'' (junegrass) * ''Koelreuteria'' (golden rain tree) * ''Kohleria'' * ''Kolkwitzia'' (beautybush) * ''Kosteletzkya'' * ''Kunzea''


L

* ''Lablab'' * ''Laburnocytisus'' * ''Laburnum'' (laburnum) * ''Laccospadix'' * ''Lachenalia'' (Cape cowslip) * ''Laelia'' (an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * × Laeliocattleya, × ''Laeliocattleya'' (hybrid orchid genus) * ''Lagarosiphon'' * ''Lagenophora'' * ''Lagerstroemia'' * ''Lagunaria'' * ''Lagurus (plant), Lagurus'' * ''Lamarckia'' * ''Lambertia'' * ''Lamium'' (deadnettle) * ''Lampranthus'' * ''Lantana'' (shrub verbena) * ''Lapageria'' * ''Lardizabala'' * ''Larix'' (larch) * ''Larrea'' (creosote bush) * ''Latania'' (Latan palm) * ''Lathraea'' * ''Lathyrus'' * ''Laurelia'' * ''Laurus'' * ''Lavandula'' (lavender) * ''Lavatera'' (Lavatera, mallow) * ''Lawsonia (plant), Lawsonia'' * ''Layia'' * ''Ledebouria'' * ''Ledodendron'' (hybrid genus) * ''Ledum'' * ''Leea'' * ''Legousia'' * ''Leiophyllum'' * ''Leipoldtia'' * ''Leitneria'' * ''Lemboglossum'' * ''Lenophyllum'' * ''Leonotis'' * ''Leontice'' * ''Leontopodium'' (edelweiss) * ''Lepidozamia'' * ''Leptinella'' * ''Lechenaultia'' * ''
Lespedeza ''Lespedeza'' is a genus of some 40 species (including nothospecies) of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae), commonly known as bush clovers or (particularly East Asian species) Japanese clovers (''hagi''). The genus is native to warm te ...
'' (bush clover) * ''Leucadendron'' * ''Leucanthemella'' * ''Leucanthemopsis'' * ''Leucanthemum'' * ''Leuchtenbergia'' * ''Leucocoryne'' * ''Leucogenes'' * ''Leucojum'' (Snowflake (plant), snowflake) * ''Leucophyllum'' * ''Leucophyta'' * ''Leucopogon'' * ''Leucoraoulia'' (hybrid genus) * ''Leucospermum'' (pincushion) * ''Leucothoe (plant), Leucothoe'' * ''Lewisia'' * ''Leycesteria'' * ''Leymus'' * ''Liatris'' * ''Libertia'' * ''Libocedrus'' * ''Ligularia'' * ''Ligustrum'' (privet) * ''Lilium'' (lily) * ''Limnanthes'' * ''Limnocharis'' * ''Limonium'' (sea lavender) * ''Linanthus'' * ''Linaria'' (toadflax) * ''Lindelofia'' * ''Lindera'' * ''Lindheimera'' (star daisy) * ''Linnaea'' (twinflower) * ''Linospadix'' * ''Linum'' (flax) * ''Liquidambar'' (sweetgum) * ''Liriodendron'' (tulip tree) * ''Liriope (plant), Liriope'' (lilyturf) * ''Lithocarpus'' * ''Lithodora'' * ''Lithophragma'' * ''Lithops'' * ''Littonia'' * ''Livistona'' * ''Loasa'' * ''Lobelia'' * ''Lobularia (plant), Lobularia'' (sweet alyssum) * ''Lodoicea'' (coco de mer) * ''Loiseleuria'' * ''Lomandra'' (mat rush) * ''Lomatia'' * ''Lomatium'' * ''Lomatophyllum'' * ''Lonicera'' (honeysuckle) * ''Lopezia'' * ''Lophomyrtus'' * ''Lophospermum'' * ''Lophostemon'' * ''Loropetalum'' * ''Lotus (genus), Lotus'' * ''Luculia'' * ''Ludwigia (plant), Ludwigia'' * ''Luma (plant), Luma'' * ''Lunaria'' * ''Lupinus'' (lupin) * ''Luzula'' (woodrush) * ''Lycaste'' (an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Lychnis'' (campion) * ''Lycium'' * ''Lycopodium'' (club moss) * ''Lycoris (plant), Lycoris'' * ''Lygodium'' (climbing fern) * ''Lyonia (plant), Lyonia'' * ''Lyonothamnus'' * ''Lysichiton'' (yellow skunk cabbage) * ''Lysiloma'' * ''Lysimachia'' * ''Lythrum'' (loosestrife)


M

* ''Maackia'' * ''Macfadyena'' * ''Machaeranthera'' * ''Mackaya'' * ''Macleania'' * ''Macleaya'' * ''Maclura'' * ''Macropidia'' * ''Macrozamia'' * ''Magnolia'' * ''Mahonia'' * ''Maianthemum'' (May lily) * ''Maihuenia'' * ''Malcolmia'' * ''Malephora'' * ''Malope'' * ''Malpighia'' * ''Malus'' (apple, crabapple) * ''Malva'' (Malva, mallow) * ''Malvastrum'' * ''Malvaviscus'' * ''Mammillaria'' * ''Mandevilla'' * ''Mandragora (genus), Mandragora'' (mandrake) * ''Manettia'' * ''Manglietia'' * ''Maranta (plant), Maranta'' * ''Margyricarpus'' * ''Marrubium'' (horehound) * ''Marsilea'' (pepperwort) * ''Masdevallia'' (an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Matteuccia'' * ''Matthiola'' (Matthiola, stock) * ''Maurandella'' * ''Maurandya'' * ''Maxillaria'' (an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Maytenus'' * ''Mazus'' * ''Meconopsis'' * ''Medicago'' (alfalfa) * ''Medinilla'' * ''Meehania'' * ''Megacodon'' * ''Megaskepasma'' * ''Melaleuca'' (paperbark) * ''Melasphaerula'' * ''Melastoma'' * ''Chinaberry, Melia'' * ''Melianthus'' * ''Melica'' (melic) * ''Melicytus'' * ''Melinis'' * ''Meliosma'' * ''Melissa (plant), Melissa'' (Melissa (plant), balm) * ''Melittis'' (Melittis, bastard balm) * ''Melocactus'' * ''Menispermum'' (moonseed) * ''Mentha'' (mint) * ''Mentzelia'' (starflower) * ''Menyanthes'' * ''Menziesia'' * ''Merendera'' * ''Merremia'' * ''Mertensia'' * ''Mespilus'' * ''Metasequoia'' (dawn redwood) * ''Metrosideros'' * ''Meum'' * ''Mexicoa'' * ''Michauxia'' * ''Michelia'' * ''Microbiota (plant), Microbiota'' * ''Microcachrys'' * ''Microlepia'' * ''Micromeria'' * ''Mikania'' * ''Milium (plant), Milium'' * ''Milla'' * ''Millettia'' * ''Miltonia'' (an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Miltoniopsis'' (pansy orchid) * ''Mimetes'' * ''Mimosa'' (mimosa, or sensitive plant) * ''Mimulus'' (monkey flower) * ''Mirabilis (plant), Mirabilis'' * ''Miscanthus'' * ''Mitchella'' (Mitchella, partridge berry) * ''Mitella'' * ''Mitraria'' * ''Molinia'' * ''Moltkia (plant), Moltkia'' * ''Moluccella'' * ''Monadenium'' * ''Monanthes'' * ''Monarda'' (bee balm) * ''Monardella'' * ''Monstera'' * ''Moraea'' * ''Morina'' * ''Morisia'' * ''Morus (plant), Morus'' (mulberry) * ''Mucuna'' * ''Muehlenbeckia'' * ''Mukdenia'' * ''Musa (Musaceae), Musa'' (banana, Plantain (true), plantain) * ''Muscari'' (grape hyacinth) * ''Mussaenda'' * ''Mutisia'' * ''Myoporum'' * ''Myosotidium'' * ''Myosotis'' (forget-me-not) * ''Myrica'' * ''Myriophyllum'' (Myriophyllum, milfoil) * ''Myrrhis'' (Cicely, sweet cicely) * ''Myrsine'' * ''Myrteola'' * ''Myrtillocactus'' * ''Myrtus'' (myrtle)


N

* ''Nandina'' (heavenly bamboo) * ''Narcissus (plant), Narcissus'' (daffodil) * ''Nasturtium (crucifer), Nasturtium'' (watercress) * ''Nautilocalyx'' * ''Nectaroscordum'' * ''Neillia'' * ''Nelumbo'' (lotus) * ''Nematanthus'' * ''Nemesia (plant), Nemesia'' * ''Nemopanthus'' (Nemopanthus, mountain holly) * ''Nemophila'' * ''Neobuxbaumia'' * ''Neolitsea'' * ''Neolloydia'' * ''Neomarica'' * ''Eriosyce, Neoporteria'' * ''Neoregelia'' * ''Nepenthes'' (pitcher plant) * ''Nepeta'' (catmint) * ''Nephrolepis'' * ''Nerine'' * ''Nerium'' (oleander) * ''Nertera'' * ''Nicandra'' * ''Nicotiana'' (tobacco) * ''Nidularium'' * ''Nierembergia'' * ''Nigella'' * ''Nipponanthemum'' * ''Nolana'' * ''Nomocharis'' * ''Nopalxochia'' * ''Nothofagus'' (southern beech) * ''Notholirion'' * ''Nothoscordum'' (false garlic) * ''Notospartium'' * ''Nuphar'' (spatterdock) * ''Nymania'' * ''Nymphaea'' (Nymphaeaceae, waterlily) * ''Nymphoides'' (floating heart) * ''tupelo, Nyssa'' (tupelo)


O

* ''Obregonia'' * ''Ochagavia'' * ''Ochna'' * ''Ocimum'' * × Odontioda, × ''Odontioda'' (hybrid orchid genus) * × Odontocidium, × ''Odontocidium'' (hybrid orchid genus) * ''Odontoglossum'' (an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Odontonema'' * × Odontonia, × ''Odontonia'' (hybrid orchid genus) * ''Oemleria'' * ''Oenanthe (plant), Oenanthe'' (water dropwort) * ''Oenothera'' (evening primrose, sundrops) * ''Olea'' (olive) * ''Olearia'' (Olearia, daisy bush) * ''Olneya'' * ''Olsynium'' * ''Omphalodes'' (navelwort) * ''Omphalogramma'' * ''Oncidium'' (an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Onoclea'' * ''Ononis'' (restharrow) * ''Onopordum'' * ''Onosma'' * ''Oophytum'' * ''Ophiopogon'' (lilyturf) * ''Ophrys'' (an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Oplismenus'' * ''Opuntia'' (opuntia, prickly pears, Cylindropuntia, chollas and many other cactus species) * ''Orbea (plant), Orbea'' * ''Orbeopsis'' * ''Orchis'' (an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Oreocereus'' * ''Origanum'' (marjoram, oregano) * ''Orixa (plant), Orixa'' * ''Ornithogalum'' * ''Orontium'' (golden club) * ''Orostachys'' * ''Oroya'' * ''Ortegocactus'' * ''Orthophytum'' * ''Orthrosanthus'' * ''Orychophragmus'' * ''Oryza'' (rice) * ''Osbeckia'' * ''Osmanthus'' * ''Osmunda'' (royal fern) * ''Osteomeles'' * ''Osteospermum'' * ''Ostrowskia'' (giant bellflower) * ''Ostrya'' * ''Othonna'' * ''Ourisia'' * ''Oxalis'' (shamrock, sorrel) * ''Oxydendrum'' * ''Oxypetalum'' * ''Ozothamnus''


P

* ''Pachistima'' * ''Pachycereus'' * ''Pachycormus (plant), Pachycormus'' * ''Pachycymbium'' * ''Pachyphragma'' * ''Pachyphytum'' * ''Pachypodium'' * ''Pachysandra'' * ''Pachystachys'' * ''Pachystegia'' * ''Pachystima'' * ''Pachyveria'' (hybrid genus) * ''peony, Paeonia'' (peony) * ''Paliurus'' * ''Pamianthe'' * ''Panax'' (ginseng) * ''Pancratium (plant), Pancratium'' (Pancratium maritimum, sea lily) * ''Pandanus'' (screw pine) * ''Pandorea'' * ''Panicum'' * ''Pansy '' * ''Papaver'' (poppy) * ''Paphiopedilum'' (slipper orchid) * ''Paradisea'' (paradise lily) * ''Parahebe'' * ''Paraquilegia'' * ''Parkinsonia'' * ''Parnassia'' * ''Parochetus'' * ''Parodia'' * ''Paronychia (plant), Paronychia'' * ''Parrotia'' * ''Parrotiopsis'' * ''Parthenocissus'' * ''Passiflora'' (granadilla, passionflower) * ''Patersonia'' * ''Patrinia'' * ''Paulownia'' * ''Paurotis palm, Paurotis'' * ''Pavonia (plant), Pavonia'' * ''Pedilanthus'' * ''Pediocactus'' * ''Pelargonium'' (geranium) * ''Pellaea (plant), Pellaea'' * ''Peltandra'' (arrow arum) * ''Peltoboykinia'' * ''Peltophorum'' * ''Peniocereus'' * ''Pennisetum'' * ''Penstemon'' * ''Pentachondra'' * ''Pentaglottis'' * ''Pentas'' * ''Peperomia'' * ''Peraphyllum'' * ''Pereskia'' * ''Perezia (plant), Perezia'' * ''Pericallis'' * ''Perilla'' * ''Periploca (plant), Periploca'' * ''Salvia subg. Perovskia, Perovskia'' (now included in ''Salvia'') * ''Gaultheria, Pernettya'' (now included in ''Gaultheria'') * ''Persea'' * ''Persicaria'' (fleeceflower, knotweed) * ''Petasites'' (butterbur, sweet coltsfoot) * ''Petrea'' * ''Petrocosmea'' * ''Petrophile'' * ''Petrophytum'' * ''Petrorhagia'' * ''Petroselinum'' (parsley) * ''Petteria'' * ''Petunia'' * ''Phacelia'' * ''Phaedranassa'' (queen lily) * ''Phaius'' (an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Phalaenopsis'' (moth orchid) * ''Phalaris'' * ''Phebalium'' * ''Phegopteris'' (beech fern) * ''Phellodendron'' (Phellodendron, cork tree) * ''Philadelphus'' (mock orange) * ''Philageria'' (hybrid genus) * ''Philesia'' * ''Phillyrea'' * ''Philodendron'' * ''Phlebodium'' * ''Phlomis'' * ''Phlox'' * ''Phoenix (plant), Phoenix'' (date palm) * ''Phormium'' * ''Photinia'' * ''Phragmipedium'' (an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Phragmites'' (reed) * ''Phuopsis'' * ''Phygelius'' * ''Phylica'' (Cape myrtle) * × Phylliopsis, × ''Phylliopsis'' (hybrid genus) * ''Phyllocladus'' (toatoa) * ''Phyllodoce (plant), Phyllodoce'' * ''Phyllostachys'' * ''Phyllothamnus'' (hybrid genus) * ''Physalis'' (ground cherry) * ''Physaria'' (Lesquerella, bladderpod) * ''Physocarpus'' * ''Physoplexis'' * ''Physostegia'' * ''Phyteuma'' * ''Phytolacca'' (pokeweed) * ''Picea'' (spruce) * ''Picrasma'' * ''Pieris (plant), Pieris'' * ''Pilea'' * ''Pileostegia'' * ''Pilosella'' * ''Pilosocereus'' * ''Pimelea'' * ''Pimpinella'' * ''Pinanga'' * ''Pinckneya'' * ''Pinellia'' * ''Pinguicula'' (butterwort) * ''Pinus'' (pine) * ''Piper (plant), Piper'' (pepper) * ''Piptanthus'' * ''Pisonia'' * ''Pistacia'' (pistachio) * ''Pistia'' * ''Pitcairnia'' * ''Pithecellobium'' * ''Pittosporum'' * ''Pityrogramma'' * ''Plantago'' (Plantain (cooking), plantain) * ''Platanus'' (plane tree, sycamore) * ''Platycarya'' * ''Platycerium'' (staghorn fern) * ''Platycladus'' (Chinese arborvitae) * ''Platycodon'' (balloon flower) * ''Platystemon'' (Platystemon, creamcups) * ''Plectranthus'' an orchid genus * ''Pleioblastus'' * ''Pleione (plant), Pleione'' (an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Pleiospilos'' (Pleiospilos nelii, living granite) * ''Pleurothallis'' (an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Plumeria'' (frangipani) * ''Poa'' * ''Podalyria'' * ''Podocarpus'' * ''Podophyllum'' (mayapple) * ''Podranea'' * ''Polemonium'' (Polemonium, jacob's ladder, abscess root) * ''Polianthes'' * ''Poliothyrsis'' * ''Polygala'' (milkwort, seneca (plant), seneca, snakeroot) * ''Polygonatum'' * ''Polygonum'' (knotweed, knotgrass) * ''Polypodium'' * ''Polyscias'' * ''Polystichum'' * ''Poncirus'' * ''Pongamia'' * ''Pontederia'' (pickerel weed) * ''Populus'' (aspen, Populus, poplar, Populus sect. Aegiros, cottonwood) * ''Porana'' * ''Portea'' * ''Portulaca'' (purslane, Moss-rose Purslane, moss rose) * ''Portulacaria'' * ''Posoqueria'' * ''Potamogeton'' * ''Potentilla'' (cinquefoil) * ''Pothos (plant), Pothos'' * × Potinara, × ''Potinara'' (hybrid orchid genus) * ''Pratia'' * ''Primula'' (Primula, primrose) * ''Prinsepia'' * ''Pritchardia'' * ''Proboscidea (plant), Proboscidea'' (unicorn plant) * ''Promenaea'' an orchid genus * ''Prosopis'' (mesquite) * ''Prostanthera'' (mint bush) * ''Protea'' * ''Prumnopitys'' * ''Prunella (plant), Prunella'' (self-heal) * ''Prunus'' (almond, apricot, cherry, peach, plum) * ''Pseuderanthemum'' * ''Pseudocydonia'' * ''Pseudolarix'' (Pseudolarix amabilis, golden-larch) * ''Pseudopanax'' * ''Pseudosasa'' * ''Pseudotsuga'' (douglas-fir) * ''Pseudowintera'' * ''Psilotum'' * ''Psychopsis'' (butterfly orchid) * ''Psylliostachys'' (statice) * ''Ptelea'' * ''Pteris'' (brake (fern), brake, table fern) * ''Pterocactus'' * ''Pterocarya'' (wingnut) * ''Pteroceltis'' * ''Pterocephalus'' * ''Pterodiscus (plant), Pterodiscus'' * ''Pterostyrax'' * ''Ptilotus'' * ''Ptychosperma'' * ''Pueraria'' * ''Pulmonaria'' (lungwort) * ''Pulsatilla'' * ''Pultenaea'' * ''Punica'' (pomegranate) * ''Purshia'' * ''Puschkinia'' * ''Putoria'' * ''Puya (plant), Puya'' * ''Pycnanthemum'' * ''Pycnostachys'' * ''Pyracantha'' (firethorn) * ''Pyrola'' (wintergreen) * ''Pyrostegia'' * ''Pyrrosia'' * ''Pyrus'' (pear)


Q

* ''Quamoclit'' * ''Quaqua'' * ''Quercus'' (oak) * ''Quesnelia'' * ''Quisqualis'' * ''Quince''


R

* ''Ramonda (plant), Ramonda'' * ''Ranunculus'' (buttercup, crowfoot (plant), crowfoot) * ''Ranzania (plant), Ranzania'' * ''Raoulia'' * ''Raphia (palm), Raphia'' (raffia) * ''Ratibida'' * ''Ravenala'' (traveler's tree) * ''Rebutia'' * ''Rehderodendron'' * ''Rehmannia'' * ''Reineckea'' * ''Reinwardtia'' * ''Reseda (plant), Reseda'' (Mignonette) * ''Retama'' * ''Rhamnus (plant), Rhamnus'' * ''Rhaphidophora'' * ''Rhaphiolepis'' * ''Rhapidophyllum'' (needle palm) * ''Rhapis'' (lady palm) * ''Rheum (plant), Rheum'' (rhubarb) * ''Rhexia'' * ''Rhipsalis'' * ''Rhodanthe'' (strawflower) * ''Rhodanthemum'' * ''Rhodiola'' * ''Rhodochiton'' * ''Rhododendron'' * ''Rhodohypoxis'' * ''Rhodophiala'' * ''Rhodothamnus'' * ''Rhodotypos'' * ''Rhoeo'' * ''Rhoicissus'' * ''Rhombophyllum'' * ''Rhus'' (sumac) * ''Rhynchelytrum'' * ''Rhynchostylis'' (an
orchid 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 ...
genus) * ''Ribes'' (Ribes, currant) * ''Richea'' * ''Ricinus'' (castor-oil plant) * ''Rigidella'' * ''Robinia'' * ''Rodgersia'' * ''Rodriguezia'' an orchid genus * ''Rohdea'' * ''Romanzoffia'' * ''Matilija poppy, Romneya'' (Matilija poppy, tree poppy) * ''Romulea'' * ''Rondeletia (plant), Rondeletia'' * ''Rosa'' (rose) * ''Roscoea'' * ''Rosmarinus'' (rosemary) * ''Rossioglossum'' an orchid genus * ''Rothmannia'' * ''Roystonea'' (royal palm) * ''Rubus'' (raspberry) * ''Rudbeckia'' (coneflower) * ''Ruellia'' * ''Rumex'' (dock (plant), dock) * ''Rumohra'' * ''Rupicapnos'' * ''Ruschia'' * ''Ruscus'' * ''Russelia'' * ''Ruta'' (rue)


S

* ''Sabal'' (Sabal palmetto, palmetto) * ''Saccharum'' (plume grass, sugar cane) * ''Sadleria'' * ''Sagina'' (pearlwort) * ''Sagittaria'' (arrowhead) * ''Salix'' (willow) * ''Salpiglossis'' * ''Salvia'' (Salvia, sage) * ''Salvinia'' * ''Sambucus'' (elderberry, elder) * ''Sanchezia'' * ''Sandersonia'' * ''Sanguinaria'' (bloodroot) * ''Sanguisorba'' (burnet) * ''Sanicula'' * ''Sansevieria'' * ''Santolina'' * ''Sanvitalia'' (creeping zinnia) * ''Sapindus'' * ''Sapium'' (tallow tree) * ''Saponaria'' (soapwort) * ''Sarcocapnos'' * ''Sarcocaulon'' * ''Sarcococca'' * ''Saritaea'', see ''
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'' * ''Sarmienta'' * ''Sarracenia'' (pitcher plant) * ''Sasa (plant), Sasa'' * ''Sassafras'' * ''Satureja'' (Satureja, savory) * ''Sauromatum'' * ''Saxegothaea'' * ''Saxifraga'' (saxifrage) * ''Scabiosa'' (scabious plant) * ''Scadoxus'' (blood lily) * ''Scaevola (plant), Scaevola'' * ''Schefflera'' * ''Schima'' * ''Schinus'' * ''Schisandra'' * ''Schizachyrium'' * ''Schizanthus'' * ''Schizopetalon'' * ''Schizophragma'' * ''Schizostylis'' * ''Schlumbergera'' * ''Schoenoplectus'' * ''Schomburgkia'' an orchid genus * ''Schotia'' * ''Schwantesia'' * ''Sciadopitys'' * ''Scilla'' (including the former genus ''Scilla sect. Chionodoxa, Chionodoxa'') * ''Scindapsus'' * ''Scirpoides'' * ''Sclerocactus'' * ''Scoliopus'' * ''Scopolia'' * ''Scrophularia'' (figwort) * ''Scutellaria'' * ''Securinega'' * ''Sedum'' (stonecrop) * ''Selaginella'' * ''Selago'' * ''Selenicereus'' * ''Selinum'' * ''Semele'' * ''Semiaquilegia'' * ''Semiarundinaria'' * ''Sempervivum'' (hens and chicks) * ''Senecio'' (ragwort) * ''Senna (herb), Senna'' * ''Sequoia (genus), Sequoia'' (coast redwood) * ''Sequoiadendron'' (giant sequoia) * ''Seriphidium'' * ''Serissa'' * ''Serruria'' * ''Sesbania'' * ''Sesleria'' * ''Setaria'' * ''Shepherdia'' * ''Shibataea'' * ''Shortia'' * ''Sibiraea'' * ''Sidalcea'' * ''Sideritis'' * ''Silene'' (campion) * ''Silphium (genus), Silphium'' * ''Silybum'' * ''Simmondsia'' (jojoba) * ''Sinningia'' * ''Sinofranchetia'' * ''Sinojackia'' * ''Sinowilsonia'' * ''Sisyrinchium'' * ''Skimmia'' * ''Smilacina'' * ''Smilax'' * ''Smithiantha'' * ''Smyrnium'' * ''Sobralia'' an orchid genus * ''Solandra'' * ''Solanum'' (potato, nightshade) * ''Soldanella'' (snowbell) * ''Soleirolia'' * ''Solenopsis (plant), Solenopsis'' * ''Solenostemon'' * ''Solidago'' (goldenrod) * ''Solidaster'' (supposedly hybrid genus; see ''Solidago'') * ''Sollya'' * ''Sonerila'' * ''Sophora'' * × Sophrolaeliocattleya, × ''Sophrolaeliocattleya'' (trigeneric hybrid orchid) * ''Sophronitis'' (an
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genus) * ''Sorbaria'' * ''Sorbus'' (rowan, whitebeam) * ''Sorghastrum'' * ''Sparaxis'' * ''Sparganium'' (bur-reed) * ''Sparrmannia'' * ''Spartina'' (cord grass) * ''Spartium'' (broom (shrub), broom) * ''Spathiphyllum'' * ''Spathodea'' * ''Sphaeralcea'' * ''Spigelia'' * ''Spiraea'' (spirea) * ''Sprianthes'' (an
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genus) * ''Sporobolus'' * ''Sprekelia'' * ''Stachys'' (betony) * ''Stachyurus'' * ''Stangeria'' * ''Stanhopea'' (an
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genus) * ''Stapelia'' * ''Stapelianthus'' * ''Staphylea'' (Staphylea, bladdernut) * ''Stauntonia'' * ''Stenanthium'' * ''Stenocactus'' * ''Stenocarpus'' * ''Stenocereus'' * ''Stenomesson'' * ''Stenotaphrum'' * ''Stenotus (plant), Stenotus'' * ''Stephanandra'' * ''Stephanocereus'' * ''Stephanotis'' * ''Sternbergia'' * ''Stigmaphyllon'' * ''Stipa'' * ''Stokesia (plant), Stokesia'' * ''Stomatium'' * ''Stratiotes'' * ''Strelitzia'' (Strelitzia reginae, bird of paradise) * ''Streptocarpus'' (Cape primrose) * ''Streptosolen'' * ''Strobilanthes'' * ''Stromanthe'' * ''Strombocactus'' * ''Strongylodon'' * ''Stewartia, Stuartia'' * ''Triggerplant, Stylidium'' * ''Stylophorum'' * ''Styphelia'' * ''Styrax'' * ''Succisa'' * ''Sulcorebutia'' * ''Sutera'' * ''Sutherlandia'' * ''Swainsona'' * ''Swainsonia'' * ''Syagrus (plant), Syagrus'' * ''Sycoparrotia'' (hybrid genus) * ''Sycopsis'' * ''Symphoricarpos'' (snowberry) * ''Symphyandra'' * ''Symphytum'' (comfrey) * ''Symplocos'' * ''Synadenium'' * ''Syneilesis'' * ''Syngonium'' * ''Synthyris'' * ''Syringa'' (lilac) * ''Syzygium'' (Syzygium jambos, rose apple)


T

* ''Tabebuia'' * ''Tabernaemontana'' * ''Tacca'' * ''Tagetes'' (tagetes, Mexican or French marigold) * ''Talinum'' (fameflower) * ''Tamarix'' (tamarisk) * ''Tanacetum'' (tansy) * ''Tanakaea'' * ''Tapeinochilos'' * ''Taxodium'' (bald cypress) * ''Taxus'' (yew) * ''Tecoma (plant), Tecoma'' * ''Tecomanthe'' * ''Tecomaria'' * ''Tecophilaea'' * ''Telekia'' * ''Telephium'' * ''Tellima'' * ''Telopea (plant), Telopea'' (waratah) * ''Templetonia'' * ''Terminalia (plant), Terminalia'' * ''Ternstroemia'' * ''Tetracentron'' * ''Tetradium'' (bee tree) * ''Tetranema'' * ''Tetraneuris'' * ''Tetrapanax'' * ''Tetrastigma'' * ''Tetratheca'' * ''Teucrium'' * ''Thalia (plant), Thalia'' * ''Thalictrum'' * ''Thelesperma'' * ''Thelocactus'' * ''Thelypteris'' * ''Thermopsis'' * ''Thespesia'' * ''Thevetia'' * ''Thlaspi'' * ''Thrinax'' (thatch palm) * ''Thryptomene'' (heath myrtle) * ''Thuja'' (thuja, arborvitae) * ''Thujopsis'' (Thujopsis, hiba) * ''Thunbergia'' * ''Thymophylla'' * ''thyme, Thymus'' (thyme) * ''Tiarella'' * ''Tibouchina'' * ''Tigridia'' * ''Tilia'' (linden) * ''Tillandsia'' (air plant, Spanish moss) * ''Tipuana'' * ''Titanopsis'' * ''Tithonia'' (Mexican sunflower) * ''Todea'' * ''Tolmiea'' * ''Tolpis'' * ''Toona'' * ''Torenia'' * ''Torreya'' (nutmeg yew) * ''Tovara'' * ''Townsendia (plant), Townsendia'' * ''Trachelium (plant), Trachelium'' ** ''Trachelium caeruleum'' (blue throatwort) * ''Trachelospermum'' * ''Trachycarpus'' (chusan palm) * ''Trachymene'' * ''Tradescantia'' (spiderwort) * ''Trapa'' (water caltrop) * ''Trichodiadema'' * ''Trichosanthes'' * ''Tricyrtis'' (toad lily) * ''Trientalis'' * ''Trifolium'' (clover) * ''Trillium'' * ''Tripetaleia'' * ''Tripterygium'' * ''Triteleia'' (triplet lily) * ''Tritonia (plant), Tritonia'' * ''Trochodendron'' * ''Trollius'' (globeflower) * ''Tropaeolum'' (nasturtium (popular name), nasturtium) * ''Tsuga'' (hemlock) * ''Tsusiophyllum'' * ''Tuberaria'' * ''Tulbaghia'' * ''Tulipa'' (tulip) * ''Tweedia'' * ''Tylecodon'' * ''Typha'' (cattail)


U

* ''Uebelmannia'' * ''Ugni'' * ''Ulex'' (gorse) * ''Ulmus'' (elm) * ''Umbellularia'' * ''Uncinia'' * ''Uniola'' * ''Urceolina'' * ''Urginea'' * ''Ursinia'' * ''Utricularia'' (bladderwort) * ''Uvularia'' (merrybells, bellwort)


V

* ''Valeriana'' (garden valerian) * ''Vallea'' * ''Vancouveria'' * ''Vanda'' (an
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genus) * ''Vanilla'' an orchid genus * ''Veitchia'' * ''Vellozia'' * ''Veltheimia'' * ''Veratrum'' * ''Verbascum'' (mullein) * ''Verbena'' * ''Vernonia'' (ironweed) * ''Veronica (plant), Veronica'' (speedwell) * ''Veronicastrum'' * ''Verticordia'' * ''Vestia (plant), Vestia'' * ''Viburnum'' * ''Victoria (plant), Victoria'' (giant waterlily) * ''Vigna'' (cowpea and various beans) * ''Viguiera'' * ''Vinca'' (Vinca, periwinkle) * ''Viola (plant), Viola'' (Pansy violet, pansy, violet) * ''Virgilia (plant), Virgilia'' * ''Viscaria'' * ''Vitaliana'' * ''Vitex'' * ''Vitis'' (grape) * ''Vriesea''


W

* ''Wachendorfia'' * ''Wahlenbergia'' * ''Waldsteinia'' * ''Washingtonia'' * ''Watsonia (plant), Watsonia'' * ''Weberocereus'' * ''Wedelia'' * ''Weigela'' * ''Weingartia'' * ''Weldenia'' * ''Welwitschia'' * ''Westringia'' * ''Widdringtonia'' * ''Wigandia'' * ''Parodia, Wigginsia'' * ''Wikstroemia'' * ''Wilsonaria'' (hybrid orchid genus) * ''Wisteria'' * ''Wittrockia'' * ''Wolffia'' * ''Woodsia'' * ''Woodwardia'' (chain fern) * ''Worsleya'' * ''Wulfenia''


X

* ''Xanthoceras'' * ''Xanthorhiza'' * ''Xanthosoma'' * ''Xeranthemum'' * ''Xerophyllum (plant), Xerophyllum'' * ''Xylosma''


Y

* ''Yucca'' * ''Yushania''


Z

* ''Zaluzianskya'' * ''Zamia'' * ''Zamioculcas'' * ''Zantedeschia'' (Zantedeschia aethiopica, calla lily) * ''Zanthoxylum'' * ''Zauschneria'' * ''Zea (plant), Zea'' (maize) * ''Zelkova'' * ''Zenobia (plant), Zenobia'' * ''Zephyranthes'' * ''Zigadenus'' * ''Zinnia'' * ''Zizania'' (wild rice) * ''Zygopetalum'' (an
orchid 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 ...
genus) {{div col end


See also

* List of culinary fruits * List of foods * List of vegetables * List of leaf vegetables * Lists of plants Lists of plants, Garden Garden plants, Gardening lists, Plants bg:Цвете