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Abeliophyllum ''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'' , endemic to Kore ...
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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'' , endemic to Korea ...
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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 re ...
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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 fast ...
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Abromeitiella ''Deuterocohnia'' is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Pitcairnioideae, endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other ...
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sand verbena ''Abronia'', the sand-verbenas or wild lantanas, is a genus of about 20 species of annual or perennial herbaceous plants in the family Nyctaginaceae. Despite the common names, they are not related to ''Verbena'' ( vervains) or lantanas in th ...
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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 nam ...
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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 fe ...
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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 the ...
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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 tem ...
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Acanthodium ''Acanthodium'' is a genus of moss Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) ''sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which ...
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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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Acanthophoenix ''Acanthophoenix'' is a genus of flowering plants in the palm family from the Mascarene Islands in the Indian Ocean, where they are commonly called palmiste rouge. A genus long in flux, three species are currently recognized, though unsustainab ...
'' * '' Acanthus'' * '' Acca'' * '' Acer'' (maple) * '' Achariaceae'' * '' Achillea'' (
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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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, bu ...
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calamint ''Clinopodium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It is in the tribe Mentheae of the subfamily Nepetoideae, but little else can be said with certainty about its phylogenetic position. The genus name ''Clinopodium'' is ...
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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 ...
'' * '' Acoelorrhaphe'' (saw palm) * ''
Acokanthera ''Acokanthera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family (biology), family Apocynaceae. It comprises 5 species and is generally restricted to Africa, although ''Acokanthera schimperi'' also occurs in Yemen. Its sap contains the deadly cardiot ...
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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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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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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 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 spiny, pin ...
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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 ...
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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 vines in the genus ''Actinidia''. The most common cultivar group of kiwif ...
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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, T ...
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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.Trop ...
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Adenandra ''Adenandra'' is a genus of evergreen shrubs of the family Rutaceae, commonly known as buchu (plural buchus). The genus is native to South Africa. The plants are related to the citrus family, and have oil glands in the leaves which give off a dis ...
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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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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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Adenocarpus ''Adenocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The plants are broom-like shrubs with bright yellow flowers. The genus is native to Macaronesia, Portugal and southern Spain, and ...
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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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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). ...
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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, subtropical plants of the family Crassulaceae. Many species are popular in horticulture. The genus name comes from the ancient Greek αἰώνιος / aiōnios (ageles ...
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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 floweri ...
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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 gro ...
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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 floweri ...
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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 to the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with six spe ...
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Aethionema ''Aethionema'' is a genus of flowering plants within the family Brassicaceae. They are known as stonecresses. Stonecresses originate from sunny limestone mountainsides in Europe and West Asia, especially Turkey. ''Aethionema'' have typically pe ...
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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; * '' Afgeki ...
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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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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 i ...
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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 to Western Australia, growing near the coast in the south west. Description Only one, ''Agonis flexuosa'', grows to tree size; the others generally grow as tall shrubs. '' ...
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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 ''Sempe ...
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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 memb ...
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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-gras ...
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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 R ...
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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 name for species Akebia quinata: . Species There are five species: Hybrids * ''Ak ...
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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 T ...
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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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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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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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Alisma ''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 (biology), genus of herbaceous plants including about 60 species of the Family (biology), family Boraginaceae. Selected species * ''Alkanna amana, A. amana'' Rech.f. * ''Alkanna angustifolia, A. angustifolia' ...
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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, ...
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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, D ...
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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 on ...
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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. ...
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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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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 s ...
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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 gr ...
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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 wi ...
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Aloinopsis ''Aloinopsis'' is a genus of ice plants from South Africa. Description This genus is closely related to the similar '' Titanopsis'', '' Deilanthe'' and '' Nananthus'' genera. ''Aloinopsis'' species have a rather large tuberous root system, and ...
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Alonsoa ''Alonsoa'' (mask flower) is a genus of 12 species of flowering plants in the family (biology), family Scrophulariaceae. The genus includes both herbaceous and shrubby species. The genus is native to Central America, Central and western South Am ...
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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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Aloysia ''Aloysia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are known generally as beebrushes.
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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 shrub ...
'' * '' Alpinia'' (ginger lily) * '' Alsobia'' * ''
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, ...
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Alyogyne ''Alyogyne'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, ...
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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 and perenn ...
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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 ...
'' * '' Amarcrinum'' (hybrid genus) * '' Amarygia'' (hybrid genus) * '' Amaryllis'' * '' Amberboa'' * ''
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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Amesiella ''Amesiella'' is a genus of orchids endemic to the Island of Luzon, in the Philippines. Taxonomy Previously it was believed that the species of this genus belonged to the genus ''Angraecum'' within the subtribe Angraecinae. The genus is ...
'' * '' Amherstia'' * '' Amicia'' * '' Ammi'' * ''
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'' famil ...
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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 ...
'' * '' Amsonia'' * '' Anacampseros'' * '' Anacardium'' * '' Anacyclus'' * ''
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, Pine ...
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pineapple The pineapple (''Ananas comosus'') is a tropical plant with an edible fruit; it is the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae. The pineapple is indigenous to South America, where it has been cultivated for many centuri ...
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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 molecular ...
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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 specie ...
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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 gen ...
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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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Anemonopsis ''Anemonopsis'', the false anemone, is a monotypic genus in the family Ranunculaceae, containing only the species ''Anemonopsis macrophylla'', endemic to Japan's main island of Honshu. The generic name ''Anemonopsis'' refers to it being ' ...
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Angelonia ''Angelonia'' is a genus of about 30 species which occur from Mexico to Argentina and is classified in the Plantaginaceae. They are herbaceous plants occurring mainly in arid and semi-arid habitats. Most ''Angelonia'' species can be found in Nor ...
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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 some ...
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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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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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genus) * '' Angulocaste'' (a hybrid
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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 flow ...
'' * '' Anisacanthus'' * '' Anisodontea'' * ''
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 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 flowers. Mo ...
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Anomatheca ''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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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 ''Anopterus glandulosus'', commonly known as native laurel or Tasmanian laurel, is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Escall ...
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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 Amer ...
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Anthemis ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the 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. ''Anthemis'' are nati ...
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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 Mascaren ...
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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 anthotro ...
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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 cer ...
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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 ...
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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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Antigonon ''Antigonon'' is a genus of flowering plants in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae. It contains three speciesAntirrhinum ''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 t ...
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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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Aphelandra ''Aphelandra'' is a genus of about 170 species of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas. They are evergreen shrubs growing to tall, with opposite, simple leaves long, often with white veins. ...
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Aphyllanthes ''Aphyllanthes'' is a genus of flowering plants with only one species, ''Aphyllanthes monspeliensis'', endemic to the western Mediterranean region. It is the only genus in the Aphyllanthoideae, a subfamily of the family Family (from la, f ...
'' * '' Apium'' * '' Apocynum'' * '' Aponogeton'' * ''
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 ...
'' * '' Apodytes'' * '' Aponogeton'' * ''
Aporocactus ''Aporocactus'' is a genus of cacti in the tribe Hylocereeae native to Mexico. It used to be classified as a subgenus in ''Disocactus ''Disocactus'' is a genus of epiphytic cacti in the tribe Hylocereeae found in Central America, the Carib ...
'' * '' Aporoheliocereus'' (hybrid genus) * '' Aprevalia'' * '' Aptenia'' * '' Aquilegia'' ( columbine) * ''
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, usua ...
'' (rock cress) * '' Arachis'' * '' Arachniodes'' * '' Arachnis'' ( scorpion orchid) (
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Araiostegia '' Davallia'' (deersfoot fern, hare's foot fern, shinobu fern, rabbit foot fern, ball fern) is a genus of about 40 species of fern. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is the only genus in the family Dava ...
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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 specie ...
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Araucaria ''Araucaria'' (; original pronunciation: .ɾawˈka. ɾja is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees in the family Araucariaceae. There are 20 extant species in New Caledonia (where 14 species are endemic, see New Caledonian ''Araucaria ...
'' (monkey-puzzle) * '' Araujia'' * ''
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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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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king palm ''Archontophoenix alexandrae'', commonly known as Alexandra palm, king palm, Northern Bangalow palm, or feather palm, is a palm endemic to Queensland, Australia. It was named in honour of Princess Alexandra of Denmark, but is often erro ...
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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 mecha ...
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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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Arctotheca ''Arctotheca'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the aster family. They are annuals or perennials native to southern Africa. It is becoming an invasive weed in other parts of the world.Adam S., M. Campos, H.D.C. Heron, C. Staines, R. West ...
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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 "Africa ...
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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 ...
'' * '' Argemone'' ( 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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Argyroderma ''Argyroderma'' is a genus consisting of over 50 species of succulents in the iceplant family from South Africa. Description These distinctive plants are among those known as "living stones", because their highly succulent, usually stemless, ...
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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 for ...
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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 - Spai ...
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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 Africa is the world's second-larg ...
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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 clim ...
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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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Arnica ''Arnica'' is a genus of perennial, herbaceous plants in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). The genus name ''Arnica'' may be derived from the Greek '' arni'', "lamb", in reference to the plants' soft, hairy leaves. ''Arnica'' is also known by th ...
'' * '' Aronia'' ( chokeberry) * ''Arrabidaea'', see ''
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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Arrhenatherum ''Arrhenatherum'', commonly called oatgrass or button-grass, is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family. Description Wild forms can resemble wild oat (''Avena'') or fescue (''Festuca''). Oatgrasses are very common pere ...
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Artanema The genus ''Artanema'' is a small group of flowering plant species in the Linderniaceae Linderniaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales, which consists of about 25 genera and 265 species occurring worldwide. '' Vandellia ...
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Artabotrys ''Artabotrys'' is a genus of plants in the Annonaceae family. There are over 100 species in the Old World tropics, with 31 species in Africa. It is part of the custard apple family (Annonaceae). All species are small trees or shrubs with a tenden ...
'' * '' Artemisia'' ( mugwort,
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 al ...
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Arthrocereus ''Arthrocereus'' is a genus of cactus, originating from southern Minas Gerais, Brazil. Species Species in the genus include: References

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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 vegetab ...
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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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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, Chin ...
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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 ...
'' * '' Arundo'' * '' Asarina'' * ''
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 plant, 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 ar ...
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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 hum ...
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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 tempe ...
'' ( asphodel) * '' Aspidistra'' * ''
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 sout ...
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Astilbe ''Astilbe'' is a genus of 18 species of rhizomatous flowering plants within the family Saxifragaceae, native to mountain ravines and woodlands in Asia and North America. Some species are known by the common names false goat's beard and false spi ...
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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 leaf ...
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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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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 Vi ...
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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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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 ...
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Aubrieta ''Aubrieta'' (often misspelled as Aubretia) is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the cabbage family Brassicaceae. The genus is named after Claude Aubriet, a French flower painter. It originates from southern Europe east to centr ...
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Aulax '' Aulax'' is a South African Proteaceae genus of just three species of evergreen shrubs commonly known as "featherbushes". The name ''Aulax'' was named by a botanist named Linnaeus; he named ''Aulax'' after the Greek god Proteus, who is known to ...
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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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Austrocylindropuntia ''Austrocylindropuntia'' is a genus of cacti ( family Cactaceae) with 11 recognized species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversi ...
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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 Oct ...
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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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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
'' * '' Baileya'' * '' Ballota'' * ''
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, ...
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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 ...
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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 grassla ...
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Barleria ''Barleria'' 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 vines ...
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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 metr ...
'' (gold blossom tree) * '' Barnadesia'' * '' Barringtonia'' * ''
Bartlettina ''Bartlettina'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to tropical regions of Mesoamerica and South America.Basselinia'' * '' Bassia'' * ''
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 te ...
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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 J ...
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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 i ...
'' * × ''Beallara'' an orchid hybrid genus * '' Beaucarnea'' * '' Beaufortia'' * '' Beaumontia'' * '' Beccariella'' * '' Bedfordia'' * ''
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 i ...
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Belamcanda ''Iris domestica'', commonly known as leopard lily, blackberry lily, and leopard flower, is an ornamental plant in the family Iridaceae. In 2005, based on molecular DNA sequence evidence, ''Belamcanda chinensis'', the sole species in the genus '' ...
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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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daisy Daisy, Daisies or DAISY may refer to: Plants * ''Bellis perennis'', the common daisy, lawn daisy or English daisy, a European species Other plants known as daisy * Asteraceae, daisy family ** '' Euryops chrysanthemoides'', African bush daisy ** ' ...
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Berberis ''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 Amer ...
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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 an ...
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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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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 ...
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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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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 In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the larg ...
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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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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'' cont ...
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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 crev ...
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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 nomen ...
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Bikkia ''Bikkia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to the Philippines, the Maluku region of eastern Indonesia, New Guinea and the western Pacific ( Melanesia and Micronesia). The genus was named by Caspar ...
'' * '' Billardiera'' * '' Billbergia'' * '' Bischofia'' * ''
Bismarckia ''Bismarckia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family endemic to western and northern Madagascar where they grow in open grassland. The genus is named for the first chancellor of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck and the ep ...
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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, cylindri ...
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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 ...
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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 floweri ...
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Blighia ''Blighia'' is a genus of four species of flowering plants in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, native to tropical Africa from Guinea east to Kenya. The fruit is partly edible, with the Ackee (''B. sapida'') being grown commercially for f ...
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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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Boenninghausenia ''Boenninghausenia'' is a monotypic plant genus in the family Rutaceae. The sole species is ''Boenninghausenia albiflora'', which occurs in Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhu ...
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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 floweri ...
genus) * ''
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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Bomarea ''Bomarea'' is one of the two major 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 some ...
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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, and the Middle East and ''B. m ...
'' * '' Boophone'' * '' Borago'' * ''
Borassodendron ''Borassodendron'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It contains two species, native to Southeast Asia.Barfod, A.S. & Dransfield, J. (2013). Flora of Thailand 11(3): 323-498. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and ...
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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 Austral ...
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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 ''B ...
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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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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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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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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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Brachychiton ''Brachychiton'' (kurrajong, bottletree) is a genus of 31 species of trees and large shrubs, native to Australia (the centre of diversity, with 30 species), and New Guinea (one species). Fossils from New South Wales and New Zealand are estimat ...
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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 s ...
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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 ''Gastrolobium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. There are over 100 species in this genus, and all but two are native to the south west region of Western Australia. A significant number of the species accumulate mono ...
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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 ...
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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 floweri ...
genus) * ''
Brassaia ''Heptapleurum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, native to the Indian Subcontinent, Tibet, southern China, Hainan, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, Japan, and Australia. It was resurrected from ''Schefflera ...
'' (octopus tree) * '' Brassia'' (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 floweri ...
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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 c ...
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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.&n ...
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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 ...
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Briggsia ''Briggsia'' was a genus in the family Gesneriacae that consisted of 22 species of herbaceous perennials, native to the Himalayas, China and Vietnam. The genus is no longer recognized, with all of its member species having been relocated to o ...
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Brillantaisia ''Brillantaisia'' is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae. They are native to the African tropics and subtropics, including Madagascar. They may grow from 20 cm to 2 m in height. Their hirsute stems are square in cross-section and th ...
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quaking grass ''Briza'' is a genus of Annual plant, annual and perennial plants in the Poaceae, grass family, native to northern temperate regions of Eurasia, North Africa, and certain islands in the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic. The group is generally referred ...
) * '' Brodiaea'' * '' Bromelia'' * '' Broughtonia'' an orchid genus * '' Broussonetia'' * ''
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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Brownea ''Brownea'' is a genus of about 30 species in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Detarioideae. The genus is native to tropical regions of the Americas. The species are shrubs and trees growing to 20 m tall.LegumeWeb''Brownea''/ref>Germplasm Resources ...
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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 Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capita ...
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Bruckenthalia ''Erica'' is a genus of roughly 857 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. The English common names heath and heather are shared by some closely related genera of similar appearance. The genus ''Calluna'' was formerly included i ...
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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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Brunfelsia ''Brunfelsia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to subfamily Petunioideae of the nightshade family Solanaceae. The 50 or so species have been grouped into the three sections: ''Brunfelsia'' (circa 22 species), ''Franciscea'' (circa 18 spe ...
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Brunnera ''Brunnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. They are rhizomatous perennials, native to the woodlands of Eastern Europe and North West Asia. They have hairy leaves and sprays of blue flowers in spring. Numerous culti ...
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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 monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade of the Dalbergieae The tribe Dalbergieae is an ear ...
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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. celsis ...
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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 Re ...
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Buglossoides ''Buglossoides'' is a genus consisting of 15 species of annual or perennial herbs, native to Europe and Asia. They grow naturally in habitats ranging from sunny scrub to rocky slopes and woodland areas. These plants are covered in fine bristles ...
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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 e ...
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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 o ...
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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 floweri ...
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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 ...
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Bunchosia ''Bunchosia'' is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family (biology), 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 f ...
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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 s ...
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Burchellia ''Burchellia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. ''Burchellia bubalina'', which is endemic to southern Africa: the Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Pro ...
'' * × ''Burrageara'' an orchid hybrid genus * '' Burretiokentia'' * '' Bursaria'' * ''
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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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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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 coccolobif ...
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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 pla ...
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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 ...
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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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reed grass Reedgrass may refer to: * Alpine reedgrass (''Calamagrostis purpurascens'') * Bluejoint reedgrass (''Calamagrostis canadensis'') * Bolander's reedgrass (''Calamagrostis bolanderi'') * Fire reedgrass (''Calamagrostis koelerioides'') * Leafy reedgra ...
, smallweed) * ''
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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calamint ''Clinopodium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It is in the tribe Mentheae of the subfamily Nepetoideae, but little else can be said with certainty about its phylogenetic position. The genus name ''Clinopodium'' is ...
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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 u ...
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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''. ...
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slipperwort ''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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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 ...
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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 ...
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Callianthemum ''Callianthemum'' is a genus that consists of 24 species of little rhizomatous herbs from high mountains in Europe, Central Asia and East Asia. The botanical name comes from the Greek, which means beautiful flower. The plants are low-growing, orn ...
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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 ...
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beauty berry ''Callicarpa'' (beautyberry) is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family (biology), 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 ...
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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 th ...
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poppy mallow ''Callirhoe'' is a genus of flowering plants in the 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 annuals while o ...
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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 ...
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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 c ...
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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 fa ...
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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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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 ...
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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 eastern Asia and western North America. The generic n ...
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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 Wil ...
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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 fami ...
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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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Calopyxis ''Combretum'', the bushwillows or combretums, make up the type genus of the family Combretaceae. The genus comprises about 272 species of trees and shrubs, most of which are native to tropical and southern Africa, about 5 to Madagascar, but ...
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Caloscordum ''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, D ...
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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 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 ...
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kingcup ''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 ...
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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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Calymmanthium ''Calymmanthium'' is a monotypic genus of primitive tree-like cacti from northern Peru. The only species is ''Calymmanthium substerile'' (also known as ''C. fertile''). It belongs to the tribe Lymanbensonieae Lymanbensonieae is a tribe of c ...
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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 floweri ...
genus) * '' Calytrix'' (starflower) * ''
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 I ...
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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 controve ...
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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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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 t ...
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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 is ...
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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 Endemism is the state of a ...
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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 nightshade family Solanaceae, native to the Americas, cultivated worldwide for their chili pepper or bell pepper fruit. Etymology and names The generic name may come from Latin , me ...
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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 t ...
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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 woodla ...
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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'' ...
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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 bieberste ...
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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 Mountai ...
) * '' Carpentaria'' * '' Carphalea'' * ''
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 ''hor ...
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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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Carpobrotus ''Carpobrotus'', commonly known as pigface, ice plant, sour fig, Hottentot fig, and clawberry is a genus of ground-creeping plants with succulent leaves and large daisy-like flowers. The name comes from the Ancient Greek ' "fruit" and ' "edible" ...
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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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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 Mex ...
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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''Caryopt ...
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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 ...
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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 nuts they produce. The unrelate ...
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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 unrel ...
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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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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 th ...
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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 I ...
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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 ...
'' ( Indian bean) * '' Catananche'' * '' Catasetum'' (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 floweri ...
genus) * '' Catha'' ( khat tree) * ''
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 Afric ...
periwinkle) * ''
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 Am ...
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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. Ps ...
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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 floweri ...
genus) * '' Caulophyllum'' * ''
Cautleya ''Cautleya'' is a small genus of perennial plants of the family Zingiberaceae (the ginger family), found in the eastern Himalayas through to China and Vietnam. It consists of two species of high-altitude tropical and temperate plants, native ...
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Cavendishia ''Cavendishia'' is a genus of about 100 species of woody perennial plants, many of which are epiphyte, epiphytic. The genus is native to tropical South America and Central America. Species References Germplasm Resources Information Networ ...
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Ceanothus ''Ceanothus'' is a genus of about 50–60 species of 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 ceanothus. ''"Ceanothu ...
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California-lilac ''Ceanothus'' is a genus of about 50–60 species of 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 ceanothus. ''"Ceanoth ...
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toon Toon may refer to: Places * Tōon, Ehime, a Japanese city in Ehime Prefecture * Toon, the former name of Ferdows, a city in South Khorasan Province, Iran * Toon, Somaliland, a town in the Garoodi region People * Toon (name), a list of peop ...
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Cedronella ''Cedronella'' is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Mentheae of the family Lamiaceae, comprising a single species, ''Cedronella canariensis'', native to the Canary Islands, the Azores, and Madeira. It is also naturalized in various place ...
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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 to the mountains of the western Himalayas and the Mediterranean region, occurring at altitudes of 1,500 ...
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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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Celmisia ''Celmisia'' (New Zealand aster or New Zealand daisy) is a genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs, in the family Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over ...
'' (New Zealand daisy, New Zealand aster) * '' Celosia'' (cockscomb) * '' Celtis'' ( hackberry) * ''
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 ...
'' * '' Centaurium'' * '' Centradenia'' * '' Centranthus'' ( valerian) * ''
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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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'' L ...
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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 easter ...
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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 ...
'' * '' Ceratonia'' (St. John's bread, carob bean) * '' Ceratopetalum'' ( coachwood) * '' Ceratophyllum'' * ''
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 siz ...
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Ceratostigma ''Ceratostigma'' (;), or leadwort, plumbago, is a genus of eight species of flowering plants in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of Africa and Asia. Common names are shared with the genus ''Plumbago''. De ...
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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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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). ...
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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 gro ...
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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 referr ...
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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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Chadsia ''Chadsia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Species Accepted species in the genus include. References Millettieae Fabaceae genera Taxa named by Wenceslas Boje ...
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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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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). Fi ...
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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 t ...
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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 ...
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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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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 met ...
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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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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 ...
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Cheilanthes ''Cheilanthes'', commonly known as lip ferns, is a genus of about 180 species of rock-dwelling ferns with a cosmopolitan distribution in warm, dry, rocky regions, often growing in small crevices high up on cliffs. Most are small, sturdy and ever ...
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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, This genus is native to northern Africa and Eurasia, where they are widespread, ranging from western Europe to east Asia.
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Chiliotrichum ''Chiliotrichum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. ; SpeciesBonifacino, José Mauricio. 2009. Taxonomic Revision of the ''Chiliotrichum'' group ''sensu stricto'' (Compositae: Astereae) ''Smithsonian Contributions to Bot ...
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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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desert willow ''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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Chimaphila ''Chimaphila'' (prince's pine or wintergreen; from Greek: ''cheima'' 'winter' and ''philos'' 'lover', hence 'winter lover') is a genus of five species of small, evergreen, flowering plants native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemispher ...
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wintersweet Wintersweet is a common name for several plants and may refer to: *'' Acokanthera oblongifolia'', a plant of southern Africa *'' Acokanthera oppositifolia'', a shrub of central and southern Africa *''Chimonanthus praecox'', a shrub of China *''Orig ...
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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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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 o ...
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Chirita ''Chirita'' was a formerly recognised genus of plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the Indo-Malayan realm of South and Southeast Asia and southern China. In 2011, the species in the genus were reassigned to several genera, so that ''C ...
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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, la ...
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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 Sp ...
) * '' Chorizema'' * '' Chrysalidocarpus'' * '' Chrysanthemoides'' * ''
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 cent ...
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Chrysobalanus ''Chrysobalanus'' is a genus of evergreen perennial shrubs to small trees, described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. It is native to sub-tropical and tropical regions of Africa, Latin America, and Florida. ''Chrysobalanus'' attains a maximum h ...
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Chrysogonum ''Chrysogonum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae found only in eastern North America. Confusion regarding species that were named in ''Chrysogonum'' from other parts of the world, such as Madagascar, was clarified by Stue ...
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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 Calif ...
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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. ol ...
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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. Unli ...
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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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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 Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth tha ...
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Cionura ''Cionura'' is a genus of perennial plants found through the Mediterranean regions, the South and Eastern parts of the Balkan peninsula and Asia Minor to Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, ا� ...
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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'', '' Sily ...
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Cissus ''Cissus'' is a genus of approximately 350 species of lianas ( woody vines) in the grape family (Vitaceae). They have a cosmopolitan distribution, though the majority are to be found in the tropics. Uses Medicinal ''Cissus quadrangularis'' ha ...
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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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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 trees and shrubs in the rue family, Rutaceae. Plants in the genus produce citrus fruits, including important crops such as oranges, lemons, grapefruits, pomelos, and limes. The genus ''Citrus'' is native to ...
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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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Cladanthus ''Cladanthus'' is a genus of plants in the sunflower family, native to the Mediterranean region. ; Species * '' Cladanthus arabicus'' (L.) Cass. -SoutheasternSpain, Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Malta, Sicily * '' Cladanthus ...
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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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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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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 ...
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Clianthus ''Clianthus'', commonly known as kakabeak (''kōwhai ngutukākā'' in Māori), is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, comprising two species of shrubs native to New Zealand. They have striking clusters of red flowers whic ...
'' * ''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 floweri ...
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 nomen ...
'' * ''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 floweri ...
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 floweri ...
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 floweri ...
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 floweri ...
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 floweri ...
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 ''Deuterocohnia'' is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Pitcairnioideae, endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other ...
'' * ''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 floweri ...
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 floweri ...
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 floweri ...
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 floweri ...
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 floweri ...
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 floweri ...
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 floweri ...
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) * ''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 floweri ...
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 t ...
'' (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 floweri ...
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 floweri ...
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 floweri ...
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 floweri ...
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 floweri ...
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 floweri ...
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 floweri ...
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 floweri ...
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 floweri ...
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 floweri ...
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 floweri ...
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 floweri ...
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 floweri ...
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
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 floweri ...
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
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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