The Plant List was a list of botanical names of species of plants created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden and launched...
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flowering plants of the family Ranunculaceae, native to subtropical, temperate and subarctic regions of Europe, Asia and North America. The genus was...
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Plants are the eukaryotes that form the kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight...
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This is a list of plant species that, when consumed by humans, are known or suspected to produce psychoactive effects: changes in nervous system function...
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accepted species of tropical plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. Most are native to several countries of Asia such as the Philippines, India, Thailand...
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Plants that produce toxins and/or cause irritation on contact are referred to as poisonous plants. The toxins in poisonous plants affect herbivores, and...
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Botany (redirect from Plant biology)
called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist...
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Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly...
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of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, native to tropical and warm temperate regions, with the highest species diversity in the Mediterranean...
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1997 onwards, culminating in a monograph on the genus. Version 1.1 of The Plant List accepts 83 species. The Flora of North America states there are 70...
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This list of fictional plants describes invented plants that appear in works of fiction. Audrey Jr.: a man-eating plant in the 1960 film The Little Shop...
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Crassula ovata (redirect from Dollar Plant)
known as jade plant, lucky plant, money plant or money tree, is a succulent plant with small pink or white flowers that is native to the KwaZulu-Natal...
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This is a list of plants that have been domesticated by humans. The list includes individual plant species identified by their common names as well as...
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This is a list of companion plants, traditionally planted together. Many more are in the list of beneficial weeds. Companion planting is thought by its...
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Conocarpus (section List of species)
Willd. Ex Schult. — the Plant List". "Conocarpus erectus L. — the Plant List". "Conocarpus erectus var. Arboreus DC. — the Plant List". "Conocarpus erectus...
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This is a list of the largest plants by clade. Measurements are based on height, volume, length, diameter, and weight, depending on the most appropriate...
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climates or soil conditions. The word succulent comes from the Latin word sucus, meaning "juice" or "sap". Succulent plants may store water in various structures...
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This list of carnivorous plants is a comprehensive listing of all known carnivorous plant species, of which more than 750 are currently recognised. Unless...
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Mesembryanthemum cordifolium (redirect from Heart-leaf Ice-plant)
succulent plant in the iceplant family. It is a creeping plant that forms a carpet of flat-growing perennial herbs in groups on the ground from a base. The genus...
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Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (/ˌændʒiəˈspərmiː/), commonly called angiosperms. They include...
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Kalanchoe thyrsiflora (redirect from Flapjack (plant))
William Henry Harvey in 1862. Based on an error introduced in The Plant List in 2012, the name K. thyrsiflora has been treated by some as a synonym of...
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Hoya carnosa (redirect from Hindu rope plant)
Hoya carnosa, the porcelainflower or wax plant, is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family Apocynaceae. It is one of the many species of Hoya...
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2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 3654 endangered plant species. Of all evaluated plant species, 17% are listed as endangered...
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Ficus elastica (redirect from Ficus elastica: an in-depth look at the rubber plant)
elastica, the rubber fig, rubber bush, rubber tree, rubber plant, or Indian rubber bush, Indian rubber tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family...
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (redirect from World Checklist of Vascular Plants)
The Plant List is an Internet encyclopedia project which was launched in 2010 to compile a comprehensive list of botanical nomenclature. The Plant List...
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known as the mignonette /ˌmɪnjəˈnɛt/, is a genus of fragrant herbaceous plants native to Europe, southwest Asia and North Africa, from the Canary Islands...
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Dracula simia (category Dracula (plant))
danger of extinction. Monkey orchid (disambiguation) "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Carlyle A. Luer (1978). "Miscellaneous species...
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Rheum is a genus of about 60 herbaceous perennial plants in the family Polygonaceae. Species are native to eastern Europe, southern and eastern temperate...
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Spathiphyllum (redirect from List of Spathiphyllum species)
about 47 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas and southeastern Asia. Certain species...
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Crassulacean acid metabolism (redirect from CAM plant)
some plants as an adaptation to arid conditions that allows a plant to photosynthesize during the day, but only exchange gases at night. In a plant using...
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